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Albania Parliament’s Race to Fill Media Board Causes Alarm
Source: balkaninsight.com
An apparent rush to elect board members of Albania's Audio-visual Media Authority before the next parliament meets in September is prompting concerns that the ruling Socialists are hurrying to fill the board with political sympathisers.
May 24, 2021
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Romanian Police Academy Chiefs Sentenced for Threatening Journalist
Source: balkaninsight.com
A Bucharest Court handed down suspended jail sentences to the two former heads of the Police Academy – who had instructed a subordinate to threaten a journalist who was investigating plagiarism at the institution.
May 24, 2021
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AJK: The denigrating language towards journalists must be stoped
Source: agk-ks.org
The Association of Journalists of Kosovo, considers completely unacceptable the offensive language of an official of the Directorate of Education in Prishtina.
May 17, 2021
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The state allows Pink TV to defer payment of its 1.52 billion dinar tax debt
Source: serbianmonitor.com
In addition to being given the opportunity to pay about 1.52 billion dinars in tax debt in instalments, Pink TV has also been granted at least 1.28 billion dinars worth of export loans by the state.
May 16, 2021
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Bulgaria still struggles with political corruption, opaque media ownership - Freedom House
Source: seenews.com
Freedom House Organisation: Freedom in Bulgaria is still mainly hampered by political corruption and non-transparent media ownership.
May 13, 2021
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Euronews Serbia to begin broadcasting
Source: euractiv.com
The Euronews Serbia media group announced that it was beginning to broadcast through Pay TV platforms.
May 10, 2021
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N1 Belgrade Jelena Zoric presented 4th award for investigative journalism
Source: rs.n1info.com
Jelena Zoric, N1 Belgrade TV reporter, received the Independent Association of Serbia’s Journalists (NUNS) ‘Dejan Anastasijevic’ award for her achievements in investigative journalism.
May 7, 2021
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Albanian Court Overrules Decision to Seize Journalists’ Equipment following ECHR Ruling
Source: exit.al
The Special Appeal Court in Tirana has overruled a first instance court order for the seizure of equipment of Lapsi.al media outlet following their revelation of a data leak of more than 910,000 Albanian citizens’ personal data, allegedly used by the Socialist Party.
May 6, 2021
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Croatian President Condemned for Rant Against HRT Reporters
Source: balkaninsight.com
President Milanovic has been slated by unions for sparring with public broadcaster reporters in the city of Split, where he accused them of being tricksters and political 'mercenaries'.
May 6, 2021
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We do not need a replay of paid public media campaigns
Source: safejournalists.net
The Association of Journalists of Macedonia, the Independent Trade Union of Journalists and Media Workers, the Macedonian Institute for Media and the Council of Media Ethics of Macedonia are reacting to the government’s public announcement to amend the legislation that will end the ban on advertising in the media by public institutions (Article 102 of LAAMS).