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Reporters Without Borders Call on Albanian Government to Reduce Sanctions on Media During Elections
Source: exit.al
Reporters Without Borders have called on the Albanian government to reduce the sanctions imposed on broadcast media in the electoral code.
April 17, 2021
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Attack Leaves Serbian Radio Journalist In Hospital
Source: rferl.org
A Serbian broadcast journalist is in the hospital after being beaten by unidentified assailants in the northern city of Novi Sad, the latest in a string of attacks against media workers in the Balkan country.
April 16, 2021
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Croatian Journalists Union Deplores ‘Intimidating’ Rise in Lawsuits
Source: balkaninsight.com
Leading media union says the number of lawsuits filed against Croatian journalists and publishers – aimed at censoring or intimidating critics – is still rising and points to 'judicial persecution of the media'.
April 16, 2021
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Tirana Mayor’s Bodyguards Criticised for Manhandling Inquisitive Journalist
Source: balkaninsight.com
A video of an Albanian journalist being physically restrained by the Mayor of Tirana's security guards – to stop him from asking the mayor questions – has drawn criticism and raised concern.
April 12, 2021
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SLAPP Lawsuits Croatia: Lawyer Vanja Juric on Attempts to Stifle Journalists
Source: total-croatia-news.com
Lawyer Vanja Jurić was appointed to the Expert Group of the European Commission for the so-called SLAPP lawsuits - "strategic" lawsuits that are unfounded or exaggerated and are aimed at intimidating and silencing those who ask questions of public interest - journalists, activists, and associations.
April 11, 2021
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Serbia: United Media launches Nova daily newspaper
Source: n1info.com
United Media is launching daily newspaper Nova in Serbia with a responsible editorial concept and true and checked information, as an alternative to the current situation with print media in the country.
April 9, 2021
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Telekom Srbija and Telenor face legal action
Source: broadbandtvnews.com
The United Group subsidiaries SBB and United Media have filed criminal charges against Telekom Srbija and Telenor Serbia for allegedly committing a criminal offence by concluding a restrictive agreement.
April 9, 2021
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Electronic Media Agency: Publishers Received HRK 147 Million from 2016 to 2019
Source: total-croatia-news.com
The Agency for Electronic Media in Croatia has released an analysis of the use of the Fund for the Promotion of Electronic Media Pluralism and Diversity from 2016 to 2019, from which a total of HRK 147 million was allocated to publishers.
April 5, 2021
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55% of Romanians think they have been exposed to fake news, disinformation in the last months
Source: romania-insider.com
Results of the survey “Public mistrust: West vs. East. The rise of the nationalist trend in the era of disinformation and fake news phenomenon” show that fifty-five percent of the respondents thought they were exposed to fake news and disinformation in the last months.
April 1, 2021
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Coalition for Media Freedom warns of fake Serbia’s Juzne Vesti website
Source: rs.n1info.com
Early in February, a fake website appeared on the address www.južnevesti.info, as obvious plagiarism of the already well-known local media and started to deceive the public and spread untruths about the members of the actual outlet editorial board.