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Six Vacancies on National Media Supervisory Board Filled

Source: exit.al

Albanian parliament has filled the six vacancies of the Albanian Media Authority.

Time Running Out for North Macedonia’s Priceless Video Archive

Source: balkaninsight.com

Two-thirds of the unique video history stored in North Macedonia’s public broadcaster, MTV, could be lost forever if it is not digitalised soon.

PPF Group and CME Media Enterprises announce agreement to acquire RTL Croatia

Source: hr.n1info.com

PPF Group announced that its subsidiary, CME Media Enterprises has signed an agreement with RTL Group Central & Eastern Europe GmbH to acquire 100 percent of RTL Hrvatska (RTL Croatia), a commercial broadcaster in Croatia.

Romanian public television plans to bring back news, culture channels

Source: romania-insider.com

The administration board of the public television TVR voted to re-establish the TVR Info and TVR Cultural channels.

Competition Opens for new boss of Radio Television of Kosovo

Source: prishtinainsight.com

After a wave of dismissals, Kosovo’s public broadcaster has opened a competition for a new General Director.

Influential MPs in Bulgaria threaten journalists with severe punishments

Source: euractiv.com

Proposals for tougher criminal liability for journalists’ articles, made by influential ruling coalition lawmakers, have been sharply criticised by the Association of European Journalists.

Director of Albanian Public Broadcaster Called Out Over Alleged Irregular Firing of Journalists

Source: exit.al

The Safe Journalists network has raised concerns over “credible claims” of staff dismissals without following due process at the Albanian state public broadcaster, RTSH.

Albanian Prime Minister’s Long-Terms Spokesperson Appointed Head of Controversial Media Agency

Source: exit.al

Prime Minister Edi Rama has appointed his long-time spokesperson, Endri Fuga, as the Director of the controversial Media and Information Agency, dubbed a “propaganda ministry” by media freedom advocates.

Media Watchdog Calls on Albanian Authorities to Investigate Reports of Cyber Attacks

Source: exit.al

Six portals including Ora News, Dosja, Syri, Faktor, Lapsi, and SportExpress reported external interference on their sites. The alleged attacks include the artificial increase of traffic to crash the site making it difficult to access.

Vladimir Turcanu Elected Director General of Moldovan Public Broadcaster TRM

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Vladimir Turcanu has been appointed as Director General of Moldova’s national public broadcaster, TRM, for a seven-year mandate. He was elected by the broadcaster’s Supervisory and Development Board with 58 votes.

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