Scoring points with the voters

Communications specialists of political parties from South East Europe meet at the second network workshop "E-Lection Bridge"

Media freedom on the way to EU

KAS panel at Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum

A KAS panel discussion on media freedom and European values took place on 14 June during the Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum. Speakers were the freelance South East Europe correspondent Frank Stier, Milica Šarić, Journalist at the Center for Investigative Reporting in Serbia (CINS), Nadine Gogu, Executive Director of the Independent Journalism Center (IJC) and Ognian Zlatev, Head of the European Commission Representation in Bulgaria. The discussion was moderated by Christian Spahr, Head of the KAS Media Program South East Europe.

Besuch von Politikjournalisten aus Südosteuropa

Auf Einladung der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung sind in dieser Woche Politikjournalisten aus Südosteuropa zu Gast in Berlin. Neben Einblicken in die deutsche Parteienlandschaft sollen das deutsche Mediensystem vorgestellt werden, um Anregungen zu geben für die Debatte um Unabhängigkeit der Medien, Mediengesetzgebung und Selbstregulierung in Südosteuropa sowie Geschäftsmodelle für Medien. Das Besucherprogramm wurde vom Team Inlandsprogramme organisiert und wird von Christian Spahr, Leiter des Medienprogramms Südosteuropa, begleitet.

Editors from South East Europe on a KAS study visit in Berlin

German and European foreign policy and the EU perspectives for the Western Balkans were the main themes of a study visit to Germany

Political communication: Low trust but good new approaches

KAS contribution at the plenary meeting of "Club of Venice"

The Head of the KAS Media Program South East Europe, Christian Spahr, spoke about the media situation and political communication in the region at the plenary meeting of the EU communication forum "Club of Venice" at 26 and 27 May 2016 in The Hague, Netherlands.

Media and political influences in Bulgaria

Conference of the Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD)

On 16 May 2016, the Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD) presented a study about political influences on Bulgarian media. The study is part of a project about the media situation in Bulgaria which has been supported by the KAS Media Program South East Europe.

Panel: Media freedom and ownership in Eastern Europe

KAS Media Program cooperates for the third time with the Leipzig-based MTM media conference

KAS Task Force Journalism Education meets in Moldova

The working group of the KAS Media Program South East Europe on Journalism Education met from 20th to 22nd of April in Chişinău, Moldova. It was founded in 2013. Twice a year, media experts from universities and NGOs from the region gather to discuss necessary improvements in journalism education in their countries.

PRO.PR conference: KAS addresses political communication

For the first time, the KAS Media Program South East Europe was part of the agenda of the biggest international PR conference in the region: PRO.PR. The event took place on the 8th and 9th April in Budva (Montenegro). PRO.PR has been organised since 2003. Once a year, it gathers leading communication experts from all over Europe.

President, Parliament and the National Anticorruption Directorate increase media presence

Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) and the Center for Independent Journalism present a new monitoring of political reporting in Romania.