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Death threats in Bosnia-Herzegovina

Nov 20 2009 09:58 CET by Oliver Vujovic

Journalists must be free to report and investigate cases without fear of pressure or death threats.

Deep concern about Moldova media incidents

Jul 24 2009 09:59 CET by Oliver Vujovic, SEEMO Secretary General

Media representatives are frequently being prevented by the Moldovan authorities from reporting freely, especially following parliamentary elections in April this year.

Why no arrest of Croatian journalist’s attackers?

Jul 03 2009 10:00 CET by Oliver Vujovic, SEEMO Secretary General

More than one year after the brutal assault on Dusan Miljus, an investigative reporter for the Croatian daily newspaper Jutarnji List, his attackers are yet to be arrested.

Serbian TV channel B92 and Belgrade port allegations

Jun 05 2009 10:00 CET by SEEMO

SEEMO condemns the warnings sent by the lawyers of the Port of Belgrade as a direct attack on the freedom to broadcast public information

Priest’s threat against journalist condemned

May 15 2009 09:59 CET by SEEMO Vienna, Austria

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) strongly condemns the threat made by Serbian Orthodox priest Vlastimir Zlatic against the Serbian journalist Zoran Marjanovic, correspondent for the newspapers Kurir and Glas Javnost, in the village of Silopaj, near Gornji Milanovac, Serbia.

Fining of Serbian journalists condemned

Apr 24 2009 10:00 CET by SEEMO

The South East Europe Media Organisation strongly condemns the excessive fine handed down by the court in Nis, Serbia, in a defamation case against Dragana Kocic and Timosenko Milosavljevic

Press association slams Moldovan authorities for barring journalists

Apr 11 2009 16:41 CET by Gabriel Hershman 1 comment

Authorities in Moldova refuse entry to a group of journalists, raising the hackles of a prominent media watch organisation.

Concern over attack on Athens TV station

Mar 06 2009 10:00 CET by Oliver Vujovic, SEEMO Secretary General

The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a network of editors, media executives and leading journalists from South Eastern Europe and an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), is deeply concerned over the attack on private television station TV Alter in Athens, Greece, on February 17.

Concern about 'continuous' attacks on media in Greece

Mar 05 2009 12:46 CET by Clive Leviev-Sawyer 2 comments

South East Europe Media Organisation calls for safe working environment for journalists and media outlets in Greece

Media freedom group 'concerned' about incidents in Serbia

Mar 03 2009 16:45 CET by Clive Leviev-Sawyer

South East Europe Media Organisation lists cases of direct pressure on journalists

Media watchdog protests against politician's insult against Serbian news agency

Feb 28 2009 12:21 CET by Clive Leviev-Sawyer

South East Europe Media Organisation writes to president of Republika Srpska after politician says Beta accepts foreign money to publish falsehoods

Athens and Skopje squabble after Greece detains journalists

Oct 15 2008 15:52 CET by Clive Leviev-Sawyer

Greece has accused Macedonia of distorting the truth about an October 13 incident in which four Macedonian journalists were detained near a protest in northern Greece against military exercises in the area.

TO THE EDITOR: Press freedom violations

Nov 09 2007 17:00 CET

The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in South East Europe and an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), is deeply concerned about the worsening situation for journalists in the South Eastern European (SEE) region. SEEMO is alarmed at the activities of the Croatian police against freedom of expression and the

BULGARIAN JOURNALIST WINS AWARD FOR BETTER UNDERSTANDING IN SE EUROPE

Oct 19 2007 10:35 CET

Bulgarian journalist Milena Dimitrova will receive the Dr. Erhard Busek - SEEMO 2007 Award for Better Understanding in South East Europe. The award will be presented at a special ceremony on October 19, in Vienna by Erhard Busek and Oliver Vujovic, SEEMO Secretary General. The award is sponsored by Erhard Busek, Special Coordinator of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe, Coordinator of the Southeast European Cooperative Initiative (SECI), President of the European Forum Alpbach, Chairman of the "Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe" and former Vice-Chancellor of Austria. It is given every year to a journalist, editor, media executive or a journalist trainer in South East Europe, who, through the media, has promoted better understanding among peoples in the region and worked towards solving minority-related problems, and fighting against ethnic discrimination, racism, and xenophobia, among others.

Shackled speech

Nov 28 2004 13:00 CET by Christina Dimitrova

In the past few days, fifteen years and nine days after the fall of communism in Bulgaria, the prosecutor's office launched two cases against journalists - the Romanian television journalist George Buhnici and the BBC investigative reporter Justin Rowlatt.

Protest at newspaper penalty

Sep 30 2004 15:00 CET by Staff Reporter

THE Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) has written a letter of protest to Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg and Justice Minister Anton Stankov about a recent court decision against Bulgarian-language daily newspaper Trud.

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