European Federation of Journalists

A coalition of international free expression groups, which visited Turkey from Oct. 19 to Oct. 21 and met with local journalists and media outlets, has said that pressure on journalists operating in Turkey has ?severely escalated? since the parliamentary elections on June 7.

"Jailed journalists, threshold for collective bargaining, no freelancers rights, refusals of press cards, restrictions of accreditation, growing prosecutions, less freedom to publish." This bleak picture will be at the heart of an upcoming conference on press freedom and labor rights in Turkey, titled "Turkey: Fighting for journalists rights and freedoms in a politically polarized country" and

"The Commission has repeatedly expressed its serious concerns about deteriorating conditions regarding the freedom of expression and media in Serbia, including in the recent progress report and strategy paper," Maja Kocijancic, spokesperson for the Commission for neighbourhood policy and enlargement, wrote in a statement on Wednesday.

Investigation urged into attack on Tanjug cameraman

BELGRADE -- The International Federation of Journalists and the European Federation of Journalists have been urged to react after a cameraman was attacked in Brussels.

BELGRADE - The Independent Journalists' Association of Serbia (NUNS) sent a request to the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), calling on them to contact the relevant bodies at the EU headquarters in Brussels and seek further information concerning the incident that took place at Schuman Square in Brussels on Monday, when a protester f

BELGRADE - New rules for the entry in the media registry will be applied as of February 13, said Sasa Mirkovic, state secretary at the Serbian Ministry of Culture and Information, adding that thereby, for the first time, the data on media ownership and subsidies will be made public.

Russia condemned for eviction of broadcaster

BRUSSELS -- The Russian authorities have been condemned "for forcing the independent TV channel, TV Dozhd, out from its premises in Moscow."

This statement has been issued by the the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and the Russian Union of Journalists (RUJ).

Macedonian journalists on Thursday laid 23 flowers in the city centre, at the spot where police obstructed a protest organized in support of Kezarovski one year ago.

The flowers symbolized 23 years of Macedonian independence and democracy.

BELGRADE - The Presidency of the Party of European Socialists (PES) condemned Friday cases of censorship and self-censorship in Serbian public media, leader of the Democratic Party (DS) leader Bojan Pajtic has said.

Release of Russian photojournalist urged

VIENNA -- The OSCE has expressed concern about reports that Andrei Stenin, a photojournalist with the Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency, went missing.

“I call for Stenin’s immediate release,” OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović said.