Dunja Mijatovic

Albania should reject a bill introducing imprisonment for libel of public officials, says OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media.

Following a hostile reaction from the media and pressure from international bodies such as the OSCE, the Albanian government has withdrawn a draft amendment that aimed to re-criminalize defamation of senior officials.

A court in Podgorica on Thursday jailed Damir Mandic for 19 years for his role in the murder of the prominent Montenegrin journalist Dusko Jovanovic.

The board of the Albanian Public Broadcaster has failed to appoint a new director, avoiding the vote on Wednesday when the topic was excluded from the formal meeting agenda.

RTSH, which is financed by Albanian taxpayers, failed to appoint a top manager after three previous attempts failed in the last four years.

Hungarian law enforcement authorities "must stop threatening and obstructing the work of journalists reporting on the refugee crisis."

This statement was made by OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatovic on Thursday.

Dunja Mijatovic, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, said told a conference in Belgrade on media freedom organised by Newsweek Serbia that the "situation in Western Balkan journalism is worrying".

OSCE's representative on freedom of the media has reacted to a recent attack on a journalist by a law enforcement officer in Nis, Serbia.

In a statement issued by the organization on Tuesday, Dunja Mijatovic said the incident was unacceptable and must be investigated swiftly and thoroughly.

The OSCE’s Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, said the new code of ethics should improve media standards - and called for more unity among the country's polarised journalists.

OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatovic has welcomed the new draft Code of Ethics for Montenegrin journalists.

The OSCE said in a statement that Mijatovic was speaking at the end of her two-day visit to Montenegro.

Azerbaijan has given the Organisation for Security and Cooperation (OSCE) in Europe one month to halt its operations in the former Soviet republic, months before a parliamentary election this autumn, the OSCE said on June 9.