Harlem Desir

The Centre for Independent Journalism, CJI, an NGO that promotes media freedom and good practices in journalism, has raised concern that provisions enacted as part of the state of emergency to combat the spread of the coronavirus in Romania could hamper journalists' ability to inform the public.

Journalists in Serbia have staged a protest after a video targeted BIRN Serbia editor Slobodan Georgiev, calling him a "traitor".

The video was distributed via Twitter and also targeted other independent journalists and portals.

Journalists gathered in front of the Hi Tech Prosecution in Belgrade, demanding that the authorities react and do more to protect journalists.

Victoria Marinova, the 30-year-old TV host and administrative director of the regional TV channel TVN, was found murdered on Saturday near the Danube river bank in the northern Bulgarian town of Ruse, police said on Sunday.

The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, OSCE, has condemned as "shameful and unacceptable" threats made online against the Balkan correspondent of the Financial Times.

The OSCE was responding to a Twitter post by Cvetin Cilimanov, journalist of the MIA state news agency and deputy head of the Macedonian Journalists Association, MAN.

OSCE media freedom representative Harlem Desir says he is worried by a series of recent measures introduced by the US and Russia.

These countries are requiring media entities from other countries to register themselves as "foreign agents," the OSCE said in a statement.

OSCE media freedom representative Harlem Desir says he is worried by a series of recent measures introduced by the US and Russia.

These countries are requiring media entities from other countries to register themselves as “foreign agents," the OSCE said in a statement.

The start of the trial against journalists and board members of the daily newspaper Cumhuriyet highlights the urgent need to protect journalism and improve media freedom in Turkey, Harlem Désir, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media stated.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is to receive his visiting French counterpart Bernard Cazeneuve for talks at the Maximos Mansion at noon on Friday that are expected to focus on the progress of the Greek program and French interest in investments.

Cazeneuve is in Athens with his Finance Minister Michel Sapin and Harlem Desir, France's minister of state for European affairs.

French Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve is due to conduct an official visit to Athens on March 3.

A dinner at the residence of the Turkish Embassy in Paris on Feb. 3 was a good opportunity for Turkish European Union Affairs Minister Volkan Bozk?r since French EU Affairs Minister Harlem Desir as well as key French business people were also there.