Censorship

Center-right party GERB and the Bulgaria without Censorship coalition have ended failed to reach agreement on forming a government.

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BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Labor, Employment, Veteran and Social Policy Aleksandar Vulin said Thursday that the European Commission's report is as expected, and that Serbia did not take any steps back or make serious omissions in any of the areas assessed by the EC.

In its program for the upcoming parliamentary elections on October 5, Bulgaria without Censorship party vows to create 150,000 new jobs every year and 1 million new jobs by 2022.

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The general manager of Romania's National News Agency AGERPRES, Alexandru Giboi, believes that news agency business needs to be supported more, pointing out that the limitations imposed by the legislation on the news agencies should rather be supportive measures.

More than 90 per cent of Serbian journalists who took part in the survey published by Germany's Konrad Adenauer Stiftung on Monday said that censorship and self-censorship in Serbian media do exist.

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Polling agency Sova Harris has announced that Bulgaria's next Parliament is likely to consist of 5 parties.

Turkey has begun hosting the ninth annual meeting of the Internet Governance Forum, a United Nations-mandated organization, despite a number of recent controversies regarding the country's Internet freedom record.

Speaking at the event Sept. 2, Minister of Transport, Maritime and Communication Lütfi Elvan focused mainly on the issues of “cybercrimes.”

Serbia's Independent Journalists' Association, NUNS, has accused the editor of a pro-government newspaper of stirring up hatred against neighbouring Croatia.

It said Dragan Vucicevic, the editor-in-chief of the daily Informer, should be held accountable for spreading hate speech on both his Twitter account and his newspaper.

Dimitar Avramov, MP from nationalist party Ataka, has announced he is joining the Bulgaria without Censorship party of former TV host Nikolay Barekov.

Group calls for an end to hate speech on internet

A campaign to raise awareness about hate speech on the internet reaches 15 cities in BiH.

The internet is a powerful tool that allows unprecedented opportunities for communicating and sharing information with friends, acquaintances and complete strangers. But with that power comes the ability for abuse.