Journalism

Every other journalist in Bulgaria is subjected to political and economic pressure, shows a survey of the "Reporter" and the "Konrad-Adenauer" foundations, quoted by the Union of Bulgarian Journalists.

It was done by Krum Blagov of the "Reporter" foundation and Orlin Spasov of the Sofia University among 100 journalists and editors and 15 media owners in Bulgaria.

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.

Ben Bradlee, the hard-driving editor who reigned over the Washington Post with the style of a well-dressed swashbuckler and the profane vocabulary of a dockworker as the newspaper helped topple President Richard Nixon, died on Oct. 21 aged 93.

A database on the properties and assets of 160 politicians in Bosnia, produced by the Center for Investigative Reporting, CIN, in Sarajevo has drawn reactions from politicians and member of the public following its publication this week.

The database showed that the real estate holdings of many politicians have kept growing throughout their careers, this past year included.

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.

BELGRADE - The Culture and Information Committee of the Serbian National Assembly proposed to the parliament on Monday to adopt the set of media laws, and Minister of Culture and Information Ivan Tasovac said that key changes the documents introduce in the area comprise the obligation for the government to withdraw from media ownership structures by July 2015 at the latest.

Government adopts set of new media laws

BELGRADE -- The Serbian government over the weekend adopted three media laws and sent them to parliament for a debate under urgent procedure.

The government adopted drafts on Public Information and Media, Electronic Media and Public Media Services.

A former Istanbul police intelligence chief who was recently in row with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was among the 69 officers detained as part of a criminal probe into allegations of “espionage” and “illegal wiretapping,” as the total number of officers in custody rose to 102 on July 23.

Professional journalists must be able to manage social media at any time in their fields, whether it's experts or politicians or celebrities they are covering who might tweet something at anytime that will change the news, online editor and trainer of Thomson Reuters Foundation John Mastrini told AGERPRES on Thursday.

A new group calling itself the Organization for Revolutionary Self-Defense claimed responsibility on the Indymedia website on Thursday for firing shots at PASOK’s headquarters in central Athens, a few hours before polling stations opened for the European and local elections on May 25.