Journalism
Montenegro Plans Tougher Penalties for Attacks on Journalists
Media representatives at a polling station in Podgorica, Montenegro. Photo: EPA-EFE/BORIS PEJOVIC
According to the amendments proposed to parliament, journalists would be treated the same as members of professions of public importance, such as the police and army.
Veran Matic: How did the proposal for amendments to the Criminal Code come about?
He said in a statement that he felt the need to make public some information important for the discussion and public debate on the amendments to the law, which have been problematized in recent days through various texts and interviews.
On that occasion, we are transmitting his statement in its entirety:
Pioneer of diplomacy journalism in Turkey dies at age of 93
Prominent Turkish journalist Sami Kohen, who is known as the man "who introduced the foreign news editing to Turkish media," has died at the age of 93 in Istanbul.
Nobel Peace Prize Winners Are Russian and Phillippine Journalists
Two journalists whose work has angered the authorities in Russia and the Philippines were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday (8 October), honouring the right to free speech which the prize-giving committee described as under threat around the globe.
Pandora Papers Reveal Second Serbian Minister’s Hidden Offshore
After the Serbian investigative media outlet KRIK published confirmation of claims that Serbia's Finance Minister, Sinisa Mali, owned a portfolio of property in Bulgaria bought through secretive offshore companies, it has reported that the "Pandora Papers" also shed light on the hidden business activities of another Serbian minister - Novica Toncev, minister for developing poor municipalities.<
National Revenue Agency Asks ICIJ for more Info on Pandora Papers Probe
The National Revenue Agency (NRA) Tuesday said it has requested additional data from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) in Washington about Bulgarian natural and legal persons who feature in the newly published Pandora Papers investigation.
SANS Looking for Bulgarian Trace in Pandora Papers
In connection with the information received in June 2021 in Bulgaria's State Agency for National Security (SANS) regarding allegations of participation and ownership of Bulgarian legal entities and individuals in companies registered in offshore zones, the Agency ordered an immediate inspection, which continues to date.
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Pandora Papers: New Leak Exposes Balkan PEPs’ Hidden Riches
Following on from the Panama Papers and FinCEN files, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists obtained nearly 12 million files from 14 service providers - bankers, lawyers, accountants, and registration agents - and shared them with more than 600 journalists around the world, including BIRN.
Are There Bulgarians Featured in Pandora Papers
About 12 million documents, 14 financial organizations and institutions, as well as 600 journalists from 117 countries - this is what the largest leak in history of documents from offshore areas around the world called the PandorPapers looks like translated into figures.
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Pandora Papers Leak Is Part of Biden's Plans to Fight Corruption - Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova pointed out Washington's plans to make fighting corruption a key national security task, commenting on the publication of the Pandora Papers - a massive leak of millions of documents about offshore bank accounts of world's lead politicians and celebrities.