OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media

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 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.

OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatovic has said that recent attacks and threats against journalists in Albania are unacceptable.

There was widespread condemnation of Friday's attack on Ivanovski, a well-known and vociferous critic of the Macedonian government who runs the Maktel website and goes by the nickname 'Politiko'.

Ivanovski told BIRN that two unknown black-clad men wearing masks hit him on the head with metal bars in front of his building, but he managed to escape before suffering further injury.

OSCE media rep calls on Skopje to investigate threats

VIENNA -- Dunja Mijatovic has called on Macedonia's authorities to immediately investigate the death threat against the NOVA TV editor Borjan Jovanovski and his family.

Firm commitment to freedom of expression

Serbian Foreign Minister and OSCE chairman Ivica Dacic says Serbia is "firmly committed to protecting the safety of journalists and freedom of expression."

This is a key element of a truly democratic society, Dacic said.

PM wants media freedoms to be "at western level"

BELGRADE -- The goal of the Serbian government is to take the level of media freedoms "to the level that is relevant in all Western European countries."

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic made this statement during his meeting in Belgrade on Friday with OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatovic.

BELGRADE - The goal of the Serbian government is to take the level of media freedoms to the level that is relevant in all Western European countries, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said during a meeting with OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatovic.