26 April, 2016 / By Benjamin Cunningham Published in The Slovak Spectator Slovakia ranks 12th in the annual global ranking of press freedom; Central Europe fare less well. If the latest report released by Reporters Without Borders is to be believed, last year was a bad one for journalism. Though Slovakia ranks high, 12th, in this annual…
25 April, 2016 / By Nick Baker in Myanmar Times Myanmar remains one of the most repressive media environments in the world, according to a new report. The 2016 World Press Freedom Index, prepared by international media watchdog Reporters Without Borders, ranked Myanmar 143 out of 180 countries included in the assessment. The overall score…
23 April, 2016 / By Pier Luigi Parcu in Euroactiv.com Freedom of expression and media pluralism are principles enshrined in the EU’s Charter of Fundamental Rights. Member states are bound to guarantee them, as they represent the essence of liberal democracies. But Pier Luigi Parcu asks whether this is true in practice. Pier Luigi Parcu…
April 21, 2016 / By Gustavo Gómez, UyPress Uruguay primero en ranking de libertad de prensa en América del Sur. Sube tres puestos respecto de 2015 por aprobación de Ley de Servicios de Comunicación Audiovisual. El ranking de la prestigiosa organización internacional Reporteros Sin Fronteras (RSF) “Clasificación Mundial de la Libertad de Prensa 2016” publicado el…
21 April, 2016 / By By Dunja Mijatović in Index on Censorship As the OSCE Representative on Freedom of Media, I believe that the rights afforded to producers and consumers of traditional media equally apply to new media platforms as well. That is why my office, an independent institution that is part of the Organization for…
21 April, 2016 / By ET Brandequity Media in India continues to be under stress as the country figures low at 133 out of 180 nations in the latest World Press Freedom Index. The international watchdog said, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is being ‘indifferent’ to threats against scribes. The damning report by Paris-based free press…
April 20, 2016 / By Sebastián D. Penelli en Ámbito.com La organización internacional Reporteros Sin Fronteras (RSF) lamentó la derogación de la Ley de Medios que ordenó el gobierno de Mauricio Macri y denunció que la nueva legislación que creó la Enacom “favorece” la concentración de medios en el país. En su informe anual sobre libertad…
20 April, 2016 / By Buenos Aires Herald The Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) international organization questioned the abrogation of Argentina’s media law decided by the administration of President Mauricio Macri, warning the new legislation that creates the Enacom agency “favours” concentration of media ownership in the country. In its annual Press Freedom Index report, the…
20 April, 2016 / Vedran Pavlic in Total Croatia News Media freedom deteriorated around the world last year, according to an annual report published by Reporters Without Borders. That includes Croatia as well, which fell five places in the rankings compared to 2014, reports Novi List on April 20, 2016. The media freedom rankings cover…
April 15, 2016 / By Infobae.com De ese modo, cumple con la promesa del DNU que creó el Enacom. Héctor Huici, Andrés Gil Domínguez, Henoch Aguiar, Santiago Kovadloff, Alejandro Pereyra y Silvana Giudici tienen 180 días para redactar el proyecto El Gobierno conformó hoy la comisión encargada de redactar una ley para reformar las leyes…
April 14, 2016 / By Europa Press Con especial atención a los peligros específicos de género que enfrentan las mujeres periodistas El Comité de Ministros del Consejo de Europa ha hecho públicas una serie de recomendaciones dirigidas a los Estados miembro con el objetivo de que protejan el periodismo y la seguridad de quienes lo…
April 11, 2016 / By European Federation of Journalist The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) was invited by the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists &Democrats in the European Parliament to a seminar on Diversity in Media and Culture Versus Convergence on Thursday 7 of April. Ms Maria Joao Rodrigues, S&D Vice President and…
Observatory of Media Pluralism 