August 27,2016 / By Manuel Ángel Méndez Es como un triste viaje al pasado, una vuelta a la Edad Media. ¿Recuerdan lo que ocurrió hace un par de años cuando España hizo el ridículo a nivel mundial forzando el cierre de Google News en nuestro país? El responsable fue el ‘lobby’ de AEDE, la asociación de editores…
August 16, 2016/ By Martine Huberty Is the press really serving Grand Duchy residents? A recent report by the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom and the University of Luxembourg highlights three risks to the diversity of the media in this country. One risk is the high concentration of media ownership and cross-media ownership.…
August 9, 2016/ By Agenda Ge A high official from the Organization for Security and Co-Operation (OSCE) is praising Georgia for the progress it’s recently made in media pluralism and freedom of the press. OSCE envoy on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatovic sent a letter to Georgia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs lauding Georgia’s “substantial…
June 7, 2016/ By Sputniknews According to the ombudsman, this political correctness is not always maintained in Russian media. “For many years I worked in the United States, the newspapers there do write with different emphases — some are more supportive of Republicans, some support Democrats, but they write politically correct things in relation to the authorities,” Dolgov said on the sidelines of the New Era…
May 31, 2016/ By Azernews Provision of freedom of thought, speech and press in Azerbaijan has always been in the focus of attention of the state. Azerbaijan’s media palette has been fully formed. Ali Hasanov, the assistant to the Azerbaijani President for Public and Political Affairs, Head of the Department for Socio-Political Affairs of the…
May 30, 2016/ Previosly publisued by LSE Media project In this longer read, Lorna Woods, Professor of Media Law at the University of Essex, explains the main changes and key features of the European Commission’s proposal for a new Audiovisual Media Service Directive. After a draft was leaked last week, the Commission’s proposal to revise the…
May 25, 2016/ Jonathan Nackstrand, France24 The plan is the latest step towards what Brussels calls a digital single market, in which the European Union‘s 500 million people will no longer be blocked from buying goods and services more cheaply abroad online. “E-commerce in the EU is not functioning as smoothly as it could,” EU industry…
May 16, 2016 / By Europatropical Podemos Motril celebra el desbloqueo de la dirección de la Radio Televisión motrileña y el nombramiento con un amplio consenso de Alberto Feixas como nuevo director gerente. Hace unas semanas se conoció el informe de 2015 sobre pluralismo político en las televisiones públicas andaluzas, de mano del Consejo Audiovisual de…
May 16, 2016 / By Petros Iosifidis, Open Democracy The study on Media Policy and Independent Journalism in Greece I co-authored for the Open Society Foundations in 2014-15 identified the most urgent problems facing media policy in Greece and how they affect independent journalism. The study was based on desktop research, literature review of sources…
May 13, 2016 / By Jean-Paul Marthoz, CPJ EU Jean-Paul Marthoz / CPJ EU Correspondent On May 9, a stern review of Hungary’s conduct in human rights issues and press freedom was released at the United Nations Human Rights Council. The report, drafted by the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, listed concerns from…
May 11, 2016 / By Christine Leşcu, Radio Romania International Every year, in early May, we celebrate World Press Freedom Day, an event that provides an opportunity to measure to what extent journalists’ rights and freedom of speech are observed. The Media Pluralism Monitor, developed and funded by the European Commission and the European Parliament, is…
11 May, 2016 / By Giovanni Vale Following a five day mission in Zagreb, the Human Rights Commissioner of the Council of Europe, Nils Muižnieks, provides an account on the situation of media freedom in the country. Interview Commissioner, are you worried about the current situation in Croatia with regards to freedom of the press?…
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