17 november 2015 / By Juan García. Huffington Post Over a quarter of a century since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the scars of Central & Eastern Europe’s post-communist legacy are still clear to see. Lacking the institutional infrastructure and regulatory oversight, the collapse of communism in the USSR created a void across the…
6 November 2015 / By UN News In a report to the General Assembly, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus called on the country to start reforming its laws and practices that have for two decades stifled its citizens’ right to freedom of expression. “Critical opinion and fact-finding…
30 October 2015 / By Daily News Media freedom, pluralism and media playing the field for candidates were areas which raised concerns ahead of Turkey’s Nov. 1 elections, according to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe’s (OSCE) election observation leaders, who spoke after their multi-city visit. The OSCE special coordinator for observation of…
29 October 2015 / By Charter 97 Media freedom in Belarus is impossible because of the authorization system of registration and arbitrary rules of revoking licences. It was one of the conclusions of the report on the freedom of expression, which is to be presented by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in…
29 October 2015 / By Diplomatic Intelligence.eu Police raiding offices of media outlets, detaining journalists, and using tear gas and water cannons, is unacceptable, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović said Wednesday. “This morning’s raid by the police on the television channels Kanaltürk and Bugün TV is a clear obstruction of media…
19 October 2014 / By El Periódico Antena 3 no respetó el pluralismo informativo durante la campaña electoral de las autonómicas catalanas. Esta es la conclusión más destacada del informa realizado por el Consell de l’Audiovisual de Catalunya (CAC) sobre las noticias relacionadas con el 27-S, un estudio que presentará a la Comisión Nacional de…
1 Octubre 2015 / By A new law with the aim of ensuring transparency of media ownership in Ukraine came into force Thursday. On 10 September, President Petro Poroshenko signed the law “On Amendments to Several Laws of Ukraine on Ensuring the Transparency of Media Ownership and Implementing the Principles of State Policy in the…
27 September 2015 / By Petra Caruana Dingli Transport Minister Joe Mizzi plummeted to new depths last week, like some deep-water diver trying to break the record for new limits. He held an official press conference and decided to answer questions put to him by everyone except the journalist from the media outlet owned by…
17 September 2015 / By Mundo Plus.tv El Consejo Audiovisual de Andalucía (CAA) ha aprobado una resolución en la que reitera su llamamiento a la televisión municipal de Tarifa para que cumpla los principios fundamentales de imparcialidad y pluralismo en sus informativos, tras constatar la vulneración de estas normas en el tratamiento de una noticia…
2 Septiembre 2015 / By Crónica Global La decisión se toma gracias al voto de calidad del presidente del organismo. Los consejeros de PSC, PP y UDC se oponen El Consell de l’Audiovisual de Catalunya (CAC), el organismo que, entre otras funciones, debe velar por el “pluralismo político” de las radios y televisiones en Cataluña,…
2 September / By El Periódico El pleno del Consell de l’Audiovisual de Catalunya (CAC) ha aprobado este miércoles, por primera vez en su historia, la inclusión en su informe de pluralismo para la campaña electoral del 27-S los informativos de mediodía de TVE-1, Tele 5 y Antena 3. El acuerdo se ha tomado con tres…
21 August 2015/ By Milan Dinic Transparency of ownership represents one of the foundations of free and independent media. While in western democracies ownership transparency tends to be high, LSE student Milan Dinic argues that this is not the case in countries undergoing transition to the west, Serbia being one of them. He looks at…
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