29 May 2015 / By Maria Kyriakidou There is perhaps no other field that better illustrates how deeply ingrained clientelism is in Greek political culture than the media sector. Politicians, media and business have long been operating as a ‘triangle of power’, where private and political interests are intrinsically intertwined and where the media function as…
25 May 2015 / By EFE Bruselas. Heraldo.es La Unión Europea (UE) criticó hoy la promulgación de una ley en Rusiaque permite declarar “indeseables” a las ONG extranjeras e internacionales, al tiempo que subrayó que contradice a la mismaConstitución rusa. “La nueva ley que permite declarar “indeseables” a las ONG, promulgada por el presidente ruso…
20 May 2015 / By Charter 97 A big delegation of journalists of independent media, including the leadership of the Belarusian Journalist Association, as well as representatives of the Information Ministry of the Journalism faculty of the Belarusian State University, journalists of state-run media, are taking part in the conference preceding the Eastern Partnership Summit…
14 May 2015 / By Nelly Ognyanova and Orlin Spassov The condition of the media environment in Bulgaria makes it a special case. The country ranks lowest among European Union Member States in the World Press Freedom Index of Reporters without Borders for 2015 (106th place in the overall ranking). This trend shows no sign of improving, with…
7 May 2013 / By Media Policy Project Blog The three main UK political parties – the Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats and Labour – have set out their policy priorities for the media & telecoms sectors in their party manifestos. A recent report from Enders Analysis highlights areas of convergence and divergence between them in…
5 April 2015 / By Sputnik News The Occupy Democracy demonstrations underway in London and other UK cities are into their fifth day on Tuesday, which will be devoted to demands for democratic reform of the media, the group’s website said. The action in central London is set to start at 12 p.m. (11:00 GMT) with a rally involving…
5 April 2015 / By Euroactive.com SPECIAL REPORT / The news industry is struggling with a shift to mobile, getting scant revenues as more readers turn to smartphones and tablets for information, according to new research published in April. These are among the findings of the latest Pew Research Center’s State of the News Media…
5 April 2015 / By Europa Press El presidente de la Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC), José María Marín Quemada, ha destacado este martes que el organismo vigilará el cumplimiento del pluralismo y la imparcialidad informativa en Televisión Española (TVE). El presidente de la Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la…
4 May 2015 / By Wilfredo Miranda Aburto “Putin controla casi todos los periódicos”. Periodistas independientes rusos denuncian amenazas a la libertad de prensa y los riesgos físicos y psicológicos de ejercer la profesión Riga (Letonia).- Más de 300 periodistas se han reunido en Letonia para discutir la situación de la libertad de prensa en el…
3 May 2015 / By Today’s Zaman On Tuesday morning, a national newspaper with pro-government values, the Vahdet daily, hit the stands, declaring on its front page that 300 leaders of the outlawed Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK) are crypto-Armenians and claimed that they were baptized in churches. The overall accusatory tone of the article is…
3 mayo 2015 / By DiariodeLeon.es La Asociación de Periodistas de León (APL) se ha adherido al manifiesto hecho público por la Federación de Asociaciones de Periodistas de España (FAPE) con motivo del Día Mundial de la Libertad de Prensa que se celebra mañana. El colectivo solicitó a los partidos políticos que garanticen “el pluralismo…
1 May 2015 / By http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ Every day journalists risk their lives to help inform us. Last year alone 66 journalists were killed, 119 kidnapped, 178 arrested and more 1800 of them attacked of threatened. Ahead of World Press Freedom Day on 3 May, we created an infographic based on the World Press Freedom Index put…
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