25 June 2015 / By Hurryiet Daily News A report adopted by the Council of Europe (CoE) on June 24 says media transparency should be promoted, stressing the importance of freedom of expression and media pluralism for a functioning democracy. Member states of the CoE should ensure compliance with transparency standards through regulatory authorities encouraging…
9 April 2015 / By EBU The President of the EBU says hackers who seized control of EBU approved participant TV5 Monde for three hours this week are guilty of a gross violation of freedom of expression. Jean-Paul Philippot condemned the cyber-attack in the strongest terms. “Hacking into the output in this way threatens the…
12 March 2015 / By New.Az Azerbaijan not falling behind other countries for its pluralism. Head of the Public Policy department at the Presidential Administration, president’s assistant Ali Hasanov has made the above statement at an event dedicated to the announcement of the winners of a competition on individual journalist writings organized by the Mass…
10 March 2015 / By William Horsley Media policy is a tough challenge facing the new Commission, writes William Horsley. He advocates greater guarantees against interference, and also new business models. William Horsley is a former BBC correspondent, media freedom representative of the Association of European Journalists (AEJ) and member of its working group ‘European strategy…
Recently Gebru Kahsay Kiflu from the College of Social Science and Humanities, Adigrat University (Adigrat, Ethiopia) published a new article in the Journal New Media and Mass Communication. The article entitled “Broadcast Speech and the State of Broadcasting with Reference to Ethiopia: A Review” can be found in the following link. Abstract The issue of…
19 February 2015 / By Silvia Chocarro There is no question media pluralism and diversity are crucial for strong democracies. The pressing question is how to guarantee it. According to a group of Latin American experts that met in Washington, DC, the media environment in the region needs some regulation–but without undermining media independence. The…
12 January, 2015 / By Por Nicolás Del Valle O. El Ciudadano. La iniciativa Europea de crear instituciones comunes para discutir qué entendemos, cómo medimos y cuáles son las políticas sobre la comunicación, ha sido recientemente apoyada por UNESCO para América Latina, cuestión no menor al pensar a Chile en el contexto regional. ¿Necesitamos una institución independiente…
19 December, 2014 / By Journal Turkish Weekely News Turkey was criticized by the European Union (EU) over arrestment of media representatives. The EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security, Federica Mogherini and EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn released a joint statement and said that the raids and arrests are incompatible with the freedom…
16 December, 2014 / Today Zaman The European Parliament (EP) has announced that it will debate the freedom of expression in Turkey and a recent media crackdown on Wednesday, with a statement by foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini. It also said it will vote on a resolution on the freedom of expression in Turkey in…
22th November 2014 / By Ghana High Commission, Windhoek, Namibia Former President John Agyekum Kufuor was last week in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital participating in activities marking the 20th anniversary of the Governing Council of Interpeace, based in Geneva, Switzerland, of which he has been chairman for the past five years. The Ghanaian former President took…
12th October 2014 / By Turkish Media Wach Freedom and pluralism of the media are key issues potential candidate states are being asked to take into account in order to be a part of the European Union, Maja Kocijancic, a spokesperson for the European Commission, said when asked to evaluate an expanding media accreditation ban…
5th November 2014 / By Reporters without Borders Freedom of information has made important progress in Brazil during the past 12 years under President Lula da Silva and (since 2011) his successor Dilma Rousseff, who was reelected on 26 October, winning a fourth consecutive term for the Workers’ Party (PT), but much remains to be…
Observatory of Media Pluralism 