SEEMO
South East Europe
Media Organisation |
|
|
| SEEMO Calendar |
SEEMO in the News |
| February |
- |
SEEMO Press Freedom Mission to Serbia |
| March |
- |
SEEMO Press Freedom Mission to Bulgaria |
| 18-20 April |
- |
III South East and Central European Investigative Journalism Days and Public Broadcasting Workshop - Moldova |
| May |
- |
Presentation of the SEEMO Photo Human Rights Award 2012 |
| June |
- |
SECEPRO – PREXPO |
| |
|
...more |
|
|
| SEEMO pictures |
.JPG)
Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaçi and SEEMO Secretary General Oliver
Vujovic, Pristina, November 2011

Atifete Jahjaga, President of Kosovo and Oliver Vujovic, SEEMO Secretary
General, Pristina, November 2011

Prime Minister of Montenegro Igor Luksic and SEEMO Secretary General Oliver Vujovic

Director of Police of Montenegro Veselin Veljovic with SEEMO Secretary General Oliver Vujovic, Podgorica, November 2011

Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic and SEEMO Secretary General Oliver Vujovic,
V SEEMF, Belgrade, Serbia, November 2011
_resize.jpg)
Opening with Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic,
V SEEMF, Belgrade, Serbia, November 2011
_resize.jpg)
V South East Europe Media Forum with Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic,
Belgrade, Serbia, November 2011

Presentation of the Dr. Erhard Busek SEEMO Award 2011 to Drago Hedl, Croatia
(Photo: Dr. Erhard Busek, Drago Hedl, Oliver Vujovic)

SEEMO conference in Sofia 2008:
Opening
panel with Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev

Gjorge Ivanov, President of the Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) and Oliver Vujovic, SEEMO Secretary General, Skopje, October 2011
-
SEEMO Workshop: Investigative Journalism in Albania, Tirana, 2007
-
Presentation of the book Prime Time Crime by Kemal Kurspahic, publsihed by SEEMO, Belgrade, 2004
-
Nino Pavic, owner EPH group, Zagreb, SEEMO Conference, 2007
-
SEEMO Conference Roma Media in South, East and Central Europe, 2003
-
SEEMO Conference in cooperation with City of Vienna, Bohmann Verlage and City of Athens, Athens, 2003
-
SEEMO Workshop Investigative Journalism in Romania, Bucharest, 2007
-
SEEMO Conference in cooperation with City of Vienna, City of Belgrade, Serbian Government and Bohmann Verlage, Belgrade, 2005
-
Group of participants from Vojvodina in Salzburg, SEEMO Conference, 2003
-
SEEMO-ADA Conference, Vienna, 2006
-
II SEEMO Meeting of media representatives from Serbia and Kosovo, Skopje, 2003
-
SEEMO - Friedrich Ebert Stiftung - Verband Österreichischer Zeitungen Conference Media and Tolerance, Opatija, 2003
-
Ivo Pukanic (killed in 2008 by a car bomb), SEEMO Conference, Zagreb, 2007
-
Presentation of the SEEMO Human Rights Award 2010 to the Bulgarian cartoonist Christo Komarnitski
-
Regional Conference Opatija, 2003
-
SEEMO, City of Vienna, City of Trieste, Bohmann Verlag Conference Trieste, 2004
-
Round table: Two years of SEEMO and Press Freedom, in cooperation with Diplomatic Academy and Greek Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Vienna, 2002
-
Meeting with the Serbian Minister for Internal Affairs Ivica Dacic, Belgrade, 2009
-
Meting with representatives of the Hungarian Journalist Association, Budapest, 2010
 Boris Bergant, Pavol Múdry, Alison Bethel McKenzie, Oliver Vujovic,
Ingrid Deltenre (EBU Director General), Anthony Mills
SEEMO delegation with President of Croatia Ivo Josipovic
SEEMF, December 2010, Budapest: Srgjan Kerim (WAZ Media Gruppe), Gerhard Pfanzelter (Secretary General Central European Initative, CEI); Oliver Vujovic (Secretary General, SEEMO) and László Kövér (Speaker of the Hungarian Parlliament)
-
SEEMF, November 2009, Tirana: Bamir Topi (President of Albania) and Oliver Vujovic (Secretary General, SEEMO)
-
SEEMF, November 2009, Tirana: Vuslat Dogan Sabanci, Dogan publishing group, Turkey
-
SEEMO I Investigative Journalism Days, May 2010, Budva (Montenegro): Gerhard Schaumberger (Austrian Embassy), Zeljko Ivanovic (Vijesti daily), Ranko Krivokapic (President of the Parliament of Montengro), Oliver Vujovic (Secretary General, SEEMO)
-
Aiden White, former IFJ Secretary General, SEEMO Conference, Sofia 2008
-
President of Serbia Boris Tadic, SEEMO Secretary General Oliver Vujovic and SEEMO Board Member Radomir Licina, Belgrade June 2011
-
Stipe Mesic, President of Croatia and Oliver Vujovic, SEEMO Secretary General, Zagreb, 2007
-
Bodo Hombach, WAZ Media Gruppe and Oliver Vujovic, SEEMO Secretary General, 2007
-
Andreas Rudas, RTL Group, SEEMO Confernce Sofia 2008
-
Presentation of the Busek-SEEMO Award 2008: Erhard Busek (former Vice-Chancellor of Austria), Brankica Stankovic (Investigative reporter, RTV B92, Serbia) and Oliver Vujovic (SEEMO Secretary General)
|
| ...more |
| SEEMO Surprised at Croatia Electronic Media Council Warning to RTL |
 |
| Vienna, 26 January 2012 |
| |
| The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute, expresses surprise at the latest warning of Croatia’s seven-member Electronic Media Council, an electronic regulatory body. On 19 January, 2012 the Council ordered RTL TV Croatia (RTL Hrvatska) to translate its programmes from Serbian into Croatian. The decision, based on the electronic media law, states that RTL Hrvatska is legally obliged to “broadcast in Croatian or translate into Croatian”. On the same day, RTL had to change its programming and suspend the only program that was not translated: a Serbian TV series. If the broadcaster does not abide by the decision, it could lose its licence... read more |
| to the top |
| SEEMO Urges New Croatia Government to Create Legal and Institutional Environment for Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT) to Function as a Public Broadcaster |
 |
| Vienna, 19 January 2012 |
| |
| Transforming state television channels into public broadcasters has been a slow and difficult process in most post-communist countries, including those that are already in the European Union or are about to join. Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT) has been struggling and failing to fulfil this task. The December 2010 law regulating the public broadcaster did not meet expectations. The theoretically non-partisan Programme Council has not been functioning as such. Its members are perceived to represent political interests. Journalists feel ignored and sidelined. The open conflict between the Council members and journalists is aired on TV... read more |
| to the top |
| SEEMO Calls on Romanian Authorities to Identify and Prosecute Aggressors of Journalists |
 |
| Vienna, 18 January 2012 |
| |
 |
 |
| source:
Jurnalul national, Antena3, GSP |
| |
|
Numerous reporters were physically assaulted by protesters and policemen while covering peaceful anti-government protests that degenerated into violence in Bucharest between 15 and 16 January 2012. It appeared that the journalists were deliberate targets. Catalin Lupasteanu, from the Mediafax news agency, said that he was beaten up by the police although he shouted:"Press! Press!" ... read more
|
| to the top |
| SEEMO Condemns Police Beating of Kosovo Photojournalist |
 |
| Vienna, 17 January 2012 |
| |
The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), condemns alleged police violence against Kosovo freelance photojournalist Vedat Xhymshiti. On Saturday 14
January, the reporter was covering clashes between demonstrators and Kosovo police near the Merdare border crossing between Serbia and Kosovo, when he was struck by policemen. He lost conscioussness but was not hospitalised. The attack was filmed... read more |
| to the top |
| SEEMO: 2011 Overview of Press Freedom Violations in South, East and Central Europe |
 |
| Vienna, 5 January 2012 |
| |
| In 2011, the Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), registered 684 press freedom violations in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Turkey, and Ukraine... read more |
| to the top |
| SEEMO Calls on President of Republika Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina) to Respect and Support Country’s Public Broadcasters |
 |
| Vienna, 20 December 2011 |
| |
| The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), is extremely concerned at the latest declarations by Milorad Dodik, president of the Serb-controlled entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republika Srpska. On 13 December 2011, the president said that the Public Broadcasting Service of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BHRT) should be abolished. He stated that his priority was the functioning of the Banja-Luka based Radio and Television of Republika Srpska /RTRS/... read more |
| to the top |
| SEEMO Condemns Physical Attack on Radio Television Kosovo (RTK) TV Crew |
 |
| Vienna, 19 December 2011 |
| |
| The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), condemns the attack against Radio Television Kosovo (RTK) journalist Arta Avdiu and cameraman Blerim Rudari. On 13 December 2011, the Kosovo public broadcaster team was filming for a report on the use of municipal property in Lipljan/Gadime when a man started insulting and threatening them. The attacker tried to physically attack the journalist and the cameraman, as well as destroy the camera... read more |
| to the top |
| SEEMO Condemns New Death Threats against Croatian Journalist Drago Hedl |
 |
| Vienna, 14 December 2011 |
| |
|
One day after receiving an award for defending human rights from Croatia’s president Ivo Josipovic and one month after receiving the Dr. Erhard Busek - SEEMO 2011 Award for Better Understanding in South East Europe, Croatian journalist and author Drago Hedl has received death threats. On 8 December 2011, the Commission of the Croatian Bishops' Conference “Justitia et Pax” asked President Josipovic to withdraw the award because they were not satisfied with Hedl’s reporting. They cited an article published 30 years ago. This announcement was followed by death threats against Hedl... read more
|
| to the top |
| SEEMO Condemns Physical Attacks on Publika TV Crew in Moldova |
 |
| Vienna, 12 December 2011 |
| |
| The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute, condemns the physical attack against a Publika TV crew in Calarasi, a town of 16,000 inhabitants in central Moldova, approximately 50 kilometers from the country's capital, Chisinau... read more |
| to the top |
| SEEMO Calls on Authorities in Serbia to Protect Journalists from Political Pressure |
 |
| Vienna, 5 December 2011 |
| |
|
The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), calls on the authorities in Vojvodina, northern Serbia, to protect journalists from political pressure.
With general elections approaching in spring 2012, the Independent Journalists’ Association of Vojvodina (NDNV) has registered a growing number of journalists’ complaints regarding political pressure... read more
|
| to the top |
| SEEMO Calls on Peacekeeping Force to Investigate Alleged Attack on Journalists in Kosovo |
 |
| Vienna, 2 December 2011 |
| |
| The Vienna-based South East Europe Media organization (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), calls on the Kosovo Force (KFOR) authorities, the NATO-led international peacekeeping force in Kosovo, to investigate alleged attacks against several journalists in Northern Kosovo. According to the Belgrade-based Journalists’ Association of Serbia (UNS) and Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia (NUNS), several journalists and cameramen covering clashes involving KFOR soldiers and members of the Serbian population who had mounted barricades in Northern Kosovo, were targeted with rubber bullets and tear gas... read more |
| to the top |
| SEEMO Welcomes Police Action against Attackers of Journalists in Montenegro, and European Court of Human Rights Decision |
 |
| Vienna, 2 December 2011 |
| |
| The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), welcomes the prompt police action against three men who physically attacked a TV crew from TV Vijesti. The incident occurred on 18 November 2011 in Niksic, a town 55 kilometers from the Montenegrin capital Podgorica. The TV crew was filming the Niksic suburb of Humci, when a group of three men began insulting and hitting them... read more |
| to the top |
| SEEMO Condemns Death Threats against Journalists in Slovenia |
 |
| Vienna, 1 December 2011 |
| |
| The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Oragnisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), condemns death threats against the investigative reporters Blaz Zgaga and Matej Surc, which appeared on 19 November 2011 on a political web portal. Numerous anonymous readers insulted, and physically threatened, the two journalists – who are the authors of three books on the arms trade in Slovenia... read more |
| to the top |
| SEEMO/ADA Regional Conference: News Agencies and New Media in South-East and Central Europe 24-25 November 2011, Pristina |
 |
| Vienna, 22 November 2011 |
| |
| The Vienna-based South East Europe Organisation (SEEMO) and the Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC) - Austrian Development Agency (ADA), in cooperation with the Pristina-based news agency, Kosova Press, and two regional organisations, the International Media Center (IMC) and the South, East and Central Europe PR Organisation (SECEPRO), are organising a conference on News Agencies and New Media in South-East and Central Europe... read more |
| to the top |
| SEEMO Delegation to Visit Kosovo from 23-25 November 2011 |
 |
| Vienna, 22 November 2011 |
| |
|
The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), will visit Kosovo from 23 to 25 November 2011.
The purpose of the visit to is to acquire a better understanding of the media situation in Kosovo. During the past years, SEEMO has received complaints regarding political and economic pressure on media outlets... read more
|
| to the top |
| Veton Surroi Wins 2011 SEEMO Human Rights Award |
 |
| Vienna, 18 November 2011 |
| |
|
Kosovo journalist, publisher, politician and human rights activist Veton Surroi has won the 2011 SEEMO Human Rights Award. The SEEMO board praised Surroi’s non-violent methods and consistent “commitment to human rights” in all of his professional activities.\
The 2011 SEEMO Human Rights award will be presented to Veton Surroi on 24 November 2011 at 18.30 in the Hotel Victory, Pristina, Kosovo, during the international conference on News Agencies and New Media in South East and East Europe... read more
|
| to the top |
| International Mission Condemns Chilling Effect and Calls for Change |
 |
| Vienna, 17 November 2011 |
| |
|
Budapest- Hungary’s new model of media regulation is creating a chilling effect and undermining freedom of expression said an international partnership mission comprised of leading press freedom and media development organizations today.
The partnership mission to Hungary, which took place from November 14th to 16th, included meetings with lawyers, journalists, editors, professional associations, representatives of civil society, the new media authorities, and the government representative to discuss the situation regarding the enactment and implementation of the new media law, which went into effect on January 1, 2011... read more
|
| to the top |
| SEEMO Releases Report on Press Freedom Mission to the Republic of Macedonia/Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
 |
| Vienna, 17 November 2011 |
| |
|
The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), on Wednesday released its report on the media situation in the Republic of Macedonia/Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The SEEMO-led press-freedom mission visited Skopje, the country’s capital, from 4 to 6 October 2011.
The delegation met President Gjorge Ivanov; Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski; Minister of Internal Affairs Gordana Jankulovska; Minister of Transport and Communications Mile Janakievski; Head of the OSCE Mission to Skopje Ralf Breth; Austrian Ambassador Alois Kraut; and more than 30 media representatives, including owners, directors, editors-in-chief, journalists, media experts, media NGO representatives, and other professionals... read more
|
| to the top |
|
IPI/SEEMO Join Mission to Hungary
|
 |
| Vienna, 16 November 2011 |
| |
|
Groups Part of International Partnership to Highlight New Media Laws
The International Press Institute (IPI) and its affiliate, the South and East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), in conjunction with a number of international media freedom groups, today began a joint International Partnership Mission to Hungary to highlight the country’s regressive new media laws... read more
|
| to the top |
| SEEMO Delegation to Visit Montenegro 8-10 November 2011 |
 |
| Vienna, 7 November 2011 |
| |
|
The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), will visit Montenegro from 8 to 10 November 2011.
The purpose of the visit to is to acquire a better understanding of the media situation in the country. During the past years, SEEMO has received complaints regarding political and economic pressure on media outlets... read more |
| to the top |
| SEEMO Condemns Police Pressure on Publication in Northern Cyprus |
 |
| Vienna, 7 November 2011 |
| |
|
The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organization (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), condemns the police raid against Afrika, a Turkish-language newspaper in Northern Cyprus.
On 1 November 2011 the police forcefully entered Afrika’s premises and removed a banner hanging from the balcony of the newspaper´s building. The banner was created by journalists to express solidarity with the general strike organized by the Trade Union´s platform of Northern Cyprus. It consisted of old newspaper headlines... read more
|
| to the top |
| V South East Europe Media Forum Media Pluralism and Media Business in South, East and Central Europe 2-3 November 2011, Belgrade Serbia |
 |
| Vienna, 28 October 2011 |
| |
| The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), the Central European Initiative (CEI) from Trieste, Italy, and the Media Program South East Europe of Germany’s Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) are pleased to announce the V South East Europe Media Forum (SEEMF) in Belgrade, Serbia, from 2 to 3 November 2011. This year’s forum will analyse problems and perspectives of media pluralism, media market and business models in the region... read more |
| to the top |
|
Polish Journalist Kalicki Włodzmierz Wins CEI SEEMO Award for Outstanding Merits in Investigative Journalism 2011
Special Investigative Journalism Diploma to Artan Hoxha (Albania), Dijana Subotički (Serbia), Matej Šurc and Blaž Zgaga (Slovenia)
|
 |
| Trieste/Vienna, 20 October 2011 |
| |
| |
 |
|
| |
Wlodzimierz Kalicki |
|
The Central European Initiative (CEI) and the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) are pleased to announce the winner of the CEI SEEMO Award for Outstanding Merits in Investigative Journalism 2011, Mr. Kalicki Włodzmierz... read more |
| to the top |
| SEEMO Condemns Attacks on Local Television in Serbia |
 |
| Vienna, 24 October 2011 |
| |
| The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute, condemns the series of attacks against the property of Radio-Television Prima in Bajina Basta, a town 170 kilometres southwest of Belgrade... read more |
| to the top |
| SEEMO Announces Regional Conference on Media, Minorities and Diversity |
 |
| Vienna 21 October 2011 |
| |
| The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO, with the support of the Austrian Development Cooperation (ADA), and in cooperation with the Albanian Media Institute, will organise a SEEMO conference on how media in South, Central and Eastern Europe report on ethnic minorities, gender and sexual diversity issues, and religion. To be held in Tirana, Albania, from 24-26 October 2011, the conference will also include a special panel discussion dedicated to hate speech... read more |
| to the top |
| SEEMO Dismayed at Comments by Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia / Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on Journalist’s Question |
 |
| Vienna, 21 October 2011 |
| |
| The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press institute (IPI), is dismayed by public criticism voiced by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia / Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Nikola Gruevski, at the journalist Borjan Jovanovski. In an interview with the state news agency, MIA, published on 18 October 2011, Gruevski criticized Jovanovski for posing a particular question during a press conference in Brussels, Belgium, on 12 October 2011... read more |
| to the top |
| SEEMO Condemns Renewed Pressure on Journalists in Serbia |
 |
| Vienna, 18 October 2011 |
| |
|
The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Oragnisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute, condemns renewed threats and pressures against journalists in Serbia.
On 14 October 2011, Anel Grbovic, a journalist with the local Television Novi Pazar (southwest Serbia), received death threats, apparently because he failed to cover a voluntary blood donation event. The organiser allegedly called the journalist and threatened to beat him... read more
|
| to the top |
| SEEMO Condemns Attack against Bulgarian Journalist |
 |
| Vienna, 14 October 2011 |
| |
| |
 |
|
| |
Sasho Dikov |
|
The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), condemns the attack against journalist Sasho Dikov. An explosive device was placed underneath Dikov’s car and was detonated on 13 October 2011 around 10pm. The car was parked in front of the journalist´s home in Sofia. Dikov was not in the car. According to the police sources, one kilo of explosives was placed next to the front left tire... read more |
| to the top |
| SEEMO Praises Prompt Arrest of Policeman Accused of Attacking Athens Rally Photographer |
 |
| Vienna, 7 October 2011 |
| |
| |
 |
|
| |
"Greek photojournalist Tatiana Bolari is punched by riot policeman
during a protest in Athens. Several members of the media were harassed and a
few beaten by the police." Yannis Behrakis on Facebook |
|
| |
|
|
The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), praises the prompt arrest of the police officer who allegedly attacked a professional female photographer covering an anti-austerity rally in Athens on 5 October 2011. Pictures appear to show the policeman hitting Tatiana Bolari, who works for the Athens News Agency and other agencies, causing her to lose a tooth... read more |
|
| to the top |
| SEEMO Condemns Use of Hate Speech and ‘Online Lynching’ to Target Award-Winning Bulgarian Journalist |
 |
| Vienna, 6 October 2011 |
| |
| The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute, condemns the use of hate speech in Bulgarian media, and ‘online lynching’, to target Mirolyuba Benatova, an award-winning investigative journalist and star reporter for the private TV channel bTV... read more |
| to the top |
| SEEMO Condemns Continuing Political Pressure on Hungarian Minority Media in Serbia |
 |
| Vienna, 3 October 2011 |
| |
|
The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), condemns continued political pressure on Hungarian minority media in Vojvodina, Serbia.
On 17 September 2011, Rudolf Mihok, the director of Television Panon from Subotica, a town on the border between Hungary and Serbia, was dismissed... read more
|
| to the top |
| SEEMO Urges Authorities in Ukraine to Allow Television Agency News (ATN) to Transmit Again |
 |
| Vienna, 3 October 2011 |
| |
| The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), condemns political pressure and administrative decisions in the Ukrainian region of Kharkov that resulted in taking the independent ATN TV channel off the air... read more |
| to the top |
| SEEMO Delegation to Visit Skopje from 4-6 October |
 |
| Vienna, 30 September 2011 |
| |
|
The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), will visit the Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) from 4-6 October 2011.
The purpose of the visit to is to acquire a better understanding of the media situation in the country. During the past years, and especially since the beginning of 2011, SEEMO has received complaints regarding political and economic pressure on media outlets... read more
|
| to the top |
| SEEMO Condemns Physical Attack on TV Tutin Crew in Southwest Serbia |
 |
| Vienna, 30 September 2011 |
| |
| The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute, condemns an attack on a TV Tutin crew and urges Serbia`s authorities to protect journalists, especially in local communities. Tutin is a small town in Sandzak, a region in southwest Serbia with a strong Bosniak ethnic minority. TV Tutin is a local public service... read more |
| to the top |
| SEEMO Urges Authorities in Ukraine to Allow Television Agency News (ATN) to Transmit Again |
 |
| Vienna, 29 September 2011 |
| |
| The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) condemns political pressure and administrative decisions in the Ukrainian region of Kharkov that resulted in taking the independent ATN TV channel off the air... read more |
| to the top |
| SEEMO Condemns Political, Police Pressure on Investigative Journalists in Croatia |
 |
| Vienna, 16 September 2011 |
| |
|
The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute, condemns political and police pressure on investigative journalists who have revealed alleged illegal financing of the governing political party.
On Sunday 11 September 2011, Zagreb-based daily Vecernji List carried a story on illegal party finances and electoral campaigns. On 15 September 2011, the Bureau for Combating Corruption and Organized Crime (USKOK) summoned one of the authors, Josip Bohutinski, to testify. The police expected the journalist to reveal his sources but they did not pressure him to do so. Citing media law, Bohutinski did not cooperate... read more
|
| to the top |
| SEEMO Demands Release of Serbian Journalist Detained in South Ossetia |
 |
| Vienna, 15 September 2011 |
| |
|
The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), demands the immediate release of Viktor Lazic, a travel writer for the Belgrade-based daily, Press.
Lazic was detained on 3 September 2011 on the border between Georgia and South Ossetia. According to the journalist, he was detained because he had allegedly crossed the border of the self proclaimed territory of South Ossetia. He is being held in solitary confinement... read more
|
| to the top |
| SEEMO Urges Prompt Investigation of Attack on Serbian Correspondent in Russia |
 |
| Vienna, 30 August 2011 |
| |
|
The Vienna-based South East Europe Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), condemns the brutal beating of Zorana Bojovic, correspondent for the Serbian news agency BETA in the Russian Federation. The correspondent and her husband, Russian journalist Gennady Sysoyev, were beaten in a town near Moscow on 14 August 2011... read more
|
| to the top |
| SEEMO Condemns Latest Attack on Montenegrin daily Vijesti |
 |
| Vienna, 29 August 2011 |
| |
| One month after a car belonging to the Montenegrin daily Vijesti was torched, a new company car was set ablaze on 27 August 2011. This is the third attack on Vijesti property since 14 July 2011, when the first two cars were torched. All four cars – destroyed in three separate attacks – were clearly marked... read more |
| to the top |
| SEEMO Condemns the Detention of two Journalists in Northern Greece |
 |
| Vienna, 22 August 2011 |
| |
|
The Vienna-based South East Europe Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), condemns the detention of two journalists in northwestern Greece.
On 16 August 2011, the Skopje-based journalists, Goran Momirovski of Kanal 5 television and Milena Gjorgjievska, a journalist with the daily Vest, accompanied a group of senior citizens from the Republic of Macedonia/Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, who were trying to obtain their birth certificates in Florina, northwestern Greece... read more
|
| to the top |
| SEEMO Condemns Latest Attacks on Journalists in Kosovo |
 |
| Vienna, 8 August 2011 |
| |
|
The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), condemns the latest attacks on journalists in Kosovo.
On 3 August 2011, there were two separate incidents involving physical attacks against journalists... read more
|
| to the top |
| SEEMO Supports Democratic and Transparent Debate on New Media Strategy in Serbia |
 |
| Vienna, 5 August 2011 |
| |
|
The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), supports the demands of professional journalists’ associations in Serbia to participate in a democratic and transparent debate in the formulation of the country’s new media strategy.
Serbia has made several attempts to draft a new media strategy in accordance with international standards. Since 2010, studies have been commissioned and discussions held in order to compile different views related to this strategic document... read more
|
| to the top |
| SEEMO Condemns Excessive Fines Imposed on Moldovan daily Ziarul de Garda |
 |
| Vienna, 4 August 2011 |
| |
|
The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), condemns the excessive fines imposed on the Moldovan weekly Ziarul de Garda by the Central Court of Chisinau. If imposed, the 500,000 Mdl (approx. 30,000 EUR) fine may result in the closure of the publication... read more |
| to the top |
| Strasbourg Overrules Slovak Libel Decision |
 |
| Vienna, 1 August 2011 |
| |
| Slovakian courts violated a publisher’s rights to freedom of expression and information when they ordered it to issue a correction and pay compensation over reports of a high-ranking police official’s alleged drunken public behaviour, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled... read more |
| to the top |
| Turkish Court Sentences Dink Killer to 23 Years in Prison |
 |
| Vienna, 1 August 2011 |
| |
|
A Turkish court yesterday sentenced the trigger-man in the 2007 murder of International Press Institute (IPI) World Press Freedom Hero Hrant Dink to almost 23 years in prison.
A juvenile court in Istanbul imposed nearly the maximum sentence on ultranationalist Ogün Samast – who was 17 at the time of Dink’s killing – after convicting him of premeditated murder and carrying an unlicensed gun
Samast gunned down Dink, the editor-in-chief of Armenian-Turkish newspaper Agos, in broad daylight outside of Dink’s office in Istanbul... read more
|
| to the top |
| SEEMO Condemns Attack on SKAI TV in Piraeus, Greece |
 |
| Vienna, 29 July 2011 |
| |
| The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), condemns taxi drivers´ attacks on SKAI TV in Piraeus, (Athens), Greece. Representatives of taxi drivers’ organizations have been protesting against a government decision to deregulate and liberalize their profession... read more |
| to the top |
| SEEMO Strongly Condemns Attacks against Journalists in Northern Kosovo |
 |
| Vienna, 28 July 2011 |
| |
|
The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), strongly condemns the latest wave of violence against journalists in Northern Kosovo.
Three journalists were beaten during the latest incidents which occurred on the Serbia-Kosovo border-crossing in Jarinje. One was seriously injured with head injuries... read more
|
| to the top |
| SEEMO Condemns Pressure on Local Television in Zajecar, Serbia |
 |
| Vienna, 27 July 2011 |
| |
| The Vienna-based South East Europe organization (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), condemns political and business pressure on media in Serbia, which is particularly pronounced in small towns. The latest victim is Timocka Televizija, a regional TV station based in Zajecar, South East Serbia... read more |
| to the top |
| SEEMO Calls on Kosovo Authorities to Create Environment in which Media Can Operate Freely |
 |
| Vienna, 26 July 2011 |
| |
 |
| |
The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), calls on the Kosovo authorities, political parties, and business and religious leaders to abstain from pressuring media and urges them to contribute to creating an environment in which media can operate freely... read more |
|
| to the top |
| SEEMO Condemns Recurring Attacks on Montenegrin Daily Vijesti |
 |
| Vienna, 25 July 2011 |
| |
 |
| A new attack on a Vijesti car in Montenegro, photo by Sava Prelevic - Vijesti.me |
| |
Nine days after two clearly marked Vijesti company cars were set ablaze on 14 July 2011 in front of the National Security Agency in Podgorica, Montenegro, on 23 July 2011 another car belonging to the daily was torched. The car was parked in another location... read more |
|
| to the top |
| SEEMO Welcomes Planned Decriminalisation of Defamation and Libel in Serbia |
 |
| Vienna, 25 July 2011 |
| |
| The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), welcomes the 19 July 2011 announcement by Serbia´s State Secretary in the Ministry of Justice, Slobodan Homen, that defamation and libel will be removed from the country´s criminal code in autumn 2011. Once parliament approves these changes, defamation and libel will be subject to civil litigation only... read more |
| to the top |
| CEI
- SEEMO Award 2011 |
 |
| Vienna 24 July 2011 |
| |
|
Terms of participation
Applications should include the following documentation:
1. Filled in Application Form (here)
2. Curriculum Vitae of the candidate
3. Summary of the presentations of the candidate’s merits; details of the media which published / broadcasted the reports
4. Relevant supporting material about the candidate (TV reports on DVD, audio reports on CD, copies of articles in print media). Reports in local languages should be accompanied by a brief English translation. Please note that supporting material cannot be returned, therefore you are kindly invited to send copies of the original materials.
CLOSING DATE
Applications should be submitted by regular mail or e-mail within 1 September 2011
... read more
|
| to the top |
| SEEMO Demands Croatia Public Prosecutor Investigate Top Military Officials over Alleged Death Threats to Journalist |
 |
| Vienna, 18 July 2011 |
| |
| The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), joins the Croatian Journalists ´Association (HND) in demanding that Croatia´s public prosecutor investigate death threats allegedly made by top military officials against Croatian journalist Drago Hedl... read more |
| to the top |
| SEEMO Condemns Latest Attack on Montenegrin Daily Vijesti |
 |
| Vienna, 15 July 2011 |
| |
| |
 |
|
| |
A person poured gasoline on the company cars of daily Vijesti and set them ablaze, Podgorica, Montenegro |
|
| |
|
|
The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), condemns the latest attack on the Montenegrin daily newspaper Vijesti. On 14 July 2011, two clearly-marked company cars were torched right across the street from the National Security Agency. An unidentified person poured gasoline on the cars and set them ablaze. Nobody was injured. No other parked cars were targeted. Top Montenegrin politicians, including the president and the prime minister, condemned the attack... read more |
| to the top |
| Joint Letter by SEEMO-EFJ-Croatian Association of Journalists Concerning Dusan Miljus |
 |
| Vienna, Zagreb, Brussels, 14 July 2011 |
| |
Your Excellencies,
We are writing to you regarding the unsolved cases of attacks against journalists in Croatia.
The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), the Croatian Journalists' Association (HND), and the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) express their joint concern over the fact that three years after the brutal beating of the Croatian journalist, Dusan Miljus, the police have been unable to find the perpetrators or those who ordered the attack... read more |
| to the top |
| SEEMO Believes Proposed Changes will Politicize Broadcasting Council in Republic of Macedonia / Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Undermine Its Independence |
 |
| Vienna, 14 July 2011 |
| |
| The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), believes that the proposed changes to the membership structure of the Broadcasting Council in the Republic of Macedonia / Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia will politicize this regulatory body, curtail media freedom, and reduce pluralism within the country... read more |
| to the top |
| SEEMO Welcomes Decriminalisation of Defamation in Montenegro |
 |
| Vienna, 13 July 2011 |
| |
| The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), welcomes the decision of the Montenegrin government to amend the Criminal Code and delete provisions pertaining to the criminalisation of libel and defamation. As of 9 July 2011, Montenegro is one of the few countries in Europe where defamation is not a criminal offence... read more |
| to the top |
|
SEEMO Concerned Over Latest Media Developments in Republic of Macedonia / Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
 |
| Vienna, 12 July 2011 |
| |
| The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), is concerned over the latest media related developments in the Republic of Macedonia / Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, in particular the closure of critically-oriented media outlets. Currently, Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski can count on friendly coverage by the majority of the country's national print and broadcast media. However, journalists face increasing pressure from politicians and media owners, and independence and pluralism are seriously endangered... read more |
| to the top |
| EFJ and SEEMO Alarmed by Massive Dismissals in Hungarian Public Broadcasting |
 |
| Vienna, 12 July 2011 |
| |
Today the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), the European group of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), and the Vienna- based South East European Media Organisation (SEEMO) expressed their deep concern over the wave of dismissals that started in Hungarian public broadcasting.
"This looks like a real purge taking place literally days after the end of the EU Presidency of Hungary and as the new media law is now fully effective," said EFJ President Arne König. "We are alarmed by the number of jobs concerned and also by the suspicion that some of these lay-offs may be politically motivated"... read more |
| to the top |
| SEEMO Conduct Six-Month Follow-up Press Freedom Visit to Hungary |
 |
| Vienna, 8 July 2011 |
| |
The International Press Institute (IPI) and its affiliate, the South and East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), today visited Hungary to meet with journalists and with András Koltay, a lawyer who is a member of Hungary's new, all-powerful Media Council.
A joint delegation, including SEEMO Secretary General Oliver Vujovic, IPI Press Freedom & Communications Manager Anthony Mills, and - as observers - SEEMO member Sándor Orbán, program director of the South East European Network for Professionalization of Media, and Judit Acsay from the Hungarian Association of Journalists, followed up on a joint IPI/SEEMO press freedom fact-finding mission to the country on 15-16 December 2010... read more |
| to the top |
| SEEMO Condemns Attack on Cypriot Journalists |
 |
| Vienna, 6 July 2011 |
| |
The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organization (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), today condemned the second shooting attack this year on journalists working for Afrika, a Turkish-language newspaper in Northern Cyprus.
An armed man came to Afrika's office on 3 July looking for its editor-in-chief, Sener Levent, and fired a shot at newspaper employee Ali Osman when Osman opened the door. Osman managed to dodge the bullet and was unharmed... read more |
| to the top |
| Media about 2nd South, Central and East Europe Investigative Journalism Days - 27-29 June 2011, Belgrade, Serbia |
 |
| Vienna, 30 June 2011 |
| |
|
|
| to the top |
| SEEMO Announces 2nd South, Central and East Europe Investigative Journalism Days - 27-29 June 2011, Belgrade, Serbia |
 |
| Vienna, 27 June 2011 |
| |
| The Vienna-based South East Europe Organisation (SEEMO), supported by the Austrian Cooperation Eastern Europe - Austrian Development Agency, and in cooperation with the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Mission in Serbia, the International Press Institute (IPI) and the International News Safety Institute (INSI), announces its annual meeting of journalists dedicated to investigative journalism: The 2nd South, Central and East Europe Investigative Journalism Days... read more |
| to the top |
| SEEMO Condemns Political Pressure on Hungarian Minority Newspaper in Serbia |
 |
| Vienna, 22 June 2011 |
| |
 |
| Magyar Szo editor-in chief Csaba Pressburger |
| |
| The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), joins two Serbian journalists' associations in condemning mounting political pressure on Magyar Szo, a Hungarian-language daily in the multiethnic province of Vojvodina, northern Serbia... read more |
|
| to the top |
| SEEMO Calls on Police in Republika Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina) to Protect Journalists |
 |
| Vienna, 17 June 2011 |
| |
The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), calls on the police authorities in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, to protect journalists from physical threat.
On 13 June 2011, a group of journalists from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia gathered in a village near Bijeljina (Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina) in order to cover a funeral procession. Police officers were deployed in order to keep the reporters away from the family compound of a well-known athlete, whose family organised the funeral... read more |
| to the top |
| SEEMO Urges Authorities in Northern Cyprus to Respect Journalists' Right to Freedom of Movement |
 |
| Vienna, 15 June 2011 |
| |
The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), calls on the authorities in Northern Cyprus to respect the freedom of movement of journalists.
On 25 May 2011, authorities in Northern Cyprus said that Ibrahim Aziz, a journalist working for the Turkish-Cypriot newspaper Afrika, would no longer be allowed to cross the border between Northern and Southern Cyprus unless he obtained the necessary documents from the Turkish-controlled part of Cyprus... read more |
| to the top |
| SEEMO Calls for Respect for Public Broadcasters in South, Central and East Europe |
 |
| Vienna, 1 June 2011 |
| |
| The establishment of public service broadcasters has proved to be a very difficult task in some Eastern European countries. Public broadcasters tend to be used as government mouthpieces rather than as sources of information for the public at large... read more |
| to the top |
| SEEMO Condemns Continuing Violence against Journalists in Northern Cyprus |
 |
| Vienna, 20 May 2011 |
| |
The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute, condemns the continuing violence and attacks against journalists in Northern Cyprus and urges the authorities to find the perpetrators of all the acts of aggression.
On 18 May 2011, police used violence to disperse a protest organized in North Nicosia by laid-off workers of Turkish Airlines. Journalists who covered the event were beaten and their cameras were broken, according to the Press Workers' Trade Union in Northern Cyprus... read more |
| to the top |
| South East and Central Europe PR Organisation (SECEPRO) celebrates its First Conference in Ljubljana on 26 and 27 May 2011 |
 |
| Vienna, 20 May 2011 |
| |
The first conference of the South East and Central Europe PR Organisation (SECEPRO) will take place in Ljubljana, Slovenia on 26 and 27 May 2011. It will focus on the Future of Public Relations and the Media Business, including PR Education and PR Networking.
SECEPRO is an independent, non-profit network of media experts and PR professionals in South, East and Central Europe... read more |
| to the top |
| Janko Petkovic wins the SEEMO Human Rights Photo Award |
 |
| Vienna, 18 May 2011 |
| |
 |
| |
| The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) announces that Janko Petkovic (1985, Kragujevac, Serbia) won the SEEMO Human Rights Photo Award. The winning photograph Proboj ("Breakthrough"), shot on 10 October 2011 during the Gay Parade in Belgrade, Serbia, was selected by the SEEMO jury, headed by Dubravko Kolendic (NIN magazine, Belgrade)... read more |
|
| to the top |
| Moldovan Police Arrest Two Suspects in 'Fake Newspaper' Case; SEEMO Welcomes Release of Ernest Vardanian in Tirsapol |
 |
| Vienna, 16 May 2011 |
| |
| Moldovan police have identified a network of communication specialists, translators and printers who produced and distributed fake newspapers. Gheorghe Malic, head of the criminal investigation team that worked on the case, identified two Ukrainian communication specialists as the main implementers of the scheme. According to Malic, the goal was to manipulate public opinion ahead of local elections planned for 5 June 2011. The police refused to divulge the name of the political party suspected of having designed the scheme. The naming of names, the police said, would occur at the end of the election campaign... read more |
| to the top |
| First Istanbul Media Days to Take Place from 16 to 20 May 2011 |
 |
| Vienna, 9 May 2011 |
| |
| The Istanbul Media Days is the first multidisciplinary media event designed for students, journalists and the public at large. From 2011 onwards, it will be held annually in Istanbul, Turkey. This event will address the diverse challenges facing contemporary media and provide a platform for debate and the exchange of experiences... read more |
| to the top |
|
|
Latest news:
Press freedom:
Awards:
Publications:
Conference:
SEEMO Calendar:
Partners Webpages:
Partners:
|