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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 Media Experts Oppose Restricted Access to Bulgarian Business Registry Medien-Landschaft am Balkan kommt in Bewegung Fonetovih prvih 17 godina ...more

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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 Opening with Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic, V SEEMF, Belgrade, Serbia, November 2011 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)

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SEEMO Reminds European Institutions that Hungary’s Public Broadcasters Violate European Principles Vienna, 2 February 2012   The 2010 overhaul of Hungary’s media laws set a dangerous precedent in Europe. Instead of guaranteeing press freedom in a European Union member country, they seem to guarantee press freedom for the governing party at the expense of the right of the public to free information... read more to the top   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   Drago Hedl Wins ‘Dr. Erhard Busek - SEEMO 2011 Award’ for Better Understanding in South East Europe Vienna, 24 October 2011             Croatian journalist Dragutin-Drago Hedl is the winner of the 2011 Dr. Erhard Busek - SEEMO Award for Better Understanding in South East Europe. An 11-member international jury honoured Hedl for his outstanding contribution to improving inter-ethnic communication and reconciliation, as well as for his investigative reporting on war crimes committed in Croatia in the 1990s... 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

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SEEMO Reminds European Institutions that Hungary’s Public Broadcasters Violate European Principles SEEMO Surprised at Croatia Electronic Media Council Warning to RTL SEEMO Urges New Croatia Government to Create Legal and Institutional Environment for Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT) to Function as a Public Broadcaster SEEMO Calls on Romanian Authorities to Identify and Prosecute Aggressors of Journalists SEEMO Condemns Police Beating of Kosovo Photojournalist

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Dr. Erhard Busek - SEEMO 2011 - WINNER Human Rights Photo Award 2011 -WINNER CEI Award 2011 - WINNER SEEMO Human Rights Award 2011 - WINNER

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SEEMO/ADA Regional Conference: News Agencies and New Media in South-East and Central Europe 24-25 November 2011, Pristina

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