Andrzej Poczobut, Poland’s Gazeta Wyborcza correspondent in Belarus, and Polish minority activist there, was arrested on Thursday in the town of Grodno, Belarus. At 4 pm police searched Andrzej’s apartment and took the journalist to prosecutor’s office. Andrzej was interrogated and arrested, Igor Bancer, his colleague from the Polish Union in Belarus, the organization banned […]

The Central European Initiative (CEI), in cooperation with the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), has launched a Call for Proposals for the 2012 Award for Outstanding Merits in Investigative Journalism. The application deadline is June 30, 2012. The award is open to nationals of 18 CEI […]

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), calls for nominations for the  2012 Dr. Erhard Busek – SEEMO Award for Better Understanding in South, Eastern and Central Europe. Eligible nominees include journalists, editors, media executives, media experts, writers or journalism trainers in South East Europe who have […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned Belarusian authorities’ detention of Polish-Belarusian journalist Andrzej Poczobut and called for his immediate release. Poczobut, a reporter for Poland’s major daily newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza, was sentenced to 15 days in prison last Friday for allegedly participating in an unsanctioned protest rally on 19 December in Minsk following the […]