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 […]

Ten journalists were arrested and hauled onto police buses during events surrounding the forcible eviction of Occupy Wall Street protesters from Zuccotti Park earlier this week, while other reporters and photographers covering the raid were kept at a distance by police barriers, according to news reports. The Associated Press (AP) said Wednesday that two of […]

A photojournalist taking a video after a deadly shooting next to the Occupy Oakland camp in San Francisco last week was attacked by members of the movement. The shooting appears to be unrelated to the movement. Randy Davis, a photojournalist for ABC7, was beaten by members of the Occupy Oakland group when he tried to […]

The Greek authorities are continuing to pursue criminal charges against German journalists over material that appeared in Germany’s FOCUS magazine, and on its website, FOCUS online. The journalists had criticised Greece over the debt crisis in two articles and a travel feature. A number of Greek lawyers subsequently claimed that as Greek citizens they had […]