We strongly condemn illegality in the British media, especially the hacking scandal that has led to the closure of News of the World by its publishers. We recognise this as a failure of law enforcement and not a failure of journalism and press freedom. While we endorse British government reaction by way of the setting […]

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 […]

The late American poet and musician Gil Scott-Heron famously declared in a 1970 recording that “the revolution will not be televised.” In the case of the uprising in Syria, this phrase almost rang true. Unlike the closely documented protests in Tunisia and Egypt, in which 24-hour news coverage captured the historic fall of two long-standing […]

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 […]