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IPI/SEEMO Press Release: Joint IPI/SEEMO fact-finding mission to Hungary to be held 15-16 December 2010

The International Press Institute (IPI) and its affiliate, the South and East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), will hold a press freedom fact-finding mission to Hungary on 15-16 December 2010. The mission participants will be: SEEMO Secretary General Oliver Vujovic, SEEMO Board Member Marta Palics, and IPI Press Freedom and Communications Manager Anthony Mills. They will […]

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GUEST CONTRIBUTION: India: embarrassing moments for the media

Autumn 2010 has been a season of political storms in India, and the media finds itself in the midst of a controversy, with its role and ethics under public scrutiny. In the centre of it all is a massive corruption scandal over the allocation of radio frequency spectrum to mobile telephone operators at 2001 prices […]

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SEEMO/IPI Press Release: SEEMO Human Rights Award 2010 To Christo Komarnitski from Bulgaria

The South and East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in South East and Central Europe and an affiliate of the International Press institute (IPI), is pleased to announce that after careful deliberation the SEEMO Jury – composed of SEEMO Board members – has awarded the “SEEMO Human […]

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IPI releases report on Zambia press freedom following 10-17 October press freedom mission

The International Press Institute (IPI) today released its report on the state of media freedom and media regulation in Zambia. Recently, authorities in the southern African country have called for the media to be regulated by statute, despite the fact that a voluntary regulatory body was established earlier this year. The Zambia Media Council (ZAMEC), […]

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