The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), today expressed alarm at the latest violent attack on a journalist and cameraman in Greece, and the reaction by police to the incident. On Monday, supporters of the far-right Popular Association – Golden Dawn party allegedly beat Greek journalist Panagiotis […]

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), today condemned pressure directed against journalists in Kosovo amid last week’s elections. A crew from Silovo-based Radio Television Puls said a security guard at a municipal building in a village near Gjilan/Gnjilane, in eastern Kosovo, attacked them on Dec. 1 […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) and its Turkish National Committee, as well as IPI’s affiliate, the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), today welcomed the release of two Turkish journalists from prisons in Ankara and Cairo. A Turkish court on Monday ordered the release of journalist Mustafa Balbay, who has been behind bars since March […]

En français Two years and 26 days. That’s how long governments have to ensure that the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDG), announced in the year 2000 to soaring declarations about bettering the state of humanity, will be met. With just one extra push, a number of targets can be attained; others are in desperate need […]