The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), today urged Romania’s president to follow through on his pledge to reject legislation that would criminalise libel and insult. President Traian Basescu reportedly pledged not to sign a package that would add libel and insult back to the country’s criminal […]

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 […]