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Ukrainian court postpones hearing on suspension of media licenses

Ukraine’s Kiev Administrative Court of Appeals has postponed a 16 August hearing on the withdrawal of frequencies from a number of television channels, including TVi and Channel 5. The new date for the hearing has been set for 26 August. The director of TVi, Mykola Kniazhytsky, told IPI that the official reason for the postponement […]

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Jurnalul TV journalist Victor Ciobanu assaulted in Chisinau, Moldova

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a network of editors, media executives and leading journalists from South East and Central Europe and an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), condemns the assault on Victor Ciobanu, a journalist for Jurnalul TV in Moldova. According to information received by SEEMO, on 28 July 2010 Ciobanu […]

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Radio station deputy director sentenced to six-year prison term in Puntland region of Somalia

The deputy director of a radio station in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland was sentenced Saturday to six years in prison for airing an interview with the head of an insurgent group that is currently fighting the regional government. Abdifatah Jama Mire of Horseed Media FM, a national Somali radio network, was found guilty of […]

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SEEMO alarmed at limitation on freedom of information imposed by mayor in Serbian city of Zajecar

The South 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 alarmed to hear that on 9 August 2010 the mayor of the Serbian city of Zajecar, Bosko Nicic decided to prevent all directors […]

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