The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), is calling for nominations for the 2014 Dr. Erhard Busek – SEEMO Award for Better Understanding in South, Eastern and Central Europe. The award, which carries a €3,000 prize, is open to journalists, editors, media executives, media experts, writers and […]

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), a network of editors, media executives and leading journalists from South East Europe and an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), is concerned at the Greek authorities apparent denial of entry to a certain number of journalists. The case of Ivana Kosovska, foreign policy editor of the […]

The International Press Institute’s (IPI) German National Committee issued a statement today “vehemently” protesting the Greek government’s decision to shutter Greece’s public broadcaster, ERT. Calling the decision “indefensible”, German National Committee Chair and former IPI Chairman Carl-Eugen Eberle said the closure constituted an unacceptable government intervention into broadcasting freedom “of the kind one would see […]