The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), today expressed concern about a reported attack on a vehicle owned by Genka Shikerova, co-host of the morning show “Tazi Sutrin” (This Morning) on bTV, a private national television channel in Bulgaria. Shikerova’s car was set on fire on Monday […]

While world leaders await action from Syria on surrendering its chemical weapons stockpile, at least nine foreign journalists and numerous Syrian journalists have been kidnapped or remain missing inside the country since fighting began in 2011, research from the International Press Institute (IPI) shows. The number of journalists kidnapped every year has increased since the beginning […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed alarm at last week’s murder of a journalist in the Philippines, the fourth there in just over a month. According to the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR), radio commentator Fernando “Nanding” Solijon was walking home on Thursday at approximately 10:30 pm in the coastal village of […]

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), today expressed concern about an NGO director’s reported actions towards the staff of a newspaper in Montenegro’s capital, Podgorica. Representatives of the Podgorica-based daily Vijesti told SEEMO that Vladimir Beba Popovic, head of the Public Policy Institute, yesterday cursed at […]