Lea en español The International Press Institute (IPI) expressed today its concern about the threats against journalist Hernan Lascano, which began in 2010 and appear to be increasing in intensity, to the point of involving his family in the last written threat, sent on March 26. Lascano, who works as head of the Crime department […]

The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), will visit Bulgaria from April 2-3. The purpose of the visit to is to acquire a better understanding of the media situation in the country. In recent years, SEEMO has received complaints regarding pressure on media outlets. In addition, […]

After publishing an article on fuel quality and distribution in Kosovo, on March 28, 2012, several journalists from the Pristina-based daily Express started receiving threatening phone calls. One caller threatened to bomb the paper’s offices, according to Express Editor-in-Chief Leonard Kerquki. The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press […]

Lea en español Two Brazilian journalists working near the Paraguayan border were killed over the weekend, less than a week after the International Press Institute (IPI) released a special report warning of increased violence against the media in Brazil’s frontier regions. The deaths of newspaper owner Onei de Moura and radio reporter Divino Aparecido Carvalho, […]