European Western Balkans: Discussion: Money From the West Flowing to Pro-Russian Oriented Media in Serbia and the Region
EU, Serbia, Balkans, Russia, Bulgaria Antoinette Nikolova EU, Serbia, Balkans, Russia, Bulgaria Antoinette Nikolova

European Western Balkans: Discussion: Money From the West Flowing to Pro-Russian Oriented Media in Serbia and the Region

Serbia, Bulgaria, and other countries in the region have media that openly favor in Russian side in its aggression against Ukraine and deliberately release disinformation on this conflict, while at the same time, they get funding from the West for their operations, it was said during the discussion organized in Brussels on Tuesday, organized by Balkan Free Media Initiative (BFMI).

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EU, Serbia Antoinette Nikolova EU, Serbia Antoinette Nikolova

Politico: Brussels Playbook

The Balkan Free Media Initiative, Independent Journalists Association of Serbia and International Press Institute are calling on European institutions to make it clear that Serbia risks losing its pre-accession funding if the media situation in the country continues to worsen.

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NOVA: BFMI Called on Public Broadcasters and the EC to Review their Relationship with Euronews

In an open letter published on June 3, the Balkan Free Media Initiative (BFMI) called on 20 public broadcasters, including France Télévisions, RAI and RTE, to review their relationship with Euronews. This comes after the company's decision to enter into partnerships in Bulgaria and Serbia, identified as problematic according to the BFMI.

BFMI is concerned that Euronews' selected partners are not working to the strict editorial standards expected of the public broadcasters, which jointly own 12% of Euronews. The remaining 88% of the media is owned by Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris, through his company Média Globe Network.

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AgenSIR: Balkans: Launch of Balkan Free Media Initiative to Promote Press Freedom in the Region. Nikolova (Director), “media threatened”

The Balkan Free Media Initiative (BFMI), a platform committed to bringing international attention, particularly Western Europe’s attention, to the growing political pressure exercised on independent media in the Balkans in recent years, has been launched.

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