POLITICO PRO: Media Freedom in the Balkans
Antoinette Nikolova Antoinette Nikolova

POLITICO PRO: Media Freedom in the Balkans

MEDIA FREEDOM IN THE BALKANS: The bloc’s brand-new media freedom law may not be enough to tackle the “invisible hand of media censorship” in the Balkans, according to a new report from the Brussels-based NGO Balkan Free Media Initiative.

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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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