Five Years After Greek Journalist’s Murder, Family Urge New Probe
On the fifth anniversary of the murder of crime reporter Giorgos Karaivaz, his family has renewed its call for the killers finally to be found. KAYNAK: Balkan Insight
Albanian Journalists Claim Bureaucratic Obstacles Intended to Discourage Digging
Is a decline in Freedom of Information requests last year in Albania a result of greater institutional transparency or the increasing pointlessness of the process? Journalists claim it could be…
EU Urged to Ease Visa Regulations for ‘Isolated’ Turkish Journalists
In a joint letter to the EU, 18 Turkish and international media and rights groups call for a swifter and easier visa regime for Turkish journalists to relieve their 'professional…
Ethnic Albanian Journalist Recalls Threats, Harassment as Yugoslavia Unravelled
As an ethnic Albanian journalist in the 1980s and 1990s, Dijana Toska faced threats, censorship and harassment from authorities in Pristina and her Macedonian hometown Skopje - before, during and…
Satirical Magazine’s Demise Highlights Turkey’s Free Speech Decline
The downfall of a much-loved satirical cartoon magazine over a comic strip that hardliners claimed ‘insulted religious values’ suggests that humour and caricature are among the many casualties of ongoing…
Kosovo’s Political Crisis Fuels Calls For New Funding Model for Public Broadcaster
Without a functioning parliament to approve funding, some 700 employees of Kosovo’s public broadcaster were twice left without pay this year, underscoring the need for a new funding model not…