International Federation of Journalists

At least 95 journalists were killed last year during the course of their work, according to the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), quoted by BGNES.

The highest number of media deaths recorded was 155 in 2006.

The Romanian Journalists Union launches on Friday, on its 18th anniversary, the MediaSind TV online platform, the union said in a release. "MediaSind TV, the new project to be launched today, will be an online communication platform for everyone in the big media family. MediaSind TV will be the instrument through which the voice of union members will be heard.

This is stated in a letter the organization, representing more than 8,000 members, has sent to the Serbian State Prosecutor Zagorka Dolovac.

"We are shocked and stunned about the message, that Jan Kuciak and his companion obviously have been the victim of a cruel assassination," the company said, adding:

The news website Presheva Jone (Our Preshevo) will soon launch a newspaper in Albanian under the same name with a daily circulation of 1,000 copies, Serbian website Juzne vesti (Southern News) reported on Monday.

Journalists at Proto Thema have denounced the Greek PM, Alexis Tsipras’s stance, in a resolution, during a general meeting, in the presence of representatives of the Journalists’ Union of the Athens Daily Newspapers (ESIEA), and state they will appeal to all international organisations.

A coalition from the world's most prestigious press freedom organizations condemned the isolation of arrested Turkish journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül on Jan. 27, holding a vigil in front of Istanbul's Silivri prison to show their support.

Prominent journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül have not been imprisoned because of their press activities but for "aiding terrorist organizations," Ankara has said in a retort to the Council of Europe.

A coalition of international free expression groups, which visited Turkey from Oct. 19 to Oct. 21 and met with local journalists and media outlets, has said that pressure on journalists operating in Turkey has ?severely escalated? since the parliamentary elections on June 7.

Concern over the deteriorating state of press freedom in Turkey and its impact on the upcoming Nov. 1 parliamentary elections have prompted a coalition of international free expression groups to undertake an emergency press freedom mission to the country next week, the International Press Institute (IPI) announced over the weekend.