Ricardo Gutierrez

Media unions and opposition parties have accused Kosovo's ruling party, Vetevendosje, of the capture of the public broadcaster, RTK, after the board announced that Rilind Gervalla was appointed Director of Television on Tuesday.

At least 924 lawsuits against the media and journalists are active in Croatia, in which plaintiffs are demanding almost 78.5 million kunas in total, or some 10 million euros, which marks an increase in the number of lawsuits compared to last year, when the number was 905, the latest annual survey done by the Croatian Journalists' Association, HND, reveals.

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) has signalled new threats to the mass media sector in Romania and sent the Romanian authorities a protest letter against the mechanism that will place the public employees on furlough for a temporary period, namely during the state of emergency generated by the COVID-19 outbreak.

Albania Prime Minister Edi Rama speaking in parliament on 30 January. Photo: Malton Dibra/LSA

The head of the Socialist parliamentary group, Taulant Balla, said the vote would be postponed while the Council of Venice, the advisory body to the Council of Europe, carried out an express evaluation.

The commission is headed by Veran Matic.

OSCE's Harlem Desir said that the consultations began on how to reopen investigations into the killings and disappearances of 14 journalists and media workers in Kosovo and Metohija, the Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) announced on Wednesday.

His wife found him bleeding at their apartment. He died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital.

Babchenko's killer was waiting for him in the stairwell of his building. He shot him in the back.

The fact that Macedonia is one of the few countries in Europe to have incarcerated a journalist - not for the first time - speaks volumes about the state of media freedom there, Ricardo Gutierrez says.

Russia condemned for eviction of broadcaster

BRUSSELS -- The Russian authorities have been condemned "for forcing the independent TV channel, TV Dozhd, out from its premises in Moscow."

This statement has been issued by the the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and the Russian Union of Journalists (RUJ).