Freedom of expression

BELGRADE - Most media content does not serve the function of raising the level of general informedness of the Serbian citizens, Anti-Corruption Council Vice President Miroslav Milicevic said on Wednesday.

OSCE media rep "surprised by Russian criticism"

MOSCOW -- OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatovic says she is surprised by Russian FM Sergei Lavrov's doubts about the organization's impartiality.

Lavrov questions impartiality of OSCE regarding media

GENEVA -- The international community should pay special attention to media freedom in Ukraine, while the OSCE has a biased attitude about it, Sergei Lavrov has said.

VIENNA - Dunja Mijatovic, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) representative on freedom of the media, said Wednesday she was pleased that the Serbian Chairmanship was "paying special attention to free media in the OSCE region and journalists' safety."

BELGRADE - Head of the standing delegation of the Serbian National Assembly in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Aleksandra Djurovic stated on Friday that the issue of freedom of expression and protection of freedom of the media is not just one of the main obligations of any Council of Europe member country and also constitutes the foundation for any good democratic reg

OSCE warns RS about draft on public peace and order

VIENNA -- The draft Law on Public Peace and Order tabled for adoption at the next session of the RS assembly "could be used to limit free expression on social media."

The head of Bosnia's Islamic Community, Grand Mufti Husein Kavazovic, has condemned what he called "disgusting" a cartoon image of the Prophet Muhammed published in Wednesday's special issue of the French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo.

It shows a weeping Prophet holding a "Je suis Charlie" ("I am Charlie") sign below the words "All is forgiven".

VIENNA - Dunja Mijatovic, OSCE representative on freedom of the media, has said that she has regular contacts with the authorities in Serbia with regards to the topic of freedom of the media, though she does not always see eye to eye with them

A family of three have been accused of keeping a 30-year-old woman in their Thessaloniki apartment against her will and forcing her to have sex with men for money.

The three accused are a 38-year-old man, his 35-year-old wife and their 19-year-old son.

The victim is aged 30.

All four are from Bulgaria.

Everyone, except for a few fanatics, has condemned the terrorist attack in France. They have cried out loudly that they stand alongside people's right to live, freedom of thought, and freedom of speech.