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Press Freedom Visit to Hungary
Saturday, 9 July 2011, 5:12 pm | SEEMO
Despite Amendments, Continued Concern about Media Legislation Vienna, 8 July 2011 - The International Press Institute (IPI) and its affiliate, the South and East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), today visited Hungary to meet with journalists and with ... More >>
Gunman Opens Fire on Offices of Afrika Newspaper
Thursday, 7 July 2011, 4:19 pm | SEEMO
The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organization (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), today condemned the second shooting attack this year on journalists working for Afrika, a Turkish-language newspaper in Northern ... More >>
Serbia: Political Pressure on Hungarian Minority Newspaper
Friday, 24 June 2011, 5:17 pm | SEEMO
The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), joins two Serbian journalists' associations in condemning mounting political pressure on Magyar Szo, a Hungarian-language daily ... More >>
Cyprus: Authorities Urged to Respect Journalists' Movements
Tuesday, 21 June 2011, 4:17 pm | SEEMO
On 25 May 2011, authorities in Northern Cyprus said that Ibrahim Aziz, a journalist working for the Turkish-Cypriot newspaper Afrika, would no longer be allowed to cross the border between Northern and Southern Cyprus unless he obtained the necessary ... More >>
SEEMO Calls on Police to Protect Journalists
Saturday, 18 June 2011, 10:26 pm | SEEMO
SEEMO/IPI Press Release: SEEMO Calls on Police in Republika Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina) to Protect Journalists More >>
Serbian photojournalist wins SEEMO Human Rights Award
Thursday, 19 May 2011, 10:09 am | SEEMO
The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) announces that Janko Petkovic (1985, Kragujevac, Serbia) won the SEEMO Human Rights Photo Award. More >>
Legal Changes, Better Protection for Journalists in Serbia
Saturday, 14 May 2011, 1:03 pm | SEEMO
Vienna, 12 May 2011-The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), is disappointed with a Serbian court's decision to sentence to only ten months house arrest a person who beat up ... More >>
SEEMO Concerned at Excessive Fines Imposed on Minority Media
Thursday, 5 May 2011, 12:01 pm | SEEMO
The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) on Wednesday expressed concern over excessive fines imposed on two Turkish-language minority publications in Greece, Gundem and Millet, which could result in the closure of the papers and ... More >>
SEEMO Warns of New Press Freedom Offenders
Wednesday, 4 May 2011, 10:21 am | SEEMO
On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, the Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), recalls that there is still a long way to go until media workers can enjoy press freedom. Threats, assaults, harassment and diverse types of pressure ... More >>
SEEMO Condemns Attack on Journalist in Serbia
Wednesday, 20 April 2011, 10:28 am | SEEMO
The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI,) on Tuesday condemned the physical attack on Csaba Szögi, a journalist with Képes Ifjúsá, the youth supplement of the Hungarian-language ... More >>
Deteriorating Media Environment in Serbia
Sunday, 17 April 2011, 2:04 pm | SEEMO
Vienna, 16 April 2011 - The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), expresses its concern about the deteriorating media environment in Serbia, including the government´s delay ... More >>
SEEMO Condemns Attack Against Editor in Northern Cyprus
Wednesday, 13 April 2011, 10:06 am | SEEMO
Vienna, 12 April 2011-The Vienna-based South and East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), condemns the recent bomb attack targeting Mutlu Esendemir, the news editor of the Turkish-Cypriot Kanal T ... More >>
SEEMO Announces BETA Photo Award
Tuesday, 12 April 2011, 10:53 am | SEEMO
Vienna, 11 April 2011-As part of the BETA Photo Award competition, the Vienna-based South and East Europe Media Organization (SEEMO), a network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in South East and Central Europe and an affiliate of the ... More >>
OSCE Report Finds Turkey Is Holding 57 Journalists in Prison
Saturday, 9 April 2011, 6:14 pm | SEEMO
The International Press Institute (IPI) obtained on 4 April a report from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) indicating that Turkey is currently holding at least 57 journalists in prison - apparently more than any other country. More >>
SEEMO Launches a Webpage on Press Freedom in Hungary
Friday, 8 April 2011, 9:36 am | SEEMO
Vienna, 7 April 2011-The South and East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in South East and Central Europe and an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), has launched a specialized ... More >>
SEEMO/IPI Latest Press Releases - 11 March 2011
Sunday, 13 March 2011, 12:34 pm | SEEMO
Vienna, 11 March 2011-The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and fourteen ambassadors accredited in Serbia expressed their public solidarity with the employees of B92 ... More >>
SEEMO Condemns Gun Attack, Death Threat
Thursday, 3 March 2011, 11:07 am | SEEMO
Vienna, 2 March 2011- The South and East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in South East and Central Europe and an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), condemns the gun attack ... More >>
Sport Unites Young Turkish and Armenian Basketball Players
Wednesday, 2 March 2011, 11:46 am | SEEMO
Washington - Two dozen Armenian and Turkish basketball players, both young men and women, came to the United States for a second round of hoops diplomacy January 29-February 12. The teams, who first met in August 2010 at a U.S.-hosted basketball program in ... More >>
Cooperation, Intellectual Property Rights Support Innovation
Wednesday, 2 March 2011, 11:44 am | SEEMO
Washington - Fostering and supporting innovation is a key message the U.S. government wants to convey to other nations as it prepares to host the annual meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC) in Hawaii in November. More >>
United States Will Continue Full Effort on Farm Exports
Wednesday, 2 March 2011, 11:42 am | SEEMO
Washington - U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says the United States will continue intensive promotion of its agricultural products around the world. More >>