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24.09.2008 The BH Journalists association expressed concerns over the threat issued against Sarajevo-based media that reported impartially and with full observance of professional and ethical standards on the events and developments surrounding the coming Queer Sarajevo Festival.

15.09.2008 The Independent Association of Journalists of Vojvodina protests the approach adopted by a number of Belgrade-based media to the reporting on Vojvodina and the process of adoption of the new Statute of the Autonomous Province.

22.07.2008 The Association of Journalists of Macedonia demands from Greek authorities to put an end to the practice of selecting the events that it deems appropriate to be covered by Macedonian media and journalists, depending on their own agreement with those events.

23.05.2008 The Lorenzo Natali Prize rewards journalists committed to Human Rights, Democracy and Development. Originally reserved for print and online press, the Lorenzo Natali Prize has opened this year to radio and television journalists.

02.05.2008 With the exception of Slovenia, the countries in the Region of Southeast Europe were all given status of `partly free` in terms of the freedom of press, states the Freedom of the Press 2008: A Global Survey of Media Independence latest survey released by Freedom House.

17.04.2008 Thirty NGOs from Serbia condemned the detention of Dinko Gruhonjić, the head of BETA News Agency`s Correspondent Office in Novi Sad, during the action of the local branch of Otpor Movement on April 11, 2008.

24.03.2008 The `Youth and Media` Conference (Tuzla, March 29-30, 2008) for improvement of status of youth in BiH through development of volunteering in local radio stations is connected to the strategic goals of youth in Bosnia and Herzegovina and relies on main directions for development of youth policies in the countries of the EU.

21.03.2008 The BH novinari (BH Journalists) association and the Media Help Line strongly protest the threats that Rajko Bulajic, Director of `Romanija` Forestry Company from Sokolac issued against Darko Momic, reporter of `Press RS` Daily.

11.03.2008 Reporters Without Borders will launch the first International Online Free Expression Day on 12 March, when it will also organise its second “24-hour online demo against Internet censorship,” urging Internet users to come and demonstrate on its website, www.rsf.org.

03.03.2008 Last Friday, February 29, GROZD Centre for Promotion of Civil Society and Dosta! movement held a press conference to present their latest findings regarding the paid advertisement/public statement that the Government of the Canton of Sarajevo published in Bosnian media in its reaction to, what it called, coordinated violence in the protests of February 13.

29.02.2008 The participants of the Media in Crisis Situations round table discussion, held yesterday, February 28, in Belgrade, demand from the President and Prime Minister of Serbia to condemn officially the violence in Serbia and to take all legal measures and activities to provide for the security and rights of citizens, as well as unimpeded work of the media.

28.02.2008 A group of 40 bloggers, gathered around the BLOGGER.ba service, submitted an initiative to the Assembly of the Canton of Sarajevo, demanding a vote of no-confidence for the Cantonal Government led by Prime Minister Samir Silajdžić.

26.02.2008 The Centre for Development of Civil Society CDCS appeals to Serbian media to pay greater attention to events that contribute to reduction of numbers of incidents and attacks on members of ethnic minority groups.

21.02.2008 The Belgrade Human Rights Centre appeals to the Police, judiciary and executive branch of Government to respect the Constitution and national laws and to secure personal safety and protection of private property for all citizens of Serbia.

04.02.2008 The Croatian Electronic Media Council, at its meeting with Mila Jelavic, the Children Ombudsperson and representatives of HTV, RTL and Nova TV, the leading broadcasters in the country, condemned broadcasts of contents unsuited for children.

01.02.2008 Centres for Civil Initiatives (CCI) express their concern over the current policies applied by the Steering Board of RTVBiH (the Public Broadcasting Service) that threatens to destroy the service as independent, politically neutral provider to all citizens that pay the broadcasting fee.

23.01.2008 Labris – Organization for Lesbian Human Rights, started a new cycle of monitoring of daily newspapers in Serbia on January 1, 2007, which analyzes the articles and reports referring to LGBTTIQ terminology and subject.

04.12.2007 B92 radio and television strongly protested the incident that prevented the promotion of its radio show Peščanik in Aranđelovac.

16.11.2007 The Cetre for Peace Studies, in cooperation with the Net.hr portal, launched a web-site with information on NATO and overview of positive and negative aspects of NATO.

19.10.2007 On Wednesday, October 17, Croatian Police arrested Željko Peratović, free-lance journalist and author of the 45. Lines blog, on suspicion that he gave away state secrets.