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Live now! Our own Blerjana Bino at the South East Europe Media Conference (#SEEMC2025) 🎙️ Session: Media Viability Manifesto in Action - exploring regional collaboration for media viability and resilience in South East Europe Watch live here 🔗 youtube.com/live/1pshsCaTv…

10th OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media South East Europe Media Conference concludes with call for co-ordinated action to strengthen media viability osce.org/representative…

Journalism in South-East Europe, experiences financial & political threats advancing toward a digital front. Dr. Blerjana Bino called for enhanced regional cooperation, protection of journalists, and reporting for the citizens in #SEEMC2025, Sarajevo. 🔗 tinyurl.com/4rh9z69x

🗞️ SCiDEV’s Media Landscape in Albania – May 2025 brief is out! Read here 🔗 tinyurl.com/yuv2j8p5 #MediaFreedom #JournalistsSafety #SCiDEV #PressFreedom #AntiSLAPP #Albania #MediaBrief #MonthlyMediaBrief #MonthlyBrief

‼️We express our concern regarding the Albanian Assembly's practice of issuing unilateral press statements instead of holding the previously announced press conference. This approach undermines transparency and media freedom, and it risks weakening democratic accountability.

🔴 We’re live! Our roundtable on Mobility-Driven Research & Innovation in #WB has just started, as part of the #IGNITA initiative, supported by Open Society Foundations Western Balkans Join us now: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist… #Mobility #Research #Innovation #SCIDEV #IGNITA #OSFWB

🚨SafeJournalists are alarmed by Acting Mayor Ristani’s degrading language toward journalist Edon Kuqi. Public officials must show accountability, not resort to intimidation. Such attacks harm media freedom and fuel a climate of fear. safejournalists.net/incident/other…

We’re LIVE from the roundtable on Advancing the Safety and Protection of Journalists, hosted by CoE Office in Tirana, in cooperation with SCiDEV and ResPublica. A crucial dialogue on media freedom and democracy in Albania - bringing together journalists, institutions, and civil society.

In her keynote speech, “Defending Media Freedom: The Imperative of Ensuring Journalists’ Safety in a Changing World,” Tamara Filipovic Stevanovic of the SafeJournalists Network highlighted the urgent need to protect journalists as a cornerstone of media freedom.

Panel 1 has just started, with journalists and media organizations sharing firsthand experiences of hate campaigns and legal threats, while exploring how institutions can better protect journalists’ work.

The accelerated EU accession process offers momentum for reforms to protect journalists and ensure media freedom, but it must be a transformative process and not a formal, tick-the-box approach. - Blerjana Bino, Researcher from SafeJournalists and SCiDEV Executive Director

Our researcher Blerjana Bino stated that: The accelerated EU accession brings momentum for reforms to protect journalists and media freedom, but it must lead to real change,not just tick-the-box.

📍Advocating for media freedom and the safety of journalists will continue to be our top priority. SafeJournalists

In the final session, participants held an open discussion on enhancing alliances and stakeholder collaboration to protect journalists and media freedom, concluding with a call for continued cooperation and commitment to practical solutions.

Western Balkans must boost R&I investment for growth & EU convergence. Our SCiDEV roundtable sets clear actions forward! Learn more 🔗 tinyurl.com/2yjk4mzp

Europe House turned into a cinema last night as powerful, untold stories took the spotlight. From the silence around human trafficking to the forgotten resilience of women under dictatorship, and the everyday battles against stereotypes — the short films gave voice to realities

Created by young talents through the EU-funded project “Breaking the Moulds – Shaping the Future”, these works report injustice, celebrate courage, and call for a more inclusive, ethical media in Albania. Kudos to the Albanian Women in Audiovisual and SCiDEV who have trained,

Municipalities in Elbasan, Shkodër, and Vlorë are considering AI to improve services. To advance these plans and mitigate risks, Erjon Curraj suggests starting with simple, high-impact tools to build trust. Read more🔗 tinyurl.com/52yty47h #AI4LGU #DigitalGovernance #AIforGood

🗣️Albania steps up joint action to promote media freedom and journalist safety event with SafeJournalists Coordinator contribution as key note speaker. coe.int/en/web/tirana/…

🎥 Watch the video recap to catch the key moments and insights from SCiDEV’s roundtable on research, innovation, and mobility in the Western Balkans ➡️ 🔗 tinyurl.com/3at3vr9v Open Society Foundations Western Balkans Tirana Office - OSF Western Balkans EU in Albania EU Science & Innovation 🇪🇺