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International media freedom organisations said after a study trip to Kosovo that political pressure, smear campaigns and a lack of transparency is undermining Kosovo’s progress in improving the media environment.
A report by the Press Council of Kosovo said that online media don’t have access to fact-checking specialists or enough editors and sub-editors to deal with the problems of disinformation and fake news.
Ruling party MP’s call for more government regulation of media, especially online portals, draws criticism from unions as threat to media freedom.
Discussions on the draft civil code that would allow same-sex civil unions have seen a sharp ruise in homophobic hate speech, partly engineered by irresponsible media.
In the Western Balkans, Kosovo is the “sui generis” case par excellence. In this small country, reporters have scored heavier hits than the prosec...
