Read an excerpt from a report by a coalition of Serbian civil society organizations which uncovers the many irregularities and abuses that seriously jeopardize the integrity of Serbia’s latest elections.

BFMI calls on Meta to take urgent steps to prevent abuse of their platforms and tackle the spread of disinformation in the Western Balkans

The war in Ukraine is a test for media and journalists from the Balkans. Many of the journalists risking their lives to report from the conflict do not have the professional resources, insurance or production teams of their peers from global media companies. To help support journalists bringing important coverage from Ukraine, Ruslan Trad a journalist who has reported from Syria, Lebanon, Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan, has put together recommendations for responsible conflict reporting.

One of Bulgaria’s most prominent investigative journalists, Atanas Tchobanov, has been warned of a threat to his life by a national intelligence agency. Tchobanov is a co-founder of the Bulgarian investigative website Bivol and director of the Bureau of Investigative Reporting and Data (BIRD).

Stronger action to protect free media must be a priority at US President Joe Biden’s Summit of Democracy.

Democratic institutions cannot tolerate further harassment and attempts to destroy the media in the Balkans. The BFMI stands firm in support of the prosecuted.

The European Commission’s latest Progress Report finds almost no progress on protecting media freedoms in parts of the region

The Balkan Free Media Initiative (BFMI) has published its report examining political manipulation of media markets in Bulgaria, Serbia and North Macedonia.

More than 250 days have now passed since the Slovenian Press Agency (STA) last received state funding for carrying out its public service mission from the government of Janez Janša, which currently presides over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

A bill, dubbed Lex TVN, threatens the largest ever US investment in Poland. It also demonstrates the lengths that Mateusz Morawiecki is willing to go to silence the media.

Polish journalist, broadcaster and author, Jacek Pałasiński takes an in depth look at the situation, exclusively for BFMI.

The Bulgarian National Information Agency (BTA) has started regularly publishing reports and updates with a curious source: the Russian news agency, TASS. Even more curious, these reports are often unrelated to Russia or bilateral relations between Sofia and Moscow.

The Commission ignored the most critical question raised by BFMI: how can it allow Euronews to partner in the Balkans with an alleged arms dealer and authoritarians responsible for the deteriorating media environments in these countries?