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Javno spaljivanje hrvatskog tjednika Novosti: kazniti počinitelje

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Zagreb, 02.09.2017 - Autohtona - Hrvatska stranka prava organizirala je prosvjedni skup pod nazivom "Zaustavili smo vas 1991., zaustavit æemo vas opet" ispred sjedišta SNV-a u Zagrebu. Na slici predsjednik stranke Dražen Keleminec zapalio je novine SNV-a "Novosti" tijekom prosvjeda. foto HINA/ Damir SENÈAR /ds

ZAGREB, 13.09.2017. – Regionalna platforma Zapadnog Balkana za zagovaranje medijskih sloboda i sigurnosti novinara, koja zastupa više od 7800 članova, najoštrije osuđuje javno spaljivanje primjeraka tjednika Novosti i prijetnje koje su upućene članovima redakcije od strane Autohtone – Hrvatske stranka prava (A-HSP).

U posljednjih deset dana članovi stranke A-HSP dva puta su javno spalili primjerke Novosti, tjednika koji izdaje Srpski nacionalni savjet sa sjedištem u Zagrebu. A-HSP je optužio novinare Novosti da raspiruju mržnju protiv Hrvata i zahtijevao blokadu financiranja tog medija iz državnog budžeta. Usto su novinarima tjednika Novosti upućene i prijetnje, direktno, ali i preko društvenih mreža.

„Ovo posljednje ludilo počelo je optuživanjem novinara Novosti da svojim tekstovima potiču paljenje požara na hrvatskoj obali, poslije čega su primjerci novina spaljeni“, rekao je Saša Leković, predsjednik Hrvatskog novinarskog društva (HND) i  dodao: „Ovo je slučaj hajke zasnovan na nacionalnoj osnovi, a povijest nas uči da ono što počne uvredama prerasta u prijetnje i završava fizičkim nasiljem. Zahtijevamo od vlasti da reagira adekvatno, a od premijera Plenkovića da javno osudi ovaj incident.“

Regionalna novinarska udruženja, članice Platforme, pridružuju se HND-u i zahtjevima da hrvatske institucije i njihovo vodstvo osudi ovaj incident, reagira i adekvatno kazni počinitelje.

Od početka 2017. HND je zabilježio šest incidenata napada i prijetnji novinarima u Hrvatskoj, ne računajući dva incidenta spaljivanja Novosti i prijetnji novinarima te redakcije.

Platforma smatra da je napad na novinara napad na javni interes, demokraciju i prava svih građana.

 

Skopje – Beograd – Podgorica – Priština – Sarajevo – Zagreb, 13. rujna 2017.

Udruženje/udruga BiH novinari
Sindikat medija Crne Gore
Hrvatsko novinarsko društvo
Udruženje novinara Kosova
Društvo novinara Makedonije
Nezavisno udruženje novinara Srbije

Crna Gora mora da istraži prijetnje novinaru Otaševiću

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PODGORICA, 13.09.2017. – Regionalna platforma Zapadnog Balkana za zagovaranje medijskih sloboda i bezbjednost novinara, koja zastupa više od 7.800 članova, osuđuje prijetnje smrću koje je brat predsjednika Vlade Crne Gore Duška Markovića, Velizar Marković, uputio novinaru dnevnog lista Dan Vladimiru Otaševiću.

Marković je u telefonskom razgovoru vođenom juče uveče Otaševiću, uz brojne najprimitivnije i najvulgarnije psovke, kazao i “ako ćete se na moja leđa j**at ovamo politički i shvatat neke stvari, nemojte se onda zapitat zašto je neko nekoga ubio. Je li ti jasno?” Takođe mu je poručio “da će ga naći” što predstavlja dodatnu prijetnju. Otašević je ranije pisao o imovini porodice premijera Markovića i u tom tekstu se bavio imovinom i njegovog brata Velizara Markovića zbog čega je on bio iziritiran. Otašević je juče zvao Markovića kako bi mu tražio broj njegovog drugog brata.

“Prijetnja smrću kolegi Otaševiću je najozbiljniji incident koji se u novinarskoj zajednici u Crnoj Gori desio unazad gotovo dvije godine. Ujedno to nam je i pokazatelj da se situacija nije promjenila, već da je samo trebao mali podsticaj onima koji se osjećaju dovoljno moćno u državi koja ne osuđuje napade na novinare, da sebi daju slobodu da prijete i psuju ljude koji rade svoj posao”, kazala je predsednica Sindikata medija Crne Gore Marijana Camović.

Regionalna platforma snažno podržava Sindikat medija Crne Gore i druge novinarske i medijske organizacije u naporima da zaštite novinare i slobodu govora u Crnoj Gori. Regionalna platforma poziva vlasti, policijske i pravosudne organe Crne Gore da novinarima i medijima omoguće slobodan i bezbjedan rad, da istraže ovaj slučaj i time pokažu da ne tolerišu ovu vrstu krivičnog djela bez obzira na to ko je počinilac.

Od početka godine u Crnoj Gori, računajući i poslednji incident, evidentirano je ukupno 7 slučajeva pretnji novinarima od kojih je najozbiljniji upravo ovaj koji se desio Otaševiću.

Napad na novinara je napad na javni interes, demokratiju i prava svih građana.

Udruženje/udruga BiH novinari
Sindikat medija Crne Gore
Hrvatsko novinarsko društvo
Udruženje novinara Kosova
Društvo novinara Makedonije
Nazavisno udruženje novinara Srbije
 

Montenegro authorities must investigate threats to journalist Otasevic

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PODGORICA, 13.09.2017. – The Western Balkans Regional Platform for Advocating Media Freedom and Journalists’ Safety, which represents more than 7800 members, strongly condemns death threats directed to Vladimir Otasevic, the journalist of the newspaper Dan, by Velizar Markovic, the brother of Montenegro Prime Minister Dusko Markovic.

In a phone call on yesterday evening, along with many primitive and vulgar curses, Markovic said to Otasevic: “If you will f**k on my back politically trying to understand things, then don’t ask yourself why somebody got killed. Do you get it?”  Also, he told Otasevic “that he will be found”, which is also a threat. Otasevic had previously written about the property of the Prime Minister Markovic’s family, and the property of his brother, Velizar Markovic which irritated him. Otasevic called Markovic yesterday to ask for his other brother’s number.

“The death threat to our colleague Otasevic is the most serious incident that has occurred in the Montenegrin journalist community in almost two years. At the same time, it is also an indicator that the situation has not changed, and that all that is needed is a small incentive for those who feel powerful enough in a country that does not condemn attacks on journalists, to give themselves a freedom to threaten and curse people who are doing their job, ” said Marijana Camovic, president of the Trade Union of Media of Montenegro.

The Regional Platform strongly supports TUMM and other journalists’ and media organizations efforts in protection of journalists and freedom of speech in Montenegro. The Regional Platform calls authorities, police and judiciary in Montenegro to provide free and safe working conditions for journalists and media, to investigate this case and show that they do not tolerate this type of crime, regardless who the perpetrator is.

From the beginning of the year in Montenegro has recorded 7 cases of threats to journalists including the threats to Otasevic, the last and the most serious one

Any attack on journalists is an attack on the public interest, democracy and the rights of all citizens.

 

BH Journalists Association
Trade Union of Media of Montenegro
Croatian Journalists’ Association
Association of Journalists of Kosovo
Association of Journalists of Macedonia
Independent Journalists Association of Serbia

Remarks on the Draft Law on Media have been submitted

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SKOPJE 12.09.2017 – The Association of Journalists of Macedonia, the Independent Trade Union of Journalists and Media Workers and the Council of Media Ethics of Macedonia yesterday submitted remarks to the Ministry of Information Society and Administration about the Draft Law on the Naming and Amending of the Law on Audio and Audiovisual media services.

The main remarks of the organizations are the percentage of the budget for financing of MRT, specifying the list of proposers of members in the Council of MRT and the Council of the Media Agency, as well as deleting two articles of the law that refer to the principles for the journalists’ reporting during election campaign.

The organizations remain on the view that one percent of the budget should be allocated to finance MRT, for which specific arguments are given, such as insufficient equipment of MRT, lack of correspondent network, low salaries of employees, and the need for employing new experienced and quality journalist and other creative staff. In addition, with the amendments to the law, the second channel of MRT is envisaged to become a separate channel with a 24-hour program in Albanian language, and the program of the other ethnic communities will be transferred to the third channel. All these obligations of MRT require a significant increase in the funds for its normal functioning as an independent and professional public service, which is supposed to be in the service of the citizens.

The three organizations think that in the list of proposers should be specified that the Association of Journalists of Macedonia proposes members in the Program Council of MRT and the Council of the Agency. This will ensure that organizations that represent the interests of journalists propose  competent, credible and independent members.

The remarks require additional reduction of the fee for a license for television or radio broadcasting. In addition, we insist that the Media Agency before initiating any misdemeanor procedure, it should publicly warn the media.

AJM, SSNM and CMEM also demand deleting of the Article 62-a and 62-b of the law, which refer to political pluralism in news and daily information programs during the election campaign. We believe that journalistic standards can not be an object of legal regulation, instead there should be self-regulation in the media. If the ethical journalistic standards are put into law, there is a great danger of them being misused to limit the freedom of speech and the media freedom.

 

Suđenje za ubistvo Ćuruvije: Svedoči Miša Milićević, šef BIA u vreme atentata na Đinđića

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BEOGRAD, 12.09.2017. – Mada su u julu počela saslušanja svedoka odbrane, u nastavku suđenja za ubistvo novinara Slavka Ćuruvije, 13. i 14. septembra, očekuje se da iskaze daju svedoci Tužilaštva koji do sada iz nekih razloga nisu saslušani. Optuženi Milan Radonjić i Ratko Romić, dve godine od početka procesa, u sudnicu će po prvi put biti dovedeni iz kućnog pritvora, sa nanogicom.

Njima dvojici je Apelacioni sud 17. avgusta ove godine potvrdio rešenje sudskog veća kojim im se zatvorska kazna zamenjuje blažom kaznom kućnog pritvora.

Radonjić i Romić su od 6. jula, odlukom tročlanog sudskog veća kojem predsedava Snežana Jovanović prebačeni iz zatvorskog pritvora u kućni pritvor, uz obaveznu meru elektronskog nadzora. Zabranjeno im je da napuštaju svoje stanove, a svako kršenje zabrane povlačilo bi automatsko vraćanje u pritvorsku jedinicu Centralnog zatvora u Beogradu, u kojoj su proveli tri i po godine.

Mediji pisali o pritiscima na svedoke

U sredu, 13. septembra, treba da svedoči Miša Milićević, bivši načelnik BIA. On je na čelo BIA došao dva meseca pre atentata na tadašnjeg premijera Zorana Đinđića, u januaru 2003, zamenivši Andreju Savića, koji je na to mesto došao posle pobune „Crvenih beretki“ 2001. godine.

Milićević je, kako su pisali mediji, imao velikog uticaja tokom akcije „Sablja“, zajedno sa svojim zamenikom Goranom Živaljevićem, koji bi trebalo da svedoči sledećeg dana, 14. septembra. Mišu Milićevića su neki mediji opisivali kao „Đinđićevog čoveka“.

Na čelu BIA ostao je samo godinu dana, kada je tada vladajući DSS na njegovo mesto postavio Radeta Bulatovića, odanog saradnika tadašnjeg premijera Vojislava Koštunice.

Za sredu su najavljena i svedočenja Vladimira Martinovića Branka Važića. Važić je već dolazio da svedoči, ali zbog nejasne i kontradiktorne odluke kabineta BIA o oslobađanju od čuvanja državne tajne, svedočenje je odloženo.

Branko Važić je u danima kada je praćen Slavko Ćuruvija bio jedan od načelnika Četvrtog odeljenja beogradskog centra Resora državne bezbednosti. U iskazu Tužilaštvu, Važić je naveo da je 12. aprila 1999, dan posle ubistva, bio dežurni u beogradskom centru.

Važić je izjavio da se tog dana komentarisalo kako „iza ubistva stoji Služba“. Kasnije je rekao da nikad nije eksplicitno izjavio da „iza ubistva stoji Služba“ već samo da je „bilo komentara“ da je „Služba uvučena“ u taj slučaj.

Pojedini mediji su pisali da je navodno vršen pritisak na Važića, kao i na Gorana Živaljevića koji je takođe vraćen sa ročišta 8. decembra 2015. godine. Živaljević treba da svedoči u četvrtak, 14. septembra.

Važić u istrazi: Neobično praćenje Ćuruvije

Važić i Živaljević nisu svedočili ni na sledećem ročištu, koje je bilo zakazano za 24. decembar 2015. godine. Pošto je najavljeno da će se njih dvojica ovog puta pojaviti u sudnici, izgleda da je proceduralni problem prevaziđen i da će do svedočenja ipak doći.

Važić je, prema optužnici, svedočio i o tome kako je mera praćenja, koja se primenjivala prema Ćuruviji, bila neuobičajena jer se bukvalno svaka promena morala hitno prijaviti. Neobično je bilo i to što je praćenje obavljalo Treće odeljenje i da to nije znao operativac koji je bio zadužen za Ćuruviju.

Goran Živaljević je u vreme ubistva Ćuruvije bio radnik kontraobaveštajnog sektora Centra RDB Beograd.

U toku procesa za ubistvo Ćuruvije saslušana je Živaljevićeva supruga, Olivera Antonić Živaljević, radnica RDB, koja je u vreme ubistva prisluškivala Ćuruvijin telefon.

Poslednji svedok Tužilaštva tokom ova dva septembarska ročišta trebalo bi da bude Dragan Stojčev.

Na prethodnom ročištu, 6. jula, bio je pozvan da svedoči vozač kamiona-ubice na Ibarskoj magistrali Nenad Ilić zvani Glavonja, na predlog prvooptuženog Radeta Markovića. Do svedočenja, međutim, nije došlo, jer Ilić nije imao odluku o oslobađanju od čuvanja državne tajne.

Slavko Ćuruvija je ubijen 11. aprila 1999. u haustoru ispred zgrade u kojoj je stanovao. Za njegovo ubistvo sudi se nekadašnjim visokim službenicima Resora državne bezbednosti – Radomiru Markoviću, Milanu Radonjiću i Ratku Romiću, dok je trećeoptuženi Miroslav Kurak, koji je u bekstvu, bio pripadnik rezervnog sastava RDB-a. Proces traje od juna 2015. godine.

 

CJA condemns dropping out ”Croatia live“ show from the HRT program

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ZAGREB, 12.09.2017. – CJA condemns dropping out ”Croatia live“ show from the HRT program and the vulgar attack against journalist Maja Sever by the vice-president of the Parliament Committee for internal policy and national security.

Although the HRT show „Croatia live“ was supposed to be on the HRT1 program and in spite of the facts that the budget for its production was covered until January 2018 and journalists and editors of the show invited to participate the ceremonial presentation of the new HRT autumn program, „Croatia live“ was dropped out of the program at the last minute.

Croatian Journalists’ Association (CJA) strongly condemns this procedure and finds it to be just further suppression of professionalism by eliminating and marginalizing the show produced by the News Program, the show that reached its public and was done in the public interest. CJA also condemns harassment of journalists and editors who refuse to obey Program and Business Management that systematically ruins the very idea of HRT as public media service.

The explanation of dropping out „Croatia live“ show given by HRT Management – that apparently tele-viewers complained about too much politics in the show – is comic, if not tragic for at least four reasons. One is, as already mentioned, that „Croatia live“ was on the program and then suddenly was dropped out.

The second reason is that „Croatia live“ covered mostly topics related to social services, health, rights of most vulnerable groups in the society, union topics, civil society and cultural events. Daily politics was covered just by some direct report from, for example, the Parliament, bringing news and comments of the Parliament members regarding recent topics.

To refer to alleged protests of tele-viewers (not supported by any facts) and in the same time to ignore massive protests of the same tele-viewers because of Sunday masses used by some priests for political speeches and because of poor quality of News Program (central daily show “Dnevnik”) we find to be pure and evident manipulation.

And at last but not least, very easily checked data about average scope of „likes“ on „Croatia live“ web page (nearly 500.00 and 40.000 „likes“) indicate that „Croatia live“ is more active and influential then web pages HRT News and My HRT, produced by 20 people in HRT New Media section. To cut it short, it is nonsense to claim that viewers do not like „Croatia live“.

At the last minute even the show „Labirint“ (political magazine dealing with home policy) has been transferred from HTV1 to HTV4 channel without any explanation although it was scheduled for HTV 1, Monday, 20.00. It is evident that both shows („Croatia live“ and „Labirint“) are edited and led by „unsuitable“ journalists, very often attacked and not being protected by HRT Management.

Latest example is vulgar „celebration“ of dropping out „Croatia live“ show at Facebook – Petar Škorić, Parliament member and vice-president of Parliament Committee for internal policy and national security, offended and humiliated journalist Maja Sever, one of show editors at his Facebook post.

Just after Tomislav Karamarko had become the Croatian vice-Prime Minister and Zlatko Hasanbegović the Minister of Culture in the same Government, when more than 70 editors, journalists, producers and other creative staff had been replaced with new persons without any professional need or explanation, CJA alerted public of potential derogation of professionalism and quality of HRT program, especially its News Program, to possibly lowest level in history of independent Croatia. And that has become true.

Just for some „cosmetic“ changes, most of editors and program managers who came to their positions at that time perform their jobs unprofessionally even today, with new Parliament and new Government. CJA is regularly informed about constant harassment of „unsuitable“ journalists, not only in Zagreb, but in other HRT centers.

Even the Parliament decision of dismissing of the HRT Supervising Committee implicates that interest of rulers is not HRT as professional public service but service that will support their political interest. Namely, the Supervising Committee was dismissed after revealing serious irregularities in HRT business transactions, including illegitimate contracts for external productions and other program related irregularities.

Saša Leković, CJA president for CJA Executive Board

WHO THREATHENS MAGLOCISTAC NEWSROOM?

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The Western Balkans Regional Platform for Advocacy of Media Freedom and Security of Journalists, which represents more than 7800 members, strongly condemns death threats directed to Maglocistac web portal staff. The Network calls upon the state authorities of the Republic of Serbia to tako appropriate steps to identify the authors of these dangerous threats and sanction them accordingly.

Comments posted below the article on Subotica based Maglocistac web portal contain explicit threats to the newsroom members –  that  that they will be “slaughtered like rabbits” and that their “tonsils will be crushed by boots.”   The cause for the threats was the article “We are all Gosa workers, and all the rulers are Labans” published on 4th September that reports about death threats by Bogdan Laban, the Mayor of Subotica directed at one of his party colleagues.

“The protection of journalists in Serbia is ineffective and the number of threats, especially through social networks, increases annually. More and more individuals act alone or are being instructed to send horrible threats to journalists only because they are doing their job. Unfortunately, the new protection mechanism established at the end of 2016 by the police, prosecutor’s office and journalists and media organizations still hasn’t produced any results”, said Svetozar Rakovic, Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia Secretary General and added: „By not publicly condemning attacks on journalists and media, public officials silently support policy of impunity and as such have not right to speak about freedom, democracy the European path of Serbia”.

The Regional Platform supports IJAS and calls Serbian institutions to implement international standards for the protection of journalists, their security and freedom of expression which are incorporated in national legislation. This will provide free and safe working conditions for journalists and media.

From the beginning of the year IJAS has recorded 22 cases of attacks and threats on journalists in Serbia, including the last incident.

The Regional Platform strongly supports journalists’ and media organizations efforts in protection of journalists and freedom of speech.  It considers any attack on journalists an attack on the public interest, democracy and the rights of all citizens.

Skopje – Belgrade – Podgorica – Pristina – Sarajevo – Zagreb

BH Journalists Association

rade Union of Media of Montenegro

Croatian Journalists’ Association

Association of Journalists of Kosovo

Association of Journalists of Macedonia

Independent Journalists Association of Serbia

Media sector under the CoE and the EU spotlight

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Podgorica, 11/09/2017 – The European Commission and the Council of Europe will launch a comprehensive analysis of the media sector in Montenegro, whose outcome should be development of guide for defining and implementing national media policies as well as an action plan within EU accession negotiations.

An expert mission, composed of Dunja Mijatović, Snežana Trpevska, Jean-Francois Furnemont, Marc Janssen, Jelena Surčulija Milojević and Tanja Kerševan Smokvina, presented today in Podgorica methodology of the analysis and expected results.

After the initial meeting, the expert mission plans to organise meetings with all relevant stakeholders.
The Minister of European Affairs, Aleksandar Andrija Pejović, said that the expert mission will have 30 meetings with 80 persons in order to examine Montenegrin media space. The project includes six Western Balkan countries and Turkey.

“We are the most advanced in the enlargement process, so it is logical that we are the first country to start with analysis,” said Pejović.

He reminded on the recent amendments to the Law on National Public Broadcasting Services – Radio and Television of Montenegro, which improved its financial independence, as well on the amendments to the Law on Electronic Media, which focused on enhancing the independence of regulators, the Agency for Electronic Media.

The EU Ambassador in Podgorica, Aivo Orav said that freedom of speech is a vital element in the EU integration process and that efforts must be made to strengthen self-regulation and the application of the Code of Conduct.

The analysis of the media sector will be completed by the end of January next year, and topics covered by the Council of Europe experts are market overview and assessment, legislative and institutional framework, public services, online media functioning, professional integrity of journalists, mechanisms for supporting media and state aid, transparency of media ownership and media concentration, as well as media self-regulation.

The analysis of the media sector is part of the project “Strengthening Judicial Expertise on the Freedom of Expression and the Media in South-East Europe (JUFREX)” implemented by the EU and the Council of Europe. The National Coordinator of this activity is the Ministry of European Affairs of Montenegro.

Medijski sektor pod lupom Savjeta Evrope i Evropske unije

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PODGORICA, 11.09.2017. – Evropska komisija i Savjet Evrope počeće opširnu analizu medijskog sektora Crne Gore čiji rezultat treba da bude izrada vodiča za definisanje i sprovođenje nacionalnih medijskih politika i pripremu akcionog plana u okviru pregovora o pristupanju Evropskoj uniji.

Ekspertski tim, koji čine Dunja Mijatović, Snežana Trpevska, Jean-Francois Furnemont, Marc Janssen, Jelena Surčulija Milojević i Tanja Kerševan Smokvina, danas je u Podgorici predstavio metodologiju po kojoj će raditi analizu kao i očekivane rezultate.

Nakon  inicijalnog  skupa,  planirano je organizovanje sastanaka tokom  kojih  će  članovi  ekspertskog  tima razgovarati sa svim relevantnim akterima.

Ministar evropskih poslova Aleksandar Andrija Pejović kazao je da će ekspertski tim obaviti 30 sastanaka sa 80 osoba kako bi dobili odgovor na pitanje kako izgleda medijski prostor Crne Gore. Projekat obuhvata šest zemalja Zapadnog Balkana i Tursku.

„Najnapredniji smo u procesu proširenja pa je logično što smo prva zemlja u kojoj se radi analiza“, kazao je Pejović.

On je podsjetio na nedavne izmjene Zakona o nacionalnom javnom servisu Radio televiziji Crne Gore kojim je obezbjeđena veća finansijska nezavisnost, te na izmjene Zakona o elektronskim medijima gdje je foku bio na povećanjnu nezavisnosti regulatora, agencije za elektronske medije.

Šef delegacije EU u Crnoj Gori Aivo Orav kazao je da je sloboda gpovora vitalni element u procesu pregovaranja za učlanjenje u EU te da se mora raditi na jačanju samoregulacije i primjeni Kodeksa novinara.

Analiza medijskog sektora će biti završena do kraja januara naredne godine, a teme koje zanimaju eksperte Savjeta Evrope su pregled i procjena tržišta, zakonodavni i  institucionalni okvir, javni servisi, način funkcionisanja on line medija, profesionalni integritet novinara, šeme podrške i državna pomoć medijima, transparentnost medijskog vlasništva i medijska koncentracija kao i samoregulacija medija.

Analiza je dio projekta „Jačanje pravosudne ekspertize o slobodi izražavanja i medija u Jugoistočnoj Evropi (JUFREX)“ koji sprovode EU i Savjet Evope. Nacionalni koordinator ove aktivnosti je Ministarstvo evropskih poslova Crne Gore.