Media Integrity Matters

EU & Public service values in the Western Balkans media

On 18/11/2014, a conference entitled « Media Integrity Matters – Reclaiming public service values in the Western Balkans media: How should the European Union Respond ? » has been organized in Brussels by MEP Tanja Fajon. The event was a follow-up to the publication of the book “Media integrity matters » in June 2014, comprising the research conducted in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia and Serbia. The study aims at addressing the obstacles to a democratic development of media systems in the countries of South East Europe/Western Balkans by pointing out corrupt relations and practices in media policy, media ownership and financing,…