News and updates from BCSDN and the region
BCSDN has expressed serious concern over escalating tensions, reported rights violations and restrictions on civic space amid ongoing protests in Albania. Since May 2026, sustained…
Read more →Philea’s Legal Affairs Committee has expressed serious concern over escalating restrictions on civic space in Türkiye, following coordinated operations targeting LGBTI+ organisations, activists, human rights…
Read more →On 13 October 2026, the Instagram accounts of the independent media outlet Sloboden Pečat were targeted by a coordinated bot attack , the fifth such…
Read more →The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and its affiliate BH Journalists have warned that BHRT, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s state-level public broadcaster, faces imminent closure due…
Read more →BCSDN strongly condemns the escalating targeting of LGBTI+ organisations and human rights defenders in Türkiye, following coordinated operations launched on 12 September 2026. At least…
Read more →On 30 September, Slovenia’s National Assembly adopted legislation effectively dismantling the NGO Development Fund by redirecting its dedicated revenue to a new fund for advanced…
Read more →European and regional media freedom organisations, together with Albanian CSOs, including BCSDN member Partners Albania, have welcomed Albania’s draft anti-SLAPP legislative package while calling for…
Read more →The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) and partner organisations have called on Serbian authorities to revoke the expulsion order and entry ban imposed on Massimo…
Read more →Albania’s “Flamingo Revolution” has reached 100 days of sustained anti-government protests, marking the country’s largest mobilisation against Prime Minister Edi Rama’s government. Beginning in May…
Read more →More than 200 European CSOs, including BCSDN, have joined a statement expressing serious concern over the European Commission’s decision to terminate operating funding for the…
Read more →The OECD has published its first review of progress in implementing the DAC Recommendation on Enabling Civil Society in Development Co-operation and Humanitarian Assistance, five…
Read more →The SafeJournalists Network has expressed serious concern over the public intimidation and attempted discrediting of News24 investigative journalist Klodiana Lala by Vlora Hyseni, former Director…
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