MEMO 98 invites applications for participation in Colorful but Colorblind, a learning-by-doing project for journalists aimed at promoting the creative use of multimedia in reporting minority issues. The project—to be implemented in cooperation with Transitions Online, a Prague-based media development organization, the Center for Independent Journalism in Hungary, the Center... read more

Bratislava (2 April 2009) – MEMO 98 has for a long time focused on presentation of political subjects and their representatives in the media both in Slovakia and abroad. This is the fourth report which analyses presentation of presidential candidates running in the 2009 presidential election. Monitoring of the media was conducted in the framework of the project “Information... read more

Bratislava (2 April 2009) – MEMO 98 has for a long time focused on presentation of political subjects and their representatives in the media both in Slovakia and abroad. This is the fourth report which analyses presentation of presidential candidates running in the 2009 presidential election. Monitoring of the media was conducted in the framework of the project “Information... read more

Bratislava (12 March 2009) – This is a follow up report on the previous long-term monitoring activities focusing on political diversity in media reporting conducted by MEMO 98 in Slovakia and abroad. At the same time, this is already the second report which analyses presentation of candidates in the selected media prior to the April presidential election (the first one was... read more

Bratislava (12 February 2008) – This is a follow up report on the previous long-term monitoring activities focusing on the political diversity in the media reporting, conducted by MEMO 98 in Slovakia and abroad. At the same time, this is already the second report connected to the EUMAP project in the framework of which MEMO 98 has focused on public service broadcasting (its... read more

Bratislava, Budapest, and Prague, 12 and 13 February 2009 – Three years after the release of monitoring reports on the situation of television in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, new update reports are released on 12 and 13 February at events in Bratislava and Prague. The Czech update report highlights that, despite the launch of some digital services, Czech broadcasting still... read more

Bratislava, Budapest and Prague, 12 and 13 February 2009 – Three years after the release of monitoring reports on television in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, new update reports are released on 12 and 13 February at events in Bratislava and Prague. The Slovak update report highlights that notwithstanding some progress, Slovakia's old problems remain intractable. Since... read more

MEMO 98, the Open Society Institute and NOS-OSF Bratislava would like to invite you to the presentation of the monitoring report “Television across Europe: Follow-up reports 2008 – Slovakia and the Czech Republic” prepared by EUMAP (EU Monitoring and Advocacy Program) of the Open Society Institute and by the Media Program of the Open Society Foundation. The project is an... read more

We, a group of like-minded domestic election observers, believe that transparency, accountability and credibility are the most important cornerstones of democratic elections. They provide for establishing public confidence, including confidence of electoral competitors. Our work in terms of scrutiny of, and support to, electoral processes significantly contributes to the... read more

Moscow, 28 February – CJES, the informational and analytical center of the Russian Union of Journalists, in cooperation with MEMO 98, has been systematically monitoring the media coverage of the 2 March presidential election. CJES seeks to evaluate the mass media’s performance in providing objective and balanced coverage of the contestants and their platforms so the citizens... read more

In connection with the legal review of the Slovak Press Act commissioned by the OSCE’s Representative on the Freedom of the Media (http://www.osce.org/fom/item_1_29685.html) and prepared by Article 19 (http://www.article19.org/pdfs/press/slovakia-media-bill-pr.pdf), MEMO 98 carried out a background research which included collecting and analyzing of relevant national and... read more

Italy has a tradition of democratic elections and the 9-10 April 2006 general elections was conducted in overall keeping with this tradition. The OSCE/ODIHR Election Assessment Mission (EAM) monitored six national TV channels using a proven methodology of quantitative and qualitative analysis. The mission has sought to evaluate whether the media provide impartial and... read more

MEMO 98, in cooperation with the Center for Journalism in Extreme Situations (CJES), the informational and analytical center of the Russian Union of Journalists, has been systematically monitoring the coverage of the Russian political scene in the selected media. MEMO 98 and CJES seek to evaluate the mass media’s performance in providing an objective portrayal of public... read more

MEMO 98, in cooperation with the Center for Journalism in Extreme Situations, the informational and analytical center of the Russian Union of Journalists, has been systematically monitoring the coverage of the Russian political scene in the selected media. The monitoring seeks to evaluate the mass media’s performance in providing an objective portrayal of public affairs... read more

Filastiniyat, an independent, non-partisan Palestinian NGO has been conducting its 2006 Parliamentary Election Media Monitoring Project to systematically monitor the media coverage of the upcoming legislative council elections. This project is conducted with the material and technical support of the International Media Support (www.i-m-s.dk), an international organization... read more

Bratislava and Budapest, 21 December 2005 - After almost a decade of highly politicised broadcast media, the Slovak television market has seen tremendous improvements in the past several years. Yet, despite these improvements, further reforms of the public service broadcasters are necessary to ensure their political and economic independence. In the commercial sector,... read more

The 6 November parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan did not meet a number of OSCE and Council of Europe standards and commitments for democratic elections The OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission (EOM) monitored six TV channels (State-funded AzTV and ITV, Private Lider TV, Space, ATV and ANS) and five daily newspapers (State Azerbaijan, Respublika, Khalq, Private Yeni... read more

Globe International (www.globeinter.org.mn), an independent, non-partisan Mongolian NGO dedicated to freedom of expression and the media, systematically monitored the media coverage of the 22 May presidential election. This project was conducted with the material and technical support of the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (www.ndi.org) and MEMO 98.... read more

MEMO 98, in cooperation with the Copenhagen based media organization International Media Support (IMS), provided consultancy & trainings to the Lebanese Association for Democratic Elections (www.ladeleb.org), an independent Lebanese NGO, in connection with the 22 May parliamentary elections. Media monitoring was carried out from 16 May through 17 June 2005 using qualitative... read more

CIHRS, an independent, non-partisan Egyptian NGO dedicated to human rights education and research, has been conducting its 2005 Presidential and Parliamentary Election Media Monitoring Project to systematically monitor the media coverage of the presidential and parliamentary elections. This project is conducted with the material and technical support of the International... read more

"The Gongadze case is solved", stated Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko at the March 1st press conference, "Now I can tell my children who killed Gongadze and how they did it." Georgiy Gongadze, the editor-in-chief of the "Ukrainska Pravda" web site went missing on September 16, 2000. After a late meeting with his deputy, Olena Pritula, he called for a taxi and was never... read more

Media Developments Although coalition parties were claiming that putting the broadcasting sector in order was one of their priorities, elections of new members of the Broadcasting Agency Council (BAC) were not announced until mid-January, which means an entire year after the Government was formed. From the list of 16 candidates, the Parliament of Serbia should have elected... read more