Press Release: Speak Up!2 conference on media freedom in the Western Balkans and Turkey

To assess the challenges faced by the media in the countries of the Western Balkans and Turkey, the European Commission is organising a second SpeakUp! conference on 20 June 2013 in Brussels.

Speak Up!2, the largest event of this kind organised in the context of the enlargement process, will bring together around 450 participants from the region and EU Member States – journalists, media analysts and politicians. They will discuss freedom of expression in individual countries and possibilities to improve and enhance it. They will also assess progress achieved since the first Speak Up! conference in 2011.

European Commission: SPEECH/13/558: Speak-Up!2: Loud wake-up call for improving media freedom in Western Balkans and Turkey http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-13-558_en.htm

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