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Croatia: Croatian Secret Services Spied on AIM. Drago Hedl, AIM Zagreb, December 23, 2001

Montenegro: Editor of "The Day" Sentenced. Handcuffs Instead of Laurels. Petar KOMNENIC, AIM Podgorica, December 16

BiH: Keeping an Eye on Journalists. Zoran Tihic, AIM Mostar, December 14, 2001

Croatia: THE "DISSIDENT" REPORTER. IWPR journalist opens his secret police file to discover that the Tudjman regime considered him and enemy of the state. By Drago Hedl in Osijek. IWPR'S BALKAN CRISIS REPORT, NO. 302, December 10, 2001

Serbia: Interview with Veran Matic, Editor in Chief of B92 & ANEM Chairman. Glas javnosti, December 10, 2001

Croatia: Is WAZ Taking Over Croatia? , AIM Zagreb, December 6, 2001

Macedonia: EDUCATION OF JOURNALISTS IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA. Vesna Šopar, Media Online

Croatia: Analysis of Content of The Term National Minorities in the Croatian Daily 'Slobodna Dalmacija': Minorities in the Margins of Coverage. By Slobodan Bjelajac, Mediaonline, 3-12-2001

BiH: What Slovenes Want to Achieve by Purchasing Sarajevo's Oslobodjenje: Gantar's Sanitary Commandos or Cadez Defens Sarajevo. By Marko Crnkovic, Mediaonline, 30-11-2001

International Experiences and Local Dilemmas in Education of Journalists. By Stjepan Malovic, Mediaonline, 27-11-2001

WAR AGAINST TERRORISM IN DAILY PRESS OF SOUTH EAST EUROPE: HOW DID THE NEWSPAPERS FROM ALBANIA, SLOVENIA, BOSNIA- HERZEGOVINA, SERBIA AND CROATIA COVER 'PLANETARY CRISIS'? By Mediaonline, 23-11-2001

SERBIA: RTV Bombing Case Openend. By Marjorie Farquharson, IWPR's Tribunal Update 244, 12-17 November 2001

SERBIA: Serbia - Electronic Media and Ekonomist Magazin. Open Letters to Zoran Djindjic. By Oliver Vujovic, SEEMO, 21-11-2001

BiH: The Media and War Crimes: Will The Hague Prosecute Journalists? By Emir Habul, Mediaonline, 15-11-2001

BiH: Interview: Jasmin Durakovic, Director of RTV Federation BiH: Centralized Planning and Decentralized Production. By Radenko Udovičić, Mediaonline, 15-11-2001

SERBIA: Clarification in the affair 'Medal for B92'. By Veran Matic, ANEM, 12-11-2001

SERBIA: Untouchable Privileges on the Air. One Year On. By Slobodan Djoric, Mediaonline, 8-11-2001

SERBIA: No Prime Minister, We Don't Want Privileges for Anyone! By Veran Matic, ANEM, 7-11-2001

SERBIA: Djindjic in Washington D.C.: No Privileges for Media Veterans. By Slobodan Pavlovic, SENSE, 6-11-2001

Medienhilfe-Info 2001-4 (November)

SERBIA: Burden of Alliance. By Velimir Curgus Kazimir, Vreme 565, 1-11-2001

KOSOV@: The Media and Their Obligations in the Election Campaign. By Besnik Bala, AIM Pristina, 17-10-2001

Media Task Force sets out its strategy for action. Journalists Newsline October 2001

MEDIA AND WAR CRIMES: WILL THE GOEBBELS OF THE BALKANS GET OFF THE HOOK? Radio Free Europa / Radio Liberty - South Slavic Report from 25-10-2001, Volume  3, Number  35 and 1-11-2001, Volume  3, Number  36

BiH: TIME FOR CHANGES - MEDIA INTERVENTION BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. Zoran Udovičić, Media Online, 01-11-2001

BiH: CONVERGENCE AND THE DIGITAL DIVIDE: A ROADMAP FOR BIH AND SEE. David C. Betts, Media Online 01-11-2001

BiH: Television, Foreigners, the State - No Picture, No Sound. By Tanja IVANOVA, AIM Sarajevo

MACEDONIA: Doppelte Wahrheiten in Mazedonien. Manipulierende Medien schüren den Konflikt. By Claude Nicolet, Aargauer Zeitung, 29-10-2001

SERBIA: Helsinki Committee - September Media Monitoring: Corruption and Organised Crime

SERBIA: A new Bill on Public Information. HOW THE LAW WAS TEMPERED. By Snezana Stefanovic, Media Online 15-10-2001

BiH: Sarajevo: Newspapers in the Wringer. Publishers Overwhelmed by Panic. by Tanja Ivanova, AIM 1008, 8-10-2001

SERBIA: The Socialists Attacked Journalists at the Novi Sad Rally. by Milena Putnik, AIM 1005, 5-10-2001

CROATIA: Uproar over Film "Storm over Krajina". by Boris Raseta, AIM 1004, 4-10-2001

SERBIA: TV Tussle. by Dragan Stojkovic, TOL 9 - 15 October 2001

Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe - Media Task Force. Interviews by Roland Brunner, Medienhilfe Ex-Jugoslawien:
- Representatives of the National Working Groups from Croatia, BiH, Serbia and Macedonia
- Mr. Yasha Lange, Executive Secretary of the Media Task Force.

MACEDONIA (on the impact of global Media): When Fear Rules - 'Talking Is Over In Macedonia'. by Terence Sheridan, Pacific News Service Article Dated 10/10/2001 

SERBIA: BELGRADE EXPLOITS WAR ON TERROR. By Zeljko Cvijanovic in Belgrade, IWPR'S BALKAN CRISIS REPORT, N0. 285, October 3, 2001

SERBIA: THE ORTHODOX CHURCH AND THE INTRODUCTION OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION. IWPR-Media Monitoring August 2001, Helsinki Committee for Human Rights, Serbia. 

SERBIA: MEDIA IN SERBIA ­ TWELVE MONTHS ON - brief analysis (update) - by Veran Matic, ANEM.

SERBIA: EVERYONE'S GOT TO LEARN A LOT. INTERVIEW WITH THE HEAD OF OSCE MEDIA DEPARTMENT IN FRY.  By Snezana Stefanovic, MediaOnline 27-SEP-2001.

BIH: TEACHERS AND A GROWING CHILD. OBSERVATIONS ON BIH MEDIA SPHERE AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. By Tarik Jusić & Svjetlana Nedimović, MediaOnline 27-09-2001.

CROATIA: Under the Aegis of Anti-Terrorism. Anti-Islamic Fervor. By IGOR LASIC, AIM Zagreb, 25.09.2001.

MACEDONIA: Where Were You, Bin Laden?!  Zeljko Bajic, AIM Skopje, September 24, 2001

BiH: No Young Generation in Journalism. Interview with Senada Ćumurović, Director of Radio BH1, By Radenko Udovičić, MediaOnline.

MACEDONIA: A BRIDGE ACROSS THE VARDAR Two old colleagues bridge Macedonia's ethnic divide to engage in a frank dialogue, and find that peace is possible - just. By Anthony Borden in Skopje.
+ DIALOGUE IN SKOPJE between Kim Mehmeti and Branko Geroski. IWPR'S BALKAN CRISIS REPORT, NO. 282, September 21, 2001

Medienhilfe-Info 2001-3 (September)

MACECONIA: The Thrust at Media. Changes to the Macedonian Constitution. By Vesna Šopar, MediaOnline, 27-09-2001

BiH: Painstaking Efforts. OHR Media Development Strategy In Post-Dayton BiH. By Chris Riley, MediaOnline 10-09-2001

MONTENEGRO: Between a Propaganda and – a Propaganda. Montenegrin Press on Serbia and Yugoslavia. By Snežana Stefanović, MediaOnline 10-09-2001

SERBIA: Humanitarian Law Centre Media Monitoring: The Debate on the Status of Vojvodina

This is Serbia calling: Rock 'n' Roll Radio and Belgrade's Underground Resistance. By Matthew Collin (London: Serpent's Tail Press, 2001) Reviewed by Eric Gordy, Balkan Academic Book Review 18/2001.

Public Broadcasting Service Between News Media and Institution: An Analysis of Radio BH1's News Programming. By Radenko Udovičić, Media Online, 03-09-2001

Montenegrin TV Parliament: Parliamentarians as Editors. By Velizar Sredanović, Media Online, 03-09-2001

Trying to Stay Clear of Nationalism: Macedonian Shaky Peace in Albanian Media. By Llazar Semini, Media Online, 27-08-2001

Croatian Women’s Press: Women Between the Kitchen and the Beauty Parlor. By: Gordana Vilovic, Media Online, 28-08-2001

Media - Where Tudjmanism Continues to Live. Ivica Djikic, AIM Zagreb, August 19, 2001

The Media - "Collateral Damage" of A Political Showdown. Murder of the Former State Security Official Threatening to Change the Picture of Serbia. By Vera Didanovic, AIM Belgrade.

IWPR'S BALKAN CRISIS REPORT, NO. 275, Part II, August 29, 2001
FOCUS ON BOSNIAN MEDIA:
- COMMENT: WASTED MILLIONS. By Zoran Udovicic in Sarajevo
- THE BATTLE FOR OBJECTIVITY. By Tanya L. Domi in New York
- BROADCASTING SHAKE-UP. By Julie Harbin in Sarajevo

MEDIA IN SERBIA – TEN MONTHS ON. Brief analysis by Veran Matic, ANEM

The Strike in Magyar Szo. Waiting for Mesic. Zuzana Serences, AIM Belgrade, August 2, 2001

Medien in Mazedonien: Zwischen Kriegshetze und Friedensförderung. Von Claude Nicolet, Medienhilfe Ex-Jugoslawien.

INDEPENDENT INTERNET-BASED NEWS SERVICE THRIVES IN KOSOVO. By Terry FitzPatrick, THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNALISTS' NETWORK Issue #116 August 13, 2001. 

Radio-Television Serbia: Servant Without a Master. Snezana Stefanovic, MediaOnline, 10 August 2001

SERBIAN JOURNALISTS AT RISK. Milosevic may be gone, but the mafia and the police continue the old habit of attacking the messenger. By Ivan Nikolic in Belgrade, IWPR'S BALKAN CRISIS REPORT, NO. 270

OSCE Press Release: OSCE condemns irresponsible publication of personal data in Bosnia and Herzegovina. 9 August 2001

Serbia: The Women’s Page Woman - Summary Survey. By Zana Paripovic, Media Online, 8.8.2001

Power-Sharing in Media - Integration of the Public? L. Kendall Palmer in Media Online, 8.8.2001

Der Krieg der Medien. Mazedonien Unterschiedliche Berichte über gleiche Themen. Von Sonia Bakaric, afp. Aargauer Zeitung 6.8.2001

'BIG BROTHER' GOES TO BOSNIA. Only one thing marred TV viewers' enjoyment of the Bosnian version of 'Big Brother' - nobody took their clothes off. By Ozren Kebo in Sarajevo, IWPR'S BALKAN CRISIS REPORT, NO. 268, August 3, 2001

Realvideo Medienkrieg in Mazedonien. Werner van Gent, Tagesschau SF DRS, 31.7.2001 

Media Coverage of the Macedonian Environment. Monitoring period: July 2001. By the Institute for Sociological, Political and Juridical Research Macedonia 

State Television between Djindjic and Kostunica: Who Will Control the Ruins of TV Bastille. Aleksandar Ciric, AIM Belgrade, July 29, 2001

Public Services: A Fear of Dismissals Spreads Through Radio Television BiH. Zoran Udovicic, ©Media Online 2001

BiH: Religious Communities in the Media. By Mojca Leban, ©Media Online 2001

All that Glitters Is not Gold: Critical Remarks on the Freedom of Information Act. Matevz Krivic ©Media Online 2001.

Kostunica and Djindjic in Serbian Media: A Tempest in a Glass of Water By Vladan Radosavljevic

The Knights of the Shitty Coastline: On ‘Slobodna Dalmacija’. By Goran Vezic

On History of Croatian Journalism. Mario Plenkovic

RIGHT TO MONOLOGUE. By Heni Erceg, GLEDE & UNATOC (Feral Tribune No. 823)

THE MEDIA ON MASS GRAVES IN SERBIA. Humanitarian Law Centre, Serbia. Monitoring period: June, 2001 

RELIGIONS AND CONFLICT IN MACEDONIA. Institute for the Sociological, Political and Juridical Research, Macedonia. Monitoring period: June 2001 

A Dead Sea. The Croatian media, after enduring ten years of repression under late President Franjo Tudjman, seem poised to once again fall under the yoke of the government. by Katarina Luketic 

Fear of the Public. Jelena Lovric, AIM Zagreb, June 26, 2001

Coverage of the Macedonian Conflict in Albanian Media: A Balanced Stand. By Llazar Semini, BalkanMedia

From BiH: Association of Independent Electronic Media of Bosnia and Herzegovina – Individual Before Common Interests. By Amel Baftic, BalkanMedia

The First Steps of Croatian Public RTV. Interview with Mirjana Rakic, HRT News Editor. By Radenko Udovicic, BalkanMedia

A PLEA FOR MODERATION. An IWPR journalist in Macedonia appeals for tolerance following his arrest last week. By Veton Latifi in Kumanovo. IWPR-Report 256, June 15, 2001

Die Schatten der Vergangenheit. Der Tod des serbischen Journalisten Milan Panic zeigt, dass die Pressefreiheit in Jugoslawien dünne Wurzeln hat. Von Gemma Pörzgen (Belgrad), Frankfurter Rundschau 15.6.2001

Serbiens Last der jüngsten Vergangenheit. Die Aufarbeitung der Geschichte als Teil der Erneuerung (Radio- und Fernsehen B92 als Motor). Von Cyrill Stieger, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 13. Juni 2001

Regime and Crime. The Nacional Scandal and Montenegro. By Gordana BOROVIC, AIM

Protest Against BBC Coverage on Macedonia-Kosovo. Letter from Dr. Biljana Vankovska / excerpt from an Interview. Nonviolent Change Newsletter, Spring 2001

The ‘Oslobođenje’ Left Without Journalists, Readers or Support: Three Causes for Crisis of the Most Reputable Bosnian Paper. By: Kemal Kurspahic, ©Media Online 2001

A Letter to a Young Journalist. By Gojko Beric, ©Media Online 2001

INVESTIGATIVE REPORT: The Fall of OBN. Ruined by bad management, misunderstandings and re-aligned international priorities, the most ambitious Western media project in Bosnia collapses. By Julie Poucher Harbin in Sarajevo (May 2001) for IWPR. 

HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE MONTENEGRIN MEDIA. The Centre For Human Rights & Democracy (CEDEM) in Podgorica. Monitoring period: May 2000

KARIC AWARD TRIGGERS PRESS OUTRAGE. A media award controversy highlights the problems associated with the creation of truly independent media in Serbia. By Zeljko Cvijanovic in Belgrade, IWPR'S BALKAN CRISIS REPORT, NO. 251, May 31, 2001

Oslobodjenje Back at Kiosks. By Daria Sito, Transitions Online, 28 May 2001

The War Between Journalists and the Management of "Oslobodjenje": Empty Pages Waiting for Clean Slates. By Drazen SIMIC, AIM Sarajevo, May 21. 2001

The Daily "Republika" Extinguished. By Boris Raseta, AIM Zagreb, May 10, 2001

Southeast Europe – A Terra Incognita for Media Researchers: An Interview with Nena Skopljanac. By Stojan Obradovic, Media Online 2001

Hate Speech As a Question of Objective Responsibility: Interview with Orhideja Martinovic. By Stojan Obradovic, Media Online 2001

Bosnia-Herzegowina: A New Radio for New Times. By Zoran Udovicic. Media Online 2001. 

The TV Advertising Market in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Research Summary. By Tarik Jusic, Media Online 2001

An Itemized List: Montenegrin Media during Election Campaign. By Esad Kocan, Media Online 2001. Download-File as PDF

Macedonia: Media Coverage of Relations between Macedonians & Albanians. By the Institute for Sociological, Political and Juridical Research. Monitoring Period (April 1 - 30, 2001)

The News Media in Serbia: (Un)Controlled Chaos. By Aleksandar Ciric, AIM Belgrade, April 29, 2001

Medienhilfe-Info 2001-2 (Mai 2001)

Medienhilfe Ex-Jugoslawien: Jahresbericht 2000 als PDF zum runterladen (1,5 MB)

April 4-6, 2001: Conference on Media and War in Rovin, Croatia: Pictures

2000 World Press Freedom Review on Bosnia, Croatia, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovenia

Mass Media in the District of Brcko. Marko Draganic, AIM Banja Luka, March 27, 2001

THE FILIPOVIC STORY. IWPR reveals the extraordinary background to Miroslav Filipovic's award-winning story on Kosovo atrocities. By Anthony Borden in London, IWPR'S BALKAN CRISIS REPORT, NO. 231, March 30, 2001

«Ein schwieriger Lernprozess». Noch prekäre Medienfreiheit in Serbien. Andreas Ernst in: Neue Zürcher Zeitung NZZ vom 23. März 2001

Allowed to Offend, Shock and Upset: Contents of the New Law on Defamation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. By Mehmed Halilovic

Reinforcement Instead of Disintegration of the Media Apartheid: Building Public Television in BH. By Kemal Kurspahic

SERBIAN TELEVISION VIDEOTAPE SHOWN AS EVIDENCE IN MAZREKU TRIAL. Helsinki Committee Serbia 

ZAGREB PUSHES THROUGH MEDIA REFORMS. IWPR'S BALKAN CRISIS REPORT, NO. 224, March 7, 2001

Medienhilfe-Info 2001-1 (Februar/März)

Hate Speech as an Election Message. Children of a Lesser God. Esad Kocan, AIM Podgorica, February 27, 2001

MILOSEVIC PROPAGANDIST IN THE DOCK. The Milanovic case highlights the propagandist role played by regime journalists during the Milosevic years. By Petar Lukovic in Belgrade, IWPR'S BALKAN CRISIS REPORT, NO. 220, February 21, 2001

SURROI WANTS KOSOVAR COMMITMENT TO MULTI-ETHNIC SOCIETY. RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY, BALKAN REPORT Vol. 5, No. 14, 20 February 2001

Hate Speech in the Slobodna Dalmacija Newspaper. Ivana Erceg, AIM Zagreb, February 16, 2001

Journalism in Serbia: Freedom. By Aleksandar Ciric, AIM Belgrade, Feb. 12, 2001

`A1 TV' CREW KIDNAPPED AND ARM PATROL ATTACKED NEAR MACEDONIA - KOSOVO BOUNDARY, MILS NEWS Skopje, February 19, 2001

COMMENT: INTIMIDATION SILENCES PRISTINA MEDIA. Political and mafia intimidation forces Kosovo journalists to exercise self-censorship. By Colin Soloway in Sarajevo . FROM IWPR'S BALKAN CRISIS REPORT, NO. 215, February 6, 2001 

On the Ruins of TV Bastille: The Development of A Public Broadcasting Service in Serbia.
By Vladan Radosavljević

The End of the Highest Priced Media Mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Dossier: The Case of OBN.
By Radenko Udovicic

Development of Public Broadcasting Service in Croatia: Bill on Croatian Radio-Television Defined. 
By Gordana Vilovic heads Media Center ‘Freedom Forum’ at the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Zagreb.

'MACEDONIAN WATERGATE' INQUIRY LAUNCHED. 
The Macedonian government is rocked by wire-tapping accusations. 
By Dragan Nikolic in Skopje, IWPR'S BALKAN CRISIS REPORT, NO. 212, January 24, 2001

Medienunterstützung international: Regierungen und Nichtregierungsorganisationen arbeiten zusammen für Südosteuropa. 
Von Roland Brunner, Geschäftsführer Medienhilfe Ex-Jugoslawien