TIRANA, March 14 – The South East Europe Media Organization (SEEMO) has announced the launch of the Dr. Erhard Busek – SEEMO 2008 Award for Better Understanding in South East Europe.
Sponsored by Busek, special coordinator of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe, the 2,000 Euro award will be given to a journalist, editor, media executive or person educating journalists in South Eastern Europe, who promotes a climate of better understanding among people in the region and who works towards ending minority problems, ethnic divisions, racism, xenophobia, and other problems.
This year’s recipients of the award are Croatian journalist Denis Latin, Kemal Kurspahic, former editor-in-chief of the Sarajevo daily Oslobodjenje, Brankica Petkovic, Head of the Center for Media Policy at the Peace Institute in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and editor-in-chief of the book versions of Media Watch and Media Watch Journal, and Croatian journalist, Danko Plevnik, international relations columnist for the Croatian daily Slobodna Dalmacija from Split and the Bulgarian investigative journalist, Milena Dimitrova. (Tirana Times Staff)
SEEMO starts Erhard Busek -2008 Award in Southeast Europe
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