Nagrada za 2004. za suradnju Fatosu Lubonji

06.12.2004.

Vienna, 3 December 2004 

The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in South East Europe (SEE) and an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), is glad to present the decision of the SEEMO Board, which has chosen Fatos Lubonja, one of the leading Albanian writers, journalists and fighters for human rights, as the recipient of the 2004 “SEEMO Award for Mutual Cooperation in South East Europe”.

Lubonja works on the cultural journal Perpjekja and contributes to Albanian and foreign press. The “SEEMO Award for Mutual Cooperation in South East Europe” is an annual SEEMO human rights award dedicated to World Human Rights Day held on 10 December.

In the year 2002, Christine von Kohl, editor-in-chief of the Balkan – Südosteuropäischer Dialog magazine received this award, and in the year 2003, it was Nebojsa Popov, founder of the Belgrade magazine Republika. The 2004 Award will be presented to Fatos Lubonja in Tirana, in the name of SEEMO and its Secretary General by Remzi Lani, director of the Albanian Media Institute and SEEMO Board member. For further information on the award presentation, please contact the Albanian Media Institute, phone: +355 4 229 800

 Regarding other activities, SEEMO would like to publicise the fact that, at its Board Meeting in Tirana on 20 November 2004, Georgios Papadakis, SEEMO coordinator for Greece and editor for the daily Express from Athens, was elected as a new SEEMO Board member. The SEEMO Board now has the following members: Remzi Lani, director of the Albanian Media Institute (Albania), Radomir Licina, president of the Danas board (Serbia), Samra Luckin, director of Boram Network (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Stjepan Malovic, director of the International Center for Education of Journalists (Croatia), Georgios Papadakis, editor for the Express daily (Greece), Risto Popovski, director of MakFax News Agency (Republic of Macedonia - FYROM) and Ognian Zlatev, director of the Media Development Center (Bulgaria).

Furthermore, SEEMO is proud to announce that the first issue of its media magazine for South East Europe De Scripto has been published. De Scripto, which is going to be published quarterly, reports on media developments in each country of the region and acts as a platform for the exchange of information. The magazine is published in English and in cooperation with the Vienna University. The next issue will be published in December. At the same time, SEEMO would like to announce, that the 2004/2005 issue of the SEEMO Media Handbook will be published in January 2005.

For any further information, please contact Kristina Benkotic, SEEMO Assistant

SEEMO - IPI, Spiegelgasse 2/29, 1010 Vienna, Austria, Tel (SEEMO + HELP LINE): +43 1 513 39 40, Tel (SEEMO): +43 1 512 90 11 11, Fax: +43 1 512 90 15, E-mail: info@seemo.org, Web: http://www.seemo.org

SEEMO is a regional network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in South East Europe.

Povratak