by Tatiana Repkova

A report on the representation of women in print media in six Eastern European countries was published by Mediacentar, Sarajevo. The report contains analysis of research conducted in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia and Serbia.

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by Tatiana Repkova

Swiss publisher Ringier launched a free daily in the Serbian capital of Belgrade in Sept. 2006. The daily 24 sata (24 hours) is similar to other Ringier free dailies in eastern Europe: 24 Hodin (Czech Republic) and Compact (Romania). In Switzerland, Ringier publishes free dailies Heute and Cash Daily.

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by Tatiana Repkova

Turkey's third English-language newspaper was launched January 16 in what its editors described as a response to increasing foreign interest in the country and an attempt to clear "unfair" perceptions of Turkey in the world. Today's Zaman, headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey's largest city, is published by the moderate Islamist Zaman media group. Zaman means "time" in Turkish. The 28-page colour broadsheet, whose front-page logo reads, "Your way of understanding Turkey," will compete with two other English-language dailies, the Istanbul-based Turkish Daily News and the Ankara-based New Anatolian. Turkey's troubled bid to join the European Union and its efforts to act as a bridge between east and west has recently increased international interest in this mainly Muslim, but secular, country. The foreign business community, concentrated in Istanbul, has grown in recent years; Turkey's second and third largest cities, Ankara and Izmir, are also home to flourishing foreign communities and thousands of foreigners have settled on Turkey's Mediterranean and Aegean coasts. AFP, January 16, 2007