When journalism became a dangerous profession
Journalists in Europe are facing threats and intimidation for doing their job.
|2021.06.10
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Over 50 people have died in this war for influence and revenge popularly referred to as the “Montenegrin clan war.”
Attacks on media headquarters in Greece are quite frequent occurrences, but killings of journalists are extremely rare.
“Reporting on organized crime is a dangerous job in any country.”
The downfall of criminal groups and prosecution of top officials does not mean that Slovak journalists are working peacefully and undisturbed.
Ongoing investigations and trials are exposing the public details of the connections between former state structures in Slovakia and organized crime.
Katja Lihtenvalner
Katja Lihtenvalner is a freelance journalist and researcher based in Athens, Greece. Some of the topics she reports on are politics, far-right movements, migration, refugees, prisons and the justice system.
This story was originally written in English.