Moldova is among the countries where threats, assaults, harassment and diverse types of pressure are part of a journalist's daily life. On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, celebrated on May 3, the Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organization (SEEMO) recalls that there is still a long way to go until media workers in in South, East and Central Europe can enjoy press freedom, Info-Prim Neo reports. In 2010, SEEMO recorded 406 press freedom violations in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Turkey, and Ukraine. These included different forms of threats made by email, letter, telephone, or in person, murders, physical assaults, bomb attacks, detentions and imprisonment, criminal charges, house arrests, political and economic pressures, as well as menacing warnings from religious leaders. SEEMO says the sources of threats have become increasingly diversified in comparison to previous years. In transition countries, politicians used to be the main source of threats and pressures. This is no longer the case. Nowadays, threats also come from business groups, often linked to mafia-style business dealings, religious organizations, actors, musicians, etc. In addition, economic issues further complicate journalists' activities: obscure media ownership structures and hidden interests, problems with collective contracts or the lack of any contracts, as well as low salaries. In some countries, below average salaries are used as a means to exert control over journalists, SEEMO has said.