RSF protests against new Ukraine restrictions on reporters
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by Edward Steen, Vienna, March 23, 2023
In a war it's rare to find anything like complete freedom (or truthfulness) of information from either side....
Kurier account Wiener Zeitung devs English
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Kurier, Vienna. 20/03/2023
Wiener Zeitung: The most recent draft law primarily provides for an online medium, with 10 annual print editions. Transformation should be fully...
Wiener Zeitung latest – creeping govt takeover
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by Edward Steen, Vienna, March 22, 2023
In defiance of protests across Austrian society, including by the respected former federal President Heinz Fischer, the 320-year-old...
UK govt planned to allow Wagner SLAPP against BBC
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by Edward Steen, Vienna March 21, 2023
Putin’s private, sanctioned warlord, Yevgeny Prigozhin, 61, ex-jailbird, hot-dog salesman, now billionaire founder of the murderous Wagner Group, ...
Navalny feature film wins Oscar in LA – infuriating Putin fans
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Vienna, April 13, 2023
by Edward Steen
As predicted in these pages by Julia Ioffe, the documentary film about Russian oppositionist Alexei Navalny last night (12/03)...
How football invaded BBC pitch (and UK parliament)
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Vienna, March 13, 2023
by Edward Steen
As the UK Conservative government lurches from one own-goal to another, its latest self-inflicted mishap concerns Gary Linaker, one...
“My ex-colleagues have made a pact with the Devil”
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Vienna, March 11, 2023
Harrowing personal story of Russian journalist who broke ranks with Kremlin
Marina Ovsyannikova challenged the Kremlin with a spectacular protest against the...
Navalny film: interview with Bellingcat man in exile
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by Edward Steen, Vienna, March 8, 2023
Julia Jofffe, originally from Russia, goes from strength to strength with her new magazine Puck in getting underneath...
Strawberries with chocolate for a heroine
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By Edward Steen, Secretary-General in Bratislava, March 8, 2023
We sit waiting for her in what must be one of the brightest, most modern shopping...
Death threats to public tv moderator in Bratislava
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News battleground becomes horribly personal
Vienna, March 3, 2023
by Edward Steen, Secretary-General
The Slovak National Criminal Agency has launched a criminal prosecution over death threats against...