The death of Russia’s independent media
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When Vladimir Putin came to power at the dawn of the 21st century Russia had a thriving, pluralistic media and a progressive media law....
Is Orbán finally to get come-uppance for crossing EU red lines?
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by Edward Steen, Secretary-General. Vienna, September 18, 2022
European Commissioner Hahn (Budget and Administration) has for years demonstrated the rarely-admitted truth that the EU Commission...
Colleagues in the news, media stuff maybe worth listening to
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Vienna, September 17, 2022
by Edward Steen, S-G
Legendary German tv journalist Fritz Pleitgen, "Mr WDR," was for decades one of the most familiar and trusted...
Murphy’s law hits Putin’s war- one damned thing after another
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es Vienna, September 14, 2022 - and in Russia, update 15/09/22
Eurotopics has collected a good spread of press reactions to the calamities affecting Putin's...
What’s going on in Vlad’s head?
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es Vienna, August 29, 2022
Political philosophy has rarely been a strong selling point for Europe's "red-top" boulevard press. So the article below in Austria's...
Car-bomb death of Putin ideologue’s daughter
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es Vienna, August 21, 2022 (updated)
Ukrainian President Zelensky today emphatically denied - "don't sow fear" - any Ukrainian involvement in the car-bomb death of...
Accusations of fascism a double-edged weapon
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Vienna, August 20, 2022
by Otmar Lahodynsky, Hon. President, AEJ.
Getting bashed with the cudgel of fascism (Wiener Zeitung - in German)
Branding of political opponents as...
Marina Ovsyannikova facing possible 15 years in gaol
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es Vienna, 10/08/22
Russian authorities have raided the home of Marina Ovsyannikova, 44, the former Channel 1 state TV producer fined for her famous on-air...
Ukraine – first grain ship leaves despite grisly killings
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(es) Vienna, August 1, 2022
Reuters reports that the first grain ship has just left Ukraine for Lebanon. Is this, finally, a glimmer of the...
AEJ backs call to stop Erdogan’s Putin-style censorship
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https://ipi.media/international-groups-call-on-turkeys-parliament-to-reject-the-disinformation-bill-as-a-tool-of-digital-censorship/