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One man’s struggle to save Russia’s honour

es Vienna, August 14, 2022 One of the most remarkable and fearless opponents of Vladimir Putin is his namesake Vladimir Kara-Murza, 40, a writer and...

Hungary’s Orban – new hero of the US right

es Vienna, August 13, 2022 He has been called "the enemy within", and is a favourite of Donald Trump. Hence Viktor Orbán's glorious time being...

Writer Salman Rushdie stabbed – risks losing an eye

es Vienna, August 13, 2022 (UPDATED 08/19/21 - would-be assassin in court) Eyewitness describes horrific knife attack on Rushdie, 75, in Chautauqua, upstate New York,...

How our man in Kabul (and his family) made it to Bavaria

by Mark Porter in Cannes ♦ August 13, 2022  (UPDATES - see links) Almost a year to the day since the Allies effectively handed Afghanistan...

Marina Ovsyannikova facing possible 15 years in gaol

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...

Mounting death toll of colleagues in Ukraine

Following the start of Putin's aggression against Ukraine on February 24,  2022,  partner organisations of the CoE Safety of Journalists Platform have been documenting...

Daphne – fight for justice against Maltese govt continues

WH London, August 8, 2022 Joint statement in support of The Shift News as it faces a freedom of information battle with the government of...

Ukraine – UN warns of nuclear radiation after bombing

es Vienna, August 8, 2022  (update 10/08/22) The awfulness of the war was compounded over the weekend by renewed shelling of Zaporizhzhia, Europe’s largest nuclear...

Russia manipulating gullible anti-vaxxers

Doctor's suicide - trail leads unmistakably to Kremlin  from Mark Porter, Cannes, August 5, 2022 The Ukraine war is the fault of the US, NATO, the...

Ukraine – first grain ship leaves despite grisly killings

(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...

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