Elon Musk ambitions – cars, outer space, now the world
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...or anyway the whole of Twitter. But why stop there?
by Edward Steen, Vienna, Good Friday, 2022
There is something uncanny about Elon Musk, 50, for...
Not just thieves “but a regime of murderers”
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by Edward Steen, S-G. Vienna, April 13, 2022
One of the most significant Russian opposition leaders was yesterday jailed for - nominally - 15 days...
“Deep gloom has descended” – RSF on silencing of Russian media
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"Deep gloom has descended on this country"
Interview, Vienna, March 31, 2022
Freelance journalist Christopher Resch works for Reporters Without Borders, which a few days ago...
Council of Europe calls on states to support quality journalism: new guidelines
On 17 March 2022, the Council of Europe adopted a Recommendation on promoting a favourable environment for quality journalism in the digital age (CM/Rec(2022)4). The CoE called...
Ukraine – more and more journalists killed and injured + upcoming events
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by William Horsley, Media Freedom Representative, London, April 8, 2022
From the start of the Russian offensive in Ukraine on 24/02/22, Reporters Without Borders (RSF)...
Ukraine – we have seen Russian tactics before
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...and maybe General Jaruselski really was a patriot
(ES) Vienna, April 7, 2022
A TV documentary by Jan Czarlewski (Polish/Engish with French subtitles) about the crushing...
Day 41 of Putin’s war – maps – Zelensky address to UN
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(es) Vienna, April 5, 2022
In a speech to UN Security Council, Zelensky describes Russian atrocities
Showing a gruesome video, he...
Is Viktor Orban the most cynical leader in Europe?
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Vienna, April 5, 2022
In a blistering commentary following Viktor Orbán's victory in the Hungarian elections, honorary AEJ president Otmar Lahodynsky writes in Wiener Zeitung...
Into the second month – Ukraine’s Calvary. Putin has no direction home
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by Edward Steen, S-G. Vienna, April 4, 2022
The world awoke to the full horror of what Putin's war has done to our neighbours in...
Mass graves in Ukraine provoke global outrage
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(ES) Vienna, March 3, 2022
Ukraine's foreign minister today accused Russian forces of carrying out a "massacre" in the town of Bucha, near Kiev, while...