The Inconvenience of truth: Howard Jacobson
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"It is a terrible thing to be in possession of a truth that people don't want to hear," writes Howard Jacobson in a BBC...
Ukraine brutality continues – Day 60
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ES. Vienna, 24/04/22
The attack of Odesa which so many had feared began yesterday evening with the bombardment of an apartment block and the deaths...
Heroic Ukraine and its new Independent – Day 59
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ES. Vienna, April 23, 2021
Hard to believe the heroics not just of Ukraine but of its newly-minted Kyiv Independent and its young staff, their...
Tucker Carlson and freedom’s enemies within
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ES Vienna, April 20, 2022
The war rages on, with Russian troops now thrusting forward on a 300-mile front into the Donbas and Ukraine's industrial...
Russian journalists pay with their freedom for truth about Ukraine
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(es) Vienna, April 17, 2022 updated 18/04
The Russian media, now subject to exile and bankruptcy, and/or up to 15 years in prison for calling...
Zelensky and photo-op fatigue
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by Edward Steen, Secretary-General. Vienna, April 17, 2022
The irritations of the Ukrainian leader, Volodymyr Zelensky, will be familiar to political stars of the past,...
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...