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...
Deadly Afghan blast targets journalists
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Paris, 12/03/23
Explosion blasts awards ceremony for journalists, two dead,16 hurt, and three children
The explosion took place at the Tabian Farhang centre in the capital...
“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...
Georgia in turmoil over media freedom
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Paris, March 10, 2023
After three days of intense street protests in Tbilisi, the Georgian capital, parliamentarians have scrapped government plans which plainly echo the...
Anger grows over Afghan journalists still stranded by Home Office inaction
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Press members living under the Taliban, and living uncertain lives in Pakistan, must be given clarity say campaign groups
Hundreds of Afghan journalists remain stranded...
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...
Prizewinning UK tv channel reprieved from selloff
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Vienna, February 28, 2023
by Edward Steen
The innovative UK tv station Channel 4 News has been saved from being broken up and sold off by...
UK government ‘let lawyers bypass sanctions’ to help Putin ally sue journalist
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Documents seen by Open Democracy show UK firm got approval to engage with Wagner group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin
Rishi Sunak's Treasury allowed Russian oligarch Yevgeny...