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Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his ruling Fidesz party have spent years turning Hungary’s media environment into their playground — not through outright repression,...

This essay from the London Review of Books gets to the heart of 'lawfare' - the use of wealth against democracy by Peter Geoghegan, editor-in-chief,...

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...

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...

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...

Vienna, February 27, 2023 by Edward Steen If not about Putin's latest nuclear rumblings, and new territorial threats to the rest of the old USSR, much...

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...

Guest article in Die Presse, Vienna 24/02/24 No peace treaty should be imposed on Ukraine on Moscow's or Beijing's terms By Otmar Lahodynsky China's peace plan announced...

Kein Frieden um jeden Preis, Gastkommentar, die Presse , Freitag 24/02/24 Der Ukraine darf kein Friedensvertrag zu den Bedingungen Moskaus oder Pekings aufgezwungen werden. Von Otmar Lahodynsky Mit...

U.S. president makes surprise visit to Ukraine ahead of first anniversary of war War anniversary seen as motivation for Russian offensive Zelenskiy says...