Belarus weaponising human misery
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by Askold Krushelnycky in Washington
Belarusian dictator, Alexander Lukashenko, has been luring thousands of refugees from the Middle East since the summer with promises that...
Ukraine’s top prosecutor “pressured” Kyiv Post says sacked editor
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Brian Bonner, ex-chief editor of the Kyiv Post, has told The Ukrainian Weekly that after the his paper ran a critical story about Prosecutor General...
Battlers against fake news win top journalism prize
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Vienna, November 12, 2021
by Edward Steen
The Kaiser Maximilian Award for a project called "Fake News
The Austrian non-profit project "(#EuropagegenCovid19 / #EUmythbusters) has been awarded...
UK press shows it still has some guts
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London/ Vienna. November 11, 2021
by Edward Steen
The UK is by any standards in a parlous state since the election and re-election of the chancer...
Ukraine: Kyiv Post – all staff fired as tycoon owner closes paper
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The independent Kyiv Post has ceased to exist today, after 26 years.
On the morning of Nov. 8, the paper’s employees came to the office...
Another poignant casualty in Lebanon
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(es) Vienna/ Beirut
updated November 21, 2021
The Daily Star, one of the oldest English-language newspapers in the Middle East, has abruptly closed - leaving its...
COP26 president – a decade of torpedoing climate action
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Cannes, November 2, 2021
by Mark Porter
The world will soon face “catastrophe” from climate breakdown if urgent action is not taken, the British president of...
Polish PM – rebel without a clause. Europe’s endgame?
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Cannes, October 28, 2021 (updated 02/11/21)
by Mark Porter
The ongoing chess match between Brussels and Warsaw has Western analysts chewing their nails. Poland’s right-wing government...
Do people actually care about news?
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London/ Vienna, October 20, 2021.
by Edward Steen
Reuters report - Yes they do
Readers value media impartiality and like comment clearly signposted, according to research...
From prison Navalny scores again against Putin
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Brussels/ Vienna, October 20, 2021
by Edward Steen
Alexander Navalny tonight won the EU's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, news that immediately circled the globe...