Fukuyama on Putin’s existential war for a vision no-one wants
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es Vienna, April 2, 2022
Star UK television interviewer Krishnan Guru-Murthy, now reporting on the war in Ukraine, interviews the "end of history" man Francis...
Putin double-crosses 20,000 trying to leave ruined city
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by Edward Steen, Vienna, April 2, 2022
After weeks of street fighting, all that remains of much of Mariupol are burnt-out ruins. Under intense international...
Testimony of colleague from Mariupol – live-stream on 21st century’s Guernica
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ES Vienna, March 31, 2022
The Council of Europe's live stream of the testimony of the extraordinary Anna Murlykina editor-in-chief at CitySites Network, about the agonies...
Talks in Ottoman palace, partial Russian withdrawal. What next?
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Talks in Turkey - both sides played down expectations
from Edward Steen. Vienna, March 29, 2022
The focus of attention is now on the results of...
Ukraine diaries – yes, it’s scary.
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by Edward Steen, Sec-Gen. Vienna March 29, 2022
The re-financing and transformation of the UK journalists' house magazine Press Gazette has seen some extraordinary contributions,...
Death of Madeleine Albright 1937 – 2022. RIP
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(es) Vienna, March 23, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUpvXl7IoOY&ab_channel=PBSNewsHour
Journalists being singled out for torture
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Russia's war crimes will now include torture of journalists - files being prepared
Kidnapped by Russian troops on 5 March, Nikita (his name is changed...
Lawyers intimidating journalists to protect oligarchs say MPS
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by John Hyde of the Law Society Gazette
Oligarchs trying to protect reputations instruct London lawyers because they are intimidatingly expensive, MPs told
Journalists who have...
RIP Erhard Busek – man dubbed “too decent for politics”
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(es) Edward Steen, Secretary-General. Vienna, March 15, 2022
The death of former Austrian Vice-Chancellor and OeVP leader Erhard Busek on the eve of his 81st...
Russia’s folly will drive change in the EU
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It's time for a more nuanced approach by France and Germany
by Alain Catzeflis,
Whipsnade, England,16 March 2022
The idea of Europe, like the idea of peace,...