France 16/10/2017 Artist sets fire to bank in Paris A Russian performance artist has been detained in Paris after setting fire to the front of a branch of France's central bank
Russia 11/09/2017 Fire and fury over film about Russian tsar's romance Alexei Uchitel's "Matilda" tells the story of the late-19th century romance between Nicholas II, before he became tsar, and half-Polish dancer Matilda Kshesinskaya.
Poland 06/05/2017 Poland: opposition groups hold 'Liberty March' to protest against government Tens of thousands of people have hit the streets of Poland’s captial Warsaw to take part in a so called Liberty March. The rally was organised by
View 24/04/2017 The American left's free speech reversal: View By Peter Van Voorhis In the 1960s, activists at the University of California, Berkeley started the American free speech movement, where millions of students across the country fought for free speech r
Russia 12/04/2017 Unbowed, Navalny calls for more protests Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has called on his supporters to hold protest rallies across the country on June 12. Navalny, who wants to run for president in 2018, was freed earlier this wee
Netherlands 08/03/2017 Euronews' James Franey asked Geert Wilders for his favourite part of the Koran Euronews journalist James Franey asked Dutch far right politician Geert Wilders what was his favourite part of the Koran.
world news 28/02/2017 Berlin calls for release of German reporter arrested in Turkey Turkish authorities have formally arrested a reporter for a prominent German newspaper (Die Welt) who has been critical of the ruling AK party.
Poland 17/12/2016 Protest broken up outside Poland's parliament Police have forcibly broken up a demonstration that had blocked the exits from the Polish parliament. Warsaw police spokesperson Mariusz Mrozek denied the use of tear gas.
Turkey 31/10/2016 Europe condemns more journalist detentions in Turkey The European Union has strongly criticised the detention of the editor and senior staff at a leading Turkish opposition newspaper who’ve been accused of supporting July’s failed…
brussels bureau 28/10/2016 EU's 'dirty deal' with Turkey is a 'betrayal' of European values, says Turkish journalist Can Dundar is the former editor-in-chief of Cumhumriyet, a newspaper that is staunchly critical of the Turkish government.
Ukraine 15/10/2016 Protesters urge the EU to put more pressure on the Kremlin over Ukraine “Russia must withdraw all occupational forces from Ukraine” – this was one of the main demands from the participants of worldwide protests organized by the campaign “StopPutinsWarInUkraine…
Jordan 28/09/2016 More than 1000 attend funeral of slain Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar was to stand trial after sharing on social media a cartoon image seen as insulting Islam. He was shot by a former Muslim preacher on the steps of the courthouse on Sunday.
China 17/06/2016 Hong Kong protests over booksellers' detentions after Lam Wing-kee accuses China One of five Hong Kong booksellers who disappeared last year has said he was detained for more than eight months by the Chinese authorities and that an apparent confession of “illegal trading” had been
brussels bureau 13/04/2016 MEPs scrutinise EU-Turkey migration deal The EU’s deal to send migrants back from Greece to Turkey For every Syrian migrant sent back, one already in Turkey will be resettled inside the
world news 07/04/2016 Turkish journalist Cengiz Çandar in court for 'insulting' President Erdoğan The trial of a Turkish journalist accused of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan opened in Istanbul on Thursday, and was immediately adjourned
state of the union 01/04/2016 Europe Weekly: Brussels still reeling, Ankara not amused In this edition of Europe weekly, the Belgian capital remains in shock following the Brussels attacks, while migrants and refugees remain the big
brussels bureau 30/03/2016 EU wades into Erdogan satirical song spat European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker has warned the Turkish government against attempting to muzzle the international media.
Turkey 07/03/2016 Defiant German 'Zaman' journalists publish their own version of paper Days after the Turkish authorities seized control of the country’s largest newspaper Zaman, its reporters in Germany have published their own
insiders 12/02/2016 Determined youth of Poland use social media to battle right-wing shift Since the end of last year, Poland has been ruled by a populist right-wing government trying to get a hold of public media and the Constitutional Court. But student Artur Sierawski has something to sa
insiders 12/02/2016 Poland is in a 'constitutional crisis' We have interviewed one of the leading Polish experts in constitutional law, Marek Chmaj. It took place in his Warsaw-based law office, where he just
