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Italian media merger puts La Stampa and La Repubblica together

Itedi, which owns the Turin based daily newspaper La Stampa, is to merge its editorial assets with Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso, publisher of Rome daily La Repubblica.

World News

Turkey: Erdogan says he won't 'accept' or 'respect' court decision to free journalists

The controversial case of two Turkish journalists, who were freed from detention on Friday, has again provoked the wrath of president Recep Tayyip

World News

And also... Sweden's liberal liberals and a refugee cat

Every Friday journalists from euronews’ various language teams choose a selection of stories from Europe and beyond which did not reach the

United Kingdom

BBC under fire over handling of Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal

The BBC has come in for strong criticism over its handling of allegations against one of its late stars, Jimmy Savile, accused after his death of

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My Europe Series

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

World News

And also...too stoned for the FBI, a wild ride in the snow, and lotsa pants

As usual, here is our normal weekly roundup of the weird and wonderful lesser stories you may have missed, but spotted by our journalists in media

Greece

Greek government pushes ahead with broadcasting reform despite stiff opposition

Europe News

EU to discuss Polish media laws

Poland’s new conservative government faces further scrutiny on Wednesday as the European Commission debates new laws seen as reining in the country’s

Poland

Demonstrations follow introduction of Poland's new state media law

Demonstrations have taken place around Poland to protest against a new public media law. Media managers will now be selected by the Treasury Minister

World News

What’s happening this week 11/01/2016

Poland

Controversial bill signed into law by Polish President; EU says talks ongoing

Brussels says it is still in talks with Poland on the issue and it's not at the point of taking punitive mentions

World

Africanews launches vision of unbiased information, embracing diversity

From the Republic of the Congo, rolling multi-platform news channel Africanews sets out to serve the continent’s more than 50 countries in English

World News

Africanews launches digital service

The first multilingual, pan-contintental channel produced by Africans, for Africans.

Poland

EU commissioner warns Poland on new media law: report

EU Commissioner Gunther Oettinger on Sunday threatened to put Poland on notice for infringing on common European values by passing legislation giving

World News

What’s happening this year 2016

Poland

EU accuses Poland's Law and Justice of media grab

The European Commission has sent letters to the Polish Justice and Foreign ministers asking for explanations about a new media law. The new Law and

World News

What were the most pirated TV series and movies this year?

Forget the television viewing figures or box office receipts. The latest end-of-year ‘Top Ten’ list is dedicated to illegal downloads of

World News

Syrian journalist who was critical of ISIL is gunned down in Turkey

A Syrian filmmaker who had been documenting atrocities committed in Syria has been gunned down in Turkey. Naji Jerf was part of the Raqqa Is Being

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35% increase in journalists taken hostage around the world

How many journalists are in prison around the world? Which country imprisons the most journalists? How many journalists are currently being held

Europe News

EU seeks to reform digital copyright laws

Politicians have paid lip service to creating a single market in digital services for years. Now, the European Commission says it wants to let