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Balkans most susceptible to 'fake news', study finds

Living in Macedonia, Albania or Bulgaria? How susceptible do you think you are to 'fake news'? A new study by the Open Society Institute has ranked countries according to their resilience to disinformation. Here are the results.

30/03/2018

France

Macron announces new law against "fake news"

French President Emmanuel Macron says he will introduce a new law against the spread of "fake news" in the lead up to elections.

03/01/2018

World News

Steven Spielberg's new movie "The Post" premiers in US

Steven Spielberg's new movie, "The Post" has premiered in Washington telling the story of the battle to publish the leaked Pentagon Papers detailing the U.S. government's misleading portrayal of the Vietnam War.

15/12/2017

Turkey

Number of jailed journalists hits 17-year high

Hundreds of journalists are being held behind bars as the world fails to address a crisis around press freedom, it’s been claimed.

14/12/2017

Russia

US and Russia row over media laws

Two US funded international media outlets have criticised a media law signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin that will list them as foreign agents.

26/11/2017

Russia

Russia's Uper House 'approves foreign agent bill'

The bill, if passed into law, would force non-Russian media outlets operating on Russian soil to register as 'foreign agents'.

22/11/2017

Malta

Thousands attend funeral of murdered Maltese journalist

More than one and a half thousand mourners in Malta attended the funeral of murdered anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.

03/11/2017

Czech Republic

Czech President brandishes gun marked 'for journalists'

Incident comes just a few days after the death of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia

23/10/2017

Malta

No shortage of leads in Daphne Caruana Galizia murder investigation

The slain journalist had no shortage of enemies, having penned stories critical of many prominent local politicians as well as businessmen, both local and foreign, and allegedly corrupt dealings.

17/10/2017

Turkey

Trial of Cumhuriyet staff resumes in Turkey

The trial of 20 executives and staff members of Turkish daily Cumhuriyet resumes in Turkey on Monday.

25/09/2017

Turkey

Rights group: Turkey newspaper trial a 'mockery of justice'

Prosecutors have charged 17 staff members of Turkey's main opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet with allegedly "sponsoring terror organisations," including the network of U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom the government blames for last year's failed coup.

11/09/2017

France

William and Kate win damages over topless photos

A French court has awarded €100,000 in damages to Britain's Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, ruling that topless pictures of the Duchess taken and published in 2012 constituted an invasion of privacy.

05/09/2017

Turkey

Turkey orders arrest of 35 people, including nine journalists, in latest crackdown

10/08/2017

Turkey

17 Turkish journalists go on trial accused of supporting terrorism

Demostrations take place in Istanbul as the trial of 17 employees of Turkish opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet gets underway.

24/07/2017

Turkey

Turkish opposition MP gets 25-year jail term for 'spying'

Enis Berberoglu was accused of giving an opposition newspaper a video purporting to show Turkish intelligence services transporting weapons into Syria.

14/06/2017

Cult

World Press Cartoon awards top prize to Iranian artist

World Press Cartoon, a leading international contest celebrating the work of cartoonists from around the world, has come to a close in Caldas da Rainha, north of Portugal’s capital…

14/06/2017

Europe News

MEPs mark World Press Freedom Day

MEPs have called for jailed journalists in Turkey to be freed.

03/05/2017

World News

'Fake news' VS free press: World Press Freedom Day 2017

#wpfd2017 explores the defence of a free media.

03/05/2017

World News

Press freedom near 'tipping point' in leading democracies - RSF

Images of some of the world’s “bad boy” leaders in terms of press freedom were paraded as examples not to follow, as the organisation Reporters Without Borders (RSF) unveiled its latest World Press Fr

26/04/2017

Turkey

Turkish authorities free Italian journalist

Gabriele del Grande had been held without charge in this prison since being arrested on April 9th.

24/04/2017