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China

British journalist to be expelled from Hong Kong

Victor Mallet, the Asia news editor for the Financial Times, has had his visa renewal denied by Hong Kong authorities without reason, a move that has many journalists and free speech activists worried about the state of Hong Kong's position under "one country, two systems."

Turkey

Saudi critic Khashoggi 'missing' after embassy visit in Turkey

The American newspaper said that it had been unable to reach Jamal Khashoggi and that it is "very concerned about where he may be."

Myanmar

Calls for Myanmar to release convicted journalists

Calls for Myanmar to release convicted journalists

Central African Republic

Russian journalists confirmed dead in the Central African Republic

Three Russian journalists were ambushed and murdered in the Central African Republic on Monday.

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Europe News

Brief from Brussels: What came out of Strasbourg plenary?

Europe News

Brussels photo exhibition presses for free media

Event is being held under banner of 'Building trust in media in South East Europe and Turkey'

Cult

World Press Cartoon: Drawing the news!

The 2018 World Press Cartoon event has been held in Portugal and for the first time a woman has won the coveted Grand Prix award

France

Erdogan supporters force removal of controversial cover from French ne

Supporters of Erdogan near Avignon force an employee from a French billboard company to take down a contentious magazine cover featuring the Turkish president

Turkey

15 jailed in Cumhuriyet trial

15 journalists and managers at the Turkish opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet have been given prison sentences in a trial which has drawn criticism about press freedom.

World News

UK among worst countries in Western Europe for press freedom: report

“A continued heavy-handed approach towards the press (often in the name of national security) has resulted in the UK keeping its status as one of the worst-ranked Western European countries."

Hungary

Second Saturday protest tackles Hungary government on media freedom

Tens of thousands rallied for the second successive Saturday in Budapest, this time against against media controls and the proposed clampdown on civic groups by Viktor Orban’s government.

World News

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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'.

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.

Czech Republic

Czech President brandishes gun marked 'for journalists'

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

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.