Belarus Belarus: High-profile media arrests are a 'tactic to shut down press' "Journalistic work is clearly being criminalised," the Eastern Europe head at RSF told Euronews. 15/01/2021
Slovenia Brussels warns Slovenia over press agency funding row Prime Minister Janez Jansa's government has previously discussed suspending funding for the country's national press agency, STA. 12/01/2021
United Kingdom Explainer: Who's Julian Assange and why do US want to extradite him? The UK's High Court has overturned a ruling stopping Julian Assange's extradition to the United States after a long-running saga. Here's the back story. 04/01/2021
World News Belarus was Europe's most dangerous country for journalists in 2020 Reporters were caught up in the mass arrests that followed the disputed reelection of President Alexander Lukashenko in Belarus 29/12/2020
Turkey Turkish court convicts exiled journalist Can Dundar The court in Istanbul found the journalist guilty of “obtaining secret documents for espionage” and “aiding a terrorist organisation,” on Wednesday. 23/12/2020
Poland Poland: Fears for press freedom as state firm buys private media group Critics of the right-wing government called it a dark day for media freedom, since it effectively means the government is seizing control of an important publisher of independent news. 08/12/2020
My Europe Series What does the MEP sex scandal tell us about Viktor Orban's Hungary? József Szájer, the most senior figure of Hungary's governing Fidesz party in Brussels, was caught by police attending what has been reported as a gay sex party in an apartment above a café in the Belgian capital on Friday evening. 03/12/2020
Slovenia Slovenia considers suspending funding to national press agency Slovenia's prime minister Janez Janša has previously expressed dissatisfaction with the Slovenian Press Agency, but he stated that "no such decision" has yet been made. 02/12/2020
France Independent commission to examine France's controversial security law Article 24 of the proposed bill makes it illegal to share images of law enforcement officers for "malicious purposes". The proposed bill comes as "shocking" and "unbearable" images of police violence were released in recent days. 26/11/2020
No Comment Protesters in Bordeaux oppose controversial new security law The legislation would make it illegal to share images of police officers for "malicious purposes". 25/11/2020
France French lawmakers approve controversial global security bill Journalists and rights groups argue that a draft security bill would curtail press freedom and lead to less police accountability. The EU warned that it will examine the final law to ensure it complies with the bloc's law. 24/11/2020
My Europe Series Bulgarian national radio chief hits out against political interference He told Euronews he was disgruntled by the "lipservice" he said the government paid to enacting real change in a country that has been labelled "the black sheep of the European Union" by Reporters Without Borders. 17/11/2020
My Europe Series Daphne Caruana Galizia: The fight for truth continues three years on Investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed when a bomb planted in her car detonated. The fight to uncover the truth behind her murder and closure for her family continues to shake Malta to its foundations. 16/10/2020
Moldova How Russia's soft media power is battling for Moldovan minds In the past, the diffusion of Russian media in Moldova was strictly controlled. After President Igor Dodon’s pro-Russian Party of Socialists (PSRM) came to power in June 2019, the rules of the game quickly changed. 05/10/2020
Europe News EU 'naive' over rule of law of breaches, says Jourova Vera Jourova was speaking as the EU published its first-ever report on democratic values in the 27-country bloc. 30/09/2020
Italy Cartoon contest bids to highlight perils of political satire in Europe The international contest brought cartoonists from 44 countries together in a celebration of the freedom of expression. 24/09/2020
World News Euroviews. ‘Down with Satire!’ How our right to freedom of expression is being eroded ǀ View Freedom of expression - through satire, cartoons and so on - is being eroded by self-censorship. Despite it being a fundamental cornerstone of European culture, we are becoming afraid to be irreverent. 24/09/2020
Cult World Press Cartoon awards face down censorship Resistance to censorship was a central theme of the World Press Cartoon awards in Portugal and the subsequent ongoing exhibition. The ceremony also managed to sucessfully navigate COVID-imposed restrictions. 24/09/2020
Australia Last two Australian journalists leave China after 'harassment' The reporters had been sheltering in diplomatic compounds after police demanded interviews with them and temporarily blocked their departures. 08/09/2020
Belarus Belarusian journalists face charges for covering protests Belarus authorities say nearly 40 people remain in custody pending court hearings, as more anti-Lukashenko protests take place. 02/09/2020