Europe News Tech giants to pay content owners under new EU copyright famework Negotiators agreed on the draft of the updated Copyright Directive after two years of deliberations. If implemented, it will include the right of content creators to receive fair remuneration for the use of their work. 14/02/2019
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." 25/04/2018
France [360 video] Visit the newsroom which rattled the French presidential elections The satirical magazine the Canard Enchaîné rattled France's presidential election campaign thanks to its revelations about the centre-right candidate Francois Fillon. 18/04/2017
USA Playboy returns to the skin game and restores the nude After barely a year Playboy says it's going "back to its roots" and will restore female nudes to the magazine next month. 14/02/2017
Turkey 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… 31/10/2016
Hungary Hungary's opposition journalists take shelter in homeless magazine Hungarian opposition journalists take shelter in homeless magazine, saying the government shut their newspaper down. 20/10/2016
no comment 360° video: Jeers and cheers against newspaper closure in Hungary Several thousand Hungarians have protested outside parliament in Budapest, saying press freedom is under threat following the closure of Népszabadság, the country’s leading opposition… 09/10/2016
Hungary Protest in Budapest at closure of Hungary opposition paper Nepszabadsag The sudden shutdown of the country's leading leftwing newspaper, officially for financial reasons, prompts alarm over press freedom. 09/10/2016
Hungary Hungarian opposition daily Népszabadság shut down suddenly Editors and journalists locked out, website shut down – journalists speak of a "coup". 08/10/2016
Italy No longer Charlie: Amatrice to sue Charlie Hebdo over cartoon Amatrice Town Council has filed a petition against French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo for ‘aggravated defamation’ after it published a cartoon showing the victims of last month’s earthquake in I 12/09/2016
world news Should the media black out terrorists? The brutal killing of an octogenarian priest in France this week has opened up a new debate about terrorism and propaganda. 28/07/2016
Turkey Turkey media crackdown sees 131 outlets shut down 16 TV stations, 45 Newspapers, 15 magazines, 29 publishers shut in post-coup purge, sparking concern for press freedom. 28/07/2016
France Reporting on terror: drawing the line between wanting and needing to know Photos and videos of the recent attacks in France and those suspected of perpetrating them have been continuously featured across Europe’s news channels and other… 28/07/2016
Business 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. 03/03/2016
Turkey Media war Turkish and Russian press react to downed fighter Turkish media went into overdrive following the downing of the Russian fighter jet Cumhuriyet ran the headline “On the Brink of War” adding that the 25/11/2015
USA Playboy puts its clothes on Has Playboy gone prudish? Not quite. But its readers can expect more text and less flesh on display now that the glossy men’s magazine has 14/10/2015
USA No more nudes in Playboy Nudity will soon be history in Playboy. In the face of competition from the Internet and with the blessing of founder Hugh Heffner, 89, the glossy 13/10/2015
USA Playboy magazine to stop publishing naked pictures Playboy magazine will stop publishing pictures of naked models after deciding that the approach was no longer working following an explosion of 13/10/2015
Turkey Turkish newspaper editor arrested over tweets "insulting" president The Editor-in-Chief of the Turkish newspaper Today’s Zaman, Bulent Kenes has been arrested. He is accused of “insulting” President Recep Tayyip 09/10/2015
United Kingdom UK declares war on EU (according to the newspapers) Fresh from his election victory, the stance of David Cameron's government towards the European Union has been reported in bellicose terms in sections of the British press. 13/05/2015
Hungary Hungary: PM Orban described as semen by former ally Hungary gained an illuminating insight into the internal conflicts raging within the governing Fidesz party, as one of Hungary’s wealthiest oligarchs 07/02/2015
United Kingdom Sun drops topless page three girls and shunts nudity online - at a price After 44 years of literally titillating its readers with bare-breasted women on page three, British daily tabloid The Sun is dropping the semi-naked 20/01/2015
France 'Ethnic apartheid' exists in France, says PM Manuel Valls The French prime minister has said the country’s recent terrorist attacks have exposed a “geographic, social, ethnic apartheid” present in society 20/01/2015
France Online resale of new Charlie Hebdo 'an insult to memory of journalists' Opportunists trying to re-sell sought-after copies of this week’s Charlie Hebdo “are an insult to the memory of the magazine’s journalists”, it’s 15/01/2015
France Turkey: Publication of Charlie Hebdo excerpts sparks strong reactions Turkish opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet has printed a special section of excerpts from French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. The section does not 14/01/2015
France Where's Charlie? Distribution challenges of matching supply with demand for magazine The distribution company charged with delivering the latest edition of Charlie Hebdo around France operated at full tilt to meet its targets. 14/01/2015