Israel

Al Jazeera journalist dies after being shot covering Israeli raid

Al Jazeera journalist dies after being shot covering Israeli raid

11 May 2022

Germany

Secretary-General of CSU party resigns after threatening journalist

Stephan Mayer said he had personally decided to step down on "health grounds".

3 May 2022

USA

Biden attends first White House correspondents' dinner since pandemic

“What's clear ... is that the free press matters more than you ever did in the last century,” US President Joe Biden said while addressing the first White House Correspondents' Association dinner in years.

1 May 2022

Belarus

Nasha Niva: Belarusian journalists jailed in latest media crackdown

The independent newspaper was blocked by Belarus in July and banned as an "extremist" entity in November.

16 March 2022

No Comment

US journalist injured in attack near Kyiv

A US photojournalist has described from a hospital ward how the car he was in came under attack at a checkpoint in Irpin on March 13, resulting, according to Kyiv police, in the fatal wounding of filmmaker Brent Renaud.

14 March 2022

Poland

Polish court slams government for restricting media at Belarus border

Poland declared a state of emergency near the Belarusian border as thousands of migrants attempted to enter the EU last year.

20 January 2022

Culture news

André Leon Talley, iconic fashion editor, dies at 73

Talley was also a familiar figure to TV audiences, serving as a judge on “America's Top Model" and appearing on “Sex and the City” and “Empire.”

19 January 2022

World News

Record number of journalists arbitrarily detained worldwide, RSF says

A total of 488 journalists and media workers were in prison in mid-December 2021, Reporters Without Borders said, including 60 women.

16 December 2021

World News

'Bleak year': Number of jailed journalists hits record high, says NGO

There were 293 journalists jailed for their work over the past twelve months, up from 280 in 2020.

9 December 2021

Belarus

Prominent Belarusian journalist Siarhei Satsuk arrested

Satsuk is the 30th journalist, who is currently in custody in Belarus, either awaiting trial or serving a sentence.

9 December 2021

Russia

Nobel Prize winner Dmitry Muratov calls situation in Russia 'toxic'

Muratov spoke of the increasing difficulty of being a journalist under Vladimir Putin's presidency.

6 December 2021

Serbia

Four ex-Serbian officers convicted of 1999 journalist's murder

The four men were sentenced to a total of 100 years in prison for their involvement in the killing.

3 December 2021

Norway

Norway condemns arrest of two journalists ahead of Qatar World Cup

Qatar’s government accused the NRK journalists of "trespassing on private property and filming without a permit" but Norway has criticised the arrests.

24 November 2021

Europe

Meet one of the last independent journalists forced out of Belarus

One journalist who recently left Belarus told Euronews that the situation for reporters is so dangerous in the country that very few remain.

11 November 2021

The Cube

Greek journalists call for new 'fake news' law to be withdrawn

A Greek journalists' union says the new legal amendment could endanger the right to press freedom and needs to be rewritten.

11 November 2021

Greece

'The Taliban do not see us as human beings', says Afghan ex-anchor

Up until this summer, Masooma Gholamy was presenting the news for Tamadon TV in Kabul.

10 November 2021

World

Asturias award-winner Gloria Steinem talks about her life on film

Feminist icon Gloria Steinem reflects on her life and career after winning Spain's prestigious Asturias award.

28 October 2021

No Comment

Taliban strike journalists at Kabul women's rights protest

The Taliban struck several journalists to prevent media coverage of a women's rights protest in Kabul on Thursday.

21 October 2021

Netherlands

Two men on trial accused of murdering Dutch crime reporter

Both suspects were present for Monday's preliminary hearing at Amsterdam District Court.

18 October 2021

Ukraine

Ukrainian state bank CEO resigns after assaulting journalists

The chairman of Ukreximbank was filmed assaulting two journalists during an interview at his office on Monday.

6 October 2021