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Russian TV Station Dozhd Might Disappear Due to Poll about the Siege of Leningrad

One of the largest cable operators in Russia, Trikolor, announced about exclusion of the Dozhd television from its offers beginning on 10 February, according to Tvrain.ru. This measure was announced after the scandal caused by a poll about the Siege of Leningrad, conducted by...

Journalists and Students Encouraged to Join Media Workshop in Ukraine

The portal journalism.ucu.edu.ua announces that young journalists, media experts and students from Moldova and other European countries are called to participate in a workshop of media...

Ukrainian Parliament voted for abolition of laws on defamation and international NGOs

Verkhovna Rada (editor’s note – Ukrainian parliament) voted on Tuesday morning, 28 January, on abolition of most legislative amendments and modifications adopted on 16 January, including those related to defamation in mass media and on NGOs funded from abroad.

Romanian TV Outlet B1TV fined after Host Offended Moldovans

The B1 TV outlet was fined RON 10,000 by the National Broadcasting Council (NBC) of Romania after a TV host, Radu Banciu, verbally abused the citizens of the Republic of Moldova. According to Gândul.info, during the TV show Banciu’s World (Romanian – Lumea lui Banciu), on 24...

Russian Media Dominate the Informational Space of Moldova

According to a report titled The Last Gasp of Empire: Russia’s Attempts to Control the Media in the Former Soviet Republics, produced by the Center for International...

Suspect in Tatyana Chornovol Case Holds License of TV Outlet

Five men were taken into custody in Ukraine in connection with the attack on the activist and journalist Tatyana Chornovol. One of them, according to Kyiv Post, is Serhiy Kotenko, 29, who is the director and a major shareholder of Keyko Ukraine, the license holder of the TVi...

Thirty Journalists and Activists Detained before Vladimir Putin’s Annual Press Conference

About 30 journalists and activists were arrested on Thursday, 19 December, near the World Trade Center in Moscow, the site of a large press conference held by the Russian president Vladimir Putin.

According to echomsk.ru, the arrested persons include journalists and...

Reporters without Borders: 71 journalists killed, over 2,000 attacked or threatened in 2013

Over 70 journalists were killed in 2013 in various countries of the world, while 178 were imprisoned and over 2,000 threatened or attacked, according to the final round-up of Reporters without Borders. The report says that the number of deaths fell slightly, by 20%, compared...