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Hungary’s ‘influencer’ government rivals press: HVG editor

HVG editor Márton Gergely tells a Brussels summit that Hungary’s independent media outlasted 16 years under Viktor Orbán. Now they compete with an “influencer government” that broadcasts around the clock.

Oliver Money-Kyrle · 16 Oct 2026

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Iran International’s Lily Nikfar: Europe is not watching Iran

Threatened online and followed in Istanbul, Iran International’s Lily Nikfar now reports from Brussels. She tells Raw Dispatch why Europe must watch Iran.

14 Oct 2026

Business

Chatbots cut news traffic, say independent outlets

Publishers report falling web traffic as readers turn to AI chatbots. But editors at EUobserver, Voxeurop, and Slow News voice skepticism over Europe's efforts to ensure…

11 Oct 2026

Media

Sophie in ’t Veld: Europe’s media obsessed with US politics

European media cover US politics around the clock while neglecting Europe’s own democracy, former MEP Sophie in ’t Veld warned at the Writers Festival of Belgium.

7 Oct 2026

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Adrijan Bakič Is RTV Slovenija’s New Brussels Correspondent

From Brexit to Brussels: Adrijan Bakič is RTV Slovenija's new EU correspondent, and he says Brussels matters more to Slovenians than Washington.

4 Oct 2026

Politics

Journalists Warn of Imminent Bosnian TV BHRT Collapse

European and Bosnian journalism groups warn that public broadcaster BHRT faces imminent collapse due to frozen bank accounts and political inertia.

26 Sep 2026

Politics

EU journalists urged to use FOI requests

Freedom of Information (FOI) requests have potential as one of the most powerful investigative tools for journalists covering the European Union. That's despite delays, redactions and barriers to accessing…

10 Sep 2026

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From Baghdad to Brussels: A War Correspondent on Press Freedom and Power

Now at home in the European Commission’s Midday Briefing, Hussein Hasan spent two decades reporting amid war, sectarian violence and government crackdowns in Baghdad, Turkey and Syria. Yet the France 24…

28 Apr 2026

Press freedom

Belgian Authorities Cleared Journalist After Security Ban Over Alleged ‘Extreme-Left Contacts’

An Italian journalist based in Brussels was barred for months from covering the Council of the European Union after Belgian security authorities denied him clearance over alleged “contacts with the extreme left,” a decision later overturned by an independent appeals body.

20 Mar 2026 · Updated 20:04

Irma Dimitradze Leads Campaign to Free Jailed Sakharov Laureate Journalist Mzia Amaghlobeli
By Oliver Money-Kyrle. When Georgian journalist and 2025 Sakharov laureate Mzia Amaghlobeli was arrested in Batumi on January 12…
9 Mar 2026 · Updated 18:41
Eight Years After Jan Kuciak and Martina Kušnírová Murders, Slovakia Faces Critical Third Trial
By Oliver Money-Kyrle — Eight years after the assassination of investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancée Martina…
2 Mar 2026 · Updated 10:01
Belgian Court Strikes Down Law Criminalizing Journalists’ Leaks
14 Feb 2026
Belgian Police Return UK Journalist David Price’s Laptops
6 Feb 2026

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