#freedom of the press

Russian investigative newspaper Novaya Gazeta was winding up its operations on Monday and preparing to quit its central Moscow office after holding its final editorial meeting, bowing to what it ...

Czech public television and radio workers launched a one-day strike on Tuesday against a government plan to cut financing and move funding to the state budget, which they call an ...

By Giorgos Frangos The bill intended to implement the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) has been going back and forth between the interior ministry, the legal service and parliament for ...

It is deeply ironic that Cyprus’ state authorities are using a European regulation on media freedom, the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA), to restrict media freedom by exercising control over ...

A group of 21 news publishers, including companies owned by billionaires Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani, has challenged India’s privacy law in court, arguing it would trample investigative work and ...

A federal judge ordered US President Donald Trump on Thursday to restore White House access for journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico, saying his ban on the three media ...

Two of the three major U.S. television networks and CNN did not broadcast a prime-time address on Thursday by President Donald Trump on their primary platforms, drawing a rebuke ...

The Turkish Cypriot legislature late on Monday night voted to defy two vetoes exercised by Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman, repassing two laws concerning the development of forest land in ...

Are journalists above criticism? Our government and political parties seem to think so as their reaction last week to the criticism of television journalist, Stella Savva, by Alma candidate Irene ...

Respect for freedom of the press and the independence of media workers is “not only self evident … but constitutes the foundation of the Republic”, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on ...

Political and legal figures weighed in on Tuesday over a law passed by the Turkish Cypriot legislature on Monday night which criminalised the naming of high-profile individuals who appear in ...

Journalists’ reporting of the names of high-profile individuals who appear in court accused of crimes was on Monday criminalised in the north, after a bill banning the act was passed ...

Cyprus has fallen to 80th place out of 180 countries in the 2026 World Press Freedom Index, according to findings published on Thursday by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). The country remains the ...

The board of the Cyprus Union of Journalists has expressed concern over what it describes as a growing trend of government and state officials avoiding questions from the press. In ...

Former Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s defamation lawsuit against newspaper Yeniduzen was rejected by a court in northern Nicosia on Tuesday, with the court finding that the newspaper had ...

Millions of people tuned in to “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Tuesday to watch the host’s return to late-night television after a nearly week-long suspension, propelling the show to a 10...

Press freedom in Cyprus has sharply declined over the past year, with the country now ranked 77th out of 180 in the 2025 Press Freedom Index published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) ...

Turkish Cypriot opposition party CTP ‘MP’ Sami Ozuslu on Monday decried a lack of progress on the issue of Turkish Cypriots being refused entry to Turkey. At present, it is ...

Lawyers representing journalist Ali Kismir, who faces up to 10 years in prison if found guilty of having “insulted” the Turkish Cypriot armed forces, on Thursday requested that the case against ...

Freedom of the press is “on the slide” in Cyprus, MP Alexandra Attalides said on Wednesday. Speaking at a House institutions committee meeting which focused on the withdrawing of an ...

The amendment criminalising fake news, threats, insults and the online distribution of obscene photos and pictures is being sent to the House plenary in September. When the amendment passes, the ...

The journalists’ union warned of dire consequences to press freedom in Cyprus on Wednesday, should the contentious Article 4 in the European Media Freedom Act be passed into law. Cyprus has ...

The EU and the Council of Europe (CoE) are watching “with serious concern” any attempt to undermine the freedom of the press in the Turkish Cypriot community through persecution and ...