#journalism

The journalism ethics committee warned on Tuesday that a bill currently discussed in parliament claiming to target fake news is a guise to muzzle free speech in Cyprus. In a ...

The Council of Europe has initiated a crucial campaign titled “Journalists Matter,” dedicated to promoting press freedom and ensuring the safety of journalists. This initiative aims to protect journalists from ...

Journalists need better wages and working conditions, the Cyprus journalists and editors’ union (Esk) said on Wednesday. Announcing the start of a campaign with the general slogan “Journalists have a ...

A representative of the interior ministry said on Wednesday “it is not the state’s intention to monitor journalists.” The comment was made at the House ethics committee, where the ...

Lawmakers on Thursday excoriated the government for having gone along with a French initiative that would have let authorities to spy on journalists in new EU legislation coming down the ...

Some breathed a sigh of relief on December 15 when news broke the European Parliament and the European Council agreed to amend the draft text of a new law coming down ...

The hot topic of artificial intelligence use in journalism was discussed at a recent world media conference in Dubai, with experts agreeing that the technology offers both opportunity and risks. ...

The police on Thursday said that they foiled an assassination plot against a Russian anti-regime journalist residing in Paphos. Two arrests were made over the weekend and the legal services ...

Cyprus’ ranking in world press freedom jumped 10 spots this year to 55th out of 180 countries across the world. The figures published on Wednesday, however, reveal concerns about self-censorship linked to ...

The press and information office (Pio) on Monday launched a five-year campaign titled ‘Journalists Matter’ starting with a discussion on how protecting journalists is paramount to protecting democracy. “This campaign ...

Τhe Cyprus Committee for Media Ethics (CME) on Thursday released its updated journalists’ code of conduct. It is the first time the code was updated since the establishment of the ...

Outrage has emerged over the sudden disinvitation of an Edek MP to a key state broadcaster CyBC show after a senior official reportedly intervened, leading to a top journalist’s ...

Alecos Constantinides, Cyprus’ longest-serving newspaper columnist, died on Tuesday night aged 91, after a very brief illness. His death was not Covid related. His very last column for Alithia newspaper, for ...