Hungarian NGOs are facing a rough summer: The Government Control Office (KEHI) has launched a series of investigations into grants they received from the Norway Financial Mechanism.
CATEGORY: Europe and Central Asia
Journalists covering MH17 threatened by separatists
Separatists in East Ukraine threatened a Dutch journalist who was reporting on the Malaysia Airlines MH17 disaster.
Egypt: Sentenced Dutch journalist “will not rest” until colleagues are free
Dutch journalist Rena Netjes was sentenced in absentia to ten years in prison in Egypt. The Egyptian government’s case against her and other journalists generated media interest from around the world. Mitra Nazar reports
Macedonia: Journalist arrested while covering rally in Skopje
Besim Ibrahimi, intern for the Albanian-language newspaper Lajm, was arrested on Saturday, 5 July during a rally against the jailing of alleged extremist ethnic Albanian Muslims for the “terrorist” murders of ethnic Macedonians.
Padraig Reidy: When truth is stranger than fiction
Three years ago this week, David Cameron announced that a public inquiry into phone hacking would be set up, under the guidance of Lord Justice Leveson. It may be difficult to imagine now, but this was generally seen as a positive step.
Changes at France Culture bring accusations of censorship
The decision not to air the last episode of Du Jour au Lendermain and recent budget cuts have critics up in arms over changes to the cultural arm of France Radio. Valeria Costa-Kostritsky reports
Index Awards 2014: Catching up with arts nominee Meltem Arikan
The Turkish playwright and author has finished the script of a new play, “Sheep Republic”, about oppression and how easily it is accepted
Germany: Are online user comments protected by press freedom laws?
A local newspaper in the western German city of Darmstadt is at the centre of a legal case that will measure whether readers’ comments are protected by Germany’s press freedom laws. Catherine Stupp reports
Has Ireland reintroduced criminal libel?
An Irish court has created a precedent where damage to a person’s reputation could lead to criminal sanction — and no one seems to have noticed, writes Padraig Reidy
Right to be forgotten: A poor ruling, clumsily implemented
In practice, the Court of Justice of the European Union’s ruling on the “right to be forgotten” was far too blunt, far too broad brush, and gave far too much power to the search engines to be effective.