Your guide to the controversy surrounding recent demonstrations at Sussex University and the University of London
UK campus protests: Who said what?
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CATEGORY: Europe and Central Asia
A complete guide to who controls the Russian news media
Today’s surprise announcement out of Russia: The Russian government was shuttering external-facing news agencies Ria Novosti and Voice of Russia. But inside Russia, a growing web of cross ownership colours the way Russians view their neighbours. Olga Khvostunova explains in her report for Interpreter Magazine
Maidan Nezalezhnosti: ‘A disgrace for Ukrainian authorities’
In the fallout from mass protests, Maidan Nezalezhnosti has become a symbol of determination among ordinary Ukrainians to fight for their rights and freedoms. Andrei Aliaksandrau reports from Kiev.
SNAPSHOTS – Photos From Azerbaijan (12 December)
The world's spotlight has moved on from Azerbaijan. But Azerbaijan is still beset by intimidation and violence, leading newspapers are under attack and independent journalists like Khadija Ismayilova and Idrak Abbasov continue to find...
Croatia’s referendum: Religious institutions, right wing flex their muscles on gay marriage
Croatians voted Sunday to amend the constitution to define marriage as being between a man and a woman. The campaign had been orchestrated by the country’s religious institutions. Barbara Matejčić reports
Belarus: academic freedom persecuted
Authorities of Belarus want to join the Bologna process without changing their old-style system of education, and the thing they want the least is academic freedoms, writes Uladzimir Matskevich
Does public opinion exist in Belarus?
The whole system that should ensure a functioning public opinion in Belarus is perverted, writes
Controversy on campus: six university speakers that caused outrage
As the body representing UK vice-chancellors releases new guidelines on external speakers on campuses, we look at some cases where they could have been put to use
Nominations open for Czech literary prize
Nominations are now open for a writing award for people and organisations contributing to the profile of Czech literature around the world. The award, set up to commemorate a former editor of Index on Censorship, is presented at the Prague Book Fair in May.
Hacks, hacking and propaganda: what’s happening to Turkey’s journalists?
Turkey’s media proprietors seem all too willing to play along with practices that make the country feel like a corrupt central Asian republic, says Yavuz Baydar