The situation with regards to freedom of expression in Germany is largely positive, but there are questions over internal mass surveillance.

The situation with regards to freedom of expression in Germany is largely positive, but there are questions over internal mass surveillance.
Russia’s environment for free expression is deteriorating, especially since the 2012 re-election of President Vladimir Putin.
As the Greek financial crisis drags on, politicians from the mainstream parties continue to flirt with the far-right Golden Dawn and mainstream media downplays the threat that the party represents, Christos Syllas writes
Freedom of expression is generally protected in France, although is limited by strict defamation and privacy laws. Several laws have passed since 1972 that have further restricted this fundamental right.
For the time being the identity of the man who allegedly ordered Nikolai Potapov's killing is being kept secret by the investigators. The editor's killers were caught early on by policemen who were hot on their heels. When Nikolai Potapov, 66, was...
While the revelations around mass surveillance by the US and some European governments were reported by Bulgaria’s media, the country’s focus in recent months has been the fallout from the country’s elections. Georgi Kantchev reports
The situation for freedom of expression in Italy is curtailed by a lack of media plurality, restrictive media legislation and a digital sphere restricted by a strict privacy law.
A theatre playwright and a former worker from the Minsk Automobile Plant were found guilty of using offensive language online in Belarus. Andrei Aliaksandrau writes
So far, France has spectacularly failed to protect its whistleblowers. But new proposals may offer some protection. Valeria Costa-Kostritsky writes
In a country in the midst of political turmoil, the news of mass surveillance generated little interest from Czechs. Lucie Kavanova writes