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How long would the United States lecture the world and get away with it? Maybe not for very long, judging by the straws in the wind. Even America's closest friends and allies are becoming resistant to American moralizing and…

posted on March 14, 2022 | Author Dr. RAJAN KATOCH Call it a crisis, a conflict, a war, whatever. This is happening right now in Ukraine and all over the world. Ukraine and Russia face off in a…

Federal Energy Minister Hammad Azhar expressed the government's willingness to pull the country out of the current challenges by pursuing effective economic policies. Addressing a public rally in…

Press conference organizer Olga Litvinenko in a yellow coat greets the crowd outside City Hall, with co-host Dr. Inna Lazar to her right, with State Representative Harry Aurora to the left and Senator D 'State Ryan Fazio at right.!-->…

Thank you, Minister Landsbergis, for bringing us together here in Vilnius. The UK stands with its allies in doing all it can to support Ukraine against President Putin's war of choice. We must ensure that Putin fails in this horrible…

Administrator Samantha Power will travel to Poland and Belgium Feb. 26-28 to discuss the U.S. government's coordinated response with its allies and partners to Russia's premeditated, unprovoked, and unwarranted invasion of Ukraine. .…

Media freedom has steadily declined in recent years, partly as a result of undemocratic and illiberal pressures and practices and the misuse of digital technologies to restrict media freedom, Media Freedom…

In recent weeks, the international strategic community has focused on a European crisis involving the US-led West…

WASHINGTON: Special representatives and special envoys of the European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States met in Oslo on January 24 to discuss the situation in Afghanistan, including sessions…

Kabul , Jan 27 (ANI) The UN mission and a number of organizations supporting free and fair media criticized the Taliban for banning an Afghan Media Federation press conference on Wednesday, calling it a restriction on the freedom of…

NEW YORK (AP) — The crisis in Ukraine is barely fading away — a clash between two worldviews that could upend Europe. It carries echoes of the Cold War and revives an idea…

A Taliban delegation has arrived in Norway for talks with the Norwegian government and several allied countries on mitigating a humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, as well as meetings with civil society activists and human rights defenders…

The true scale of Europe's energy crisis hit home this week when Commerzbank released data showing the current stockpile of natural gas in the European Union. Storage facilities in EU countries are less than half full - and that's at the…

Tunisia's stricken economy needs 'deep reforms', such as cutting its public sector wage bill, the country's outgoing International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief has said, as the government seeks a new plan safety. Jerome…

Key points to remember The United States, Russia, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ("NATO") and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe ("OSCE") held a series of talks this week aimed at defuse the situation on…

In Hong Kong, press freedom continues to be eroded as journalists and pro-democracy media platforms are targeted by authorities. Just two days after Boxing Day in December last year, the acting editor of the now-closed pro-democracy digital…

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AFP) - If he hadn't made a lot of money smuggling irregular migrants to the European Union by sea, Ibrahim himself might have joined the growing exodus from stricken Lebanon by the crisis. "If I hadn't been in this…

PARALIMNI, Cyprus (AP) - Many well-off Lebanese who escaped their country's economic downfall to new life in neighboring island nation of Cyprus say the transition has been a whirlwind of emotions. They are grateful that they did not…

The counter-cyclical buffer rate to be applied from January 1, 2022 will remain at 0% of the total amount of risk exposure. This decision was taken…

ANKARA, December 28 (Reuters) - Turkey is ready to play the role of mediator in the Bosnian crisis and will do everything possible to ensure stability, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Tuesday, amid concerns over the separatist measures…

People take part in a rally to protest against a media bill passed by the Polish parliament which critics say aims to affect the operations of the TVN24 news channel owned by the American company Discovery Inc, in Krakow, Poland, December…

Olaf Scholz, 63, succeeded only Angela Merkel, 67, as chancellor last week after Germany spent 16 years being ruled by the country's first-ever female ruler. Mr Scholz ensured the return of the left-wing Social Democratic Party to the…

British Foreign Minister Liz Truss and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken wearing face masks to fight the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pose for a photo ahead of a bilateral meeting ahead of the ministers' summit. G7 Foreign…

© Reuters. Outgoing Finance Minister and new German Chancellor Olaf Scholz delivers a speech during the handover ceremony with his successor at the German Federal Ministry of Finance in Berlin, Germany, December 9, 2021. Tobias Schwarz…

ISLAMABAD: The European Union welcomed the progress made by Pakistan in the implementation of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) program and also welcomed the adoption of the draft law on the protection of journalists and media…

The World Health Organization (WHO) regional office for Europe has urged governments to take urgent action against the increase in COVID-19 cases and deaths in the region. It came as they were keen to give an update on the COVID outbreak…

As the EU grapples with rising energy prices and business leaders carefully assess the European Commission's Fit for 55 climate roadmap…

Athens, Greece - Press freedom is increasingly threatened in Greece, say journalists, NGOs and observers concerned about recent events, including the alleged surveillance of reporters, what they call a vague law banning "fake news" and the…

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Energy demand is high and supplies are low from Europe to Asia. Many countries in the European Union have adopted emergency measures to help their most vulnerable citizens survive a winter of skyrocketing energy bills. China…

Increasingly, right-wing and authoritarian governments are taking action to stop the spread of disinformation - while themselves using fake news to sow mistrust and assert power."This is complete fake news," Foreign Minister Liz Truss told…

LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA - As the European Parliament wrapped up a mission to Slovenia last Friday, Dutch MEP Sophia in 't Veld expressed concerns that public debate in the country is often hostile. His comments came after Slovenian Prime…

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KRANJ, Slovenia - EU leaders spent Wednesday urging aspiring members to speed up democratic reforms - before answering uncomfortable questions about the erosion of press freedom within their own ranks. European heads of state…

As Bulgarians prepare to go to the polls for the third time in seven months in November, this time to elect both a parliament and a president, Pavol Szalai, head of RSF's European Union and Balkans office, made a statement. two-day visit to…

In addition to declaring a "state of emergency for press freedom", the RSF delegation that visited Warsaw on September 9 and 10 urged the lower house (the Sejm) and President Andrzej Duda to reject this amendment. This would force the…

European Union officials have given the Taliban a set of conditions, including the rule of law and press freedom, to ensure interaction with the 27-nation bloc.Although foreign diplomats from EU member countries were evacuated after the…

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán finds himself in a rather unsavory company on a new roster of rogue leaders cracking down on press freedom. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has become the first leader of a European…

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) added Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to its annual list of "enemies of press freedom". This is the first time that a head of government of the European Union has appeared on the list, alongside North…

Joint statement by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe and the German Federal Minister of JusticeIn a joint statement to mark world press freedom day May 3, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Marija Pejčinović Burić,…

It was an all-too-rare victory for press freedom in a year when a global pandemic and a growing number of extremists who have journalists in their sights have combined to threaten those who spend their lives and careers in bring the truth…

The government's attempts to control the narrative of the COVID-19 pandemic and restrict the media under the guise of public health have created an information integrity crisis, watchdog groups say. The problem is particularly acute in…

Athens, Greece - Concerns about press freedom in Greece have been raised by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), as the media watchdog releases its World Press Freedom Index. In the list, which is published every year and ranks 180 countries in…

The 2020 World Press Freedom Conference, which kicked off on Wednesday, features interactive panels and discussions on issues such as the investigation of journalist murders, online violence against women journalists and the media response…