Europe’s newest pest
Lukashenko is no longer in the business of engaging in politics or diplomacy. His actions are all about revenge, destruction and diversion, using violent tactics to target Belorussians themselves and his nation’s European neighbors.
“In Poland, the party decides what I am allowed to watch”
In August 2021, Poland enacted a controversial media law. This so-called “Lex TVN” — which targets one specific private TV channel — is one more blow in the ruling party’s assault on the free press.
The specter of authoritarian regimes is haunting the EU
For two years Political Capital, a Hungarian think tank, conducted with partners a research project on authoritarian influence in the European Union, and particularly in the European Parliament.
Trying to muzzle Hungary’s top news site was a bad idea
One year after the pro-governmental takeover of the top Hungarian news site, Index.hu, its former staff members are thriving.
Polish independent journalists in defence of the TVN network
If the government puts a gag order on a broadcaster simply because it finds its reporting unfavourable, the same fate will await the rest of the free media in Poland.