Tackle online and offline threats to media pluralism and freedom, urge MEPs

3 May, 2018 / By europa-nu Lend more support to public service providers and investigative journalists – Create independent regulatory body to monitor and report threats against journalists – Propose EU rules to prevent gagging lawsuits EU member states should “create and maintain, in law and in practice, a safe and secure environment for journalists”,…

Opinion: Autocracy versus pluralism in the Qatar crisis

16 July, 2017 / By  Deutsche Welle Saudi Arabia has yet to present a single reasonable argument in its row with Qatar, says Kersten Knipp. Serious power interests are at stake – as is, above all, the political culture of the whole region. It’s a long way from Saudi Arabia to Europe, which sometimes makes…