The purchase of a large independent publisher by a state-run company raises new concerns over media freedom in Poland. Poland’s state-controlled oil refiner PKN Orlen...
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Few people from outside emerging Europe have witnessed more changes in the region than Craig Turp, who has lived and worked across Central and Eastern Europe for almost...
Media freedom in Europe is on the decline, according to the European Parliament. The European Parliament this week expressed its “deeply concern” about the...
Reality TV in Serbia has taken a sinister turn. “She left the White House! Banged on the gate, shouting, a brutal argument!” says a headline in the Serbian tabloid...
The Covid-19 pandemic has affected both traditional media and online platforms. It’s not only an unprecedented economic challenge: social distancing disrupts the...
An Estonian start-up that helps businesses get media coverage and news site publishers earn rewards is set to issue two million euros in convertible bonds, a move that...
The Covid-19 pandemic has tested the resilience of our societies more than any single event since before World War II. Economies and healthcare systems have felt the...
Twitter this week removed thousands of accounts from its platform connected to a network promoting Serbia’s president Aleksandar Vučić and his Serbian Progressive Party...
It was one of the biggest media deals ever seen in emerging Europe, but it may now become the subject of a US Treasury investigation. Last October, Central European...
The Russian news agency Sputnik has closed its office in Estonia after all 35 of its employees resigned following what the agency claims was pressure from the Estonian...
Central European Media Enterprises (CME), which operates some of the most popular TV channels in Central and Eastern Europe, has announced that it is set to be acquired...
The Ukrainian internet advertising market grew by an impressive 82 per cent during the first six months of 2019 compared with the same period of last year, Open4Business...
Pay TV revenues in emerging Europe will peak at 6.95 billion US dollars in 2019 – before slowly falling to 6.59 billion US dollars by 2024, according to new...