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The satirical magazine 'Charlie Hebdo' "does not embody in any way the sentiment of the French public opinion", the freedom of speech and freedom of the press being fundamental principles of the French Republic, French Ambassador in Bucharest Michele Ramis told AGERPRES.

A cartoon published on Thursday by the famous French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has angered Romanian fans of the winner of the Roland Garros Tennis tournament, Simona Halep.

The magazine published a drawing of Halep holding the trophy and a caption reading: "A Romanian wins Roland Garros: Scrap iron! Scrap iron!"

The London-based NGO Index on Censorship has shortlisted the Croatian independent weekly Novosti as one of only four finalists for its prestigious 2018 Freedom of Expression Award.

The French Interior Minister says no part of France is free from risk after revealing that 20 planned terrorist attacks had been thwarted in the last 12 months.

Twenty attacks were foiled in France last year and no part of the country is free from risk, Interior Minister Gerard Collomb said in an interview Monday.

The Greek cartoonists' union said Thursday that the decision not to include 12 out of 28 Greek sketches in a European Parliament exhibition to mark its 60th anniversary on the grounds they were Nazi-friendly or an infringement of EU values, has raised serious questions.

Angela Merkel sits on a toilet, a copy of Charlie Hebdo in hand, and the slogan “Charlie Hebdo, the newspaper that relaxes” … This is the poster chosen by the satirical weekly for the launch on Thursday, December 1 of its German version, the satirical magazine’s first experience outside the French borders. The same edition will be launched in Vienna.

U.S. State Department Spokesperson John Kirby has urged Turkey's government to respect the "independent professional judgment" of journalists, commenting on an April 28 decision by an Istanbul court that sentenced two Turkish journalists to two years in prison for republishing a cover of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo featuring an image of the Prophet Muhammad in their columns. 

Two journalists were sentenced to two years in prison on April 28 for republishing in their columns a cover of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo featuring an image of the Prophet Muhammad. 

France honored the victims of Islamist militant attacks last year in a thinly attended silent ceremony on Jan. 10, almost a year to the day when more than a million people marched in Paris to protest killings at the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. 

The Society for the German language on Friday chose “Fluechtlinge”— refugees — as the Word of the Year 2015. Flüchtling was chosen because it represented the “dominant theme of the year.” with thousands of refugees arriving in Germany.