Journalism

Sofia Airport begins a full investigation after a publication in the Daily Mail, which claims that world-famous model Naomi Campbell has fallen victim to racial discrimination by Bulgarian customs officials. Campbell was in Bulgaria from May 19 to 22 to advertise a global fashion brand.

The OSCE ambassador underscored that the problem of surveillance and its impact on media freedoms is not just an issue for the Serbian government, but for European countries as well. Those who control information, control the future.

This was Economist correspondent Tim Judah's gruelling eye-witness description of the streets of Bucha, Ukraine, after Russian forces left.

Reporters Without Borders' 2022 World Press Freedom Index, published on Tuesday, says that over the past year there has been a large increase in "polarisation amplified by information chaos" - a phenomenon that has also affected the troubled media environment in the Balkans.

Bulgaria climbs 21 places in the Reporters Without Borders' annual Freedom of Speech Index and now ranks 91st instead of 112, as it was last year, the Association of European Journalists said.

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The survey suggests however that there is much less agreement about what constitutes media freedom, and the survey results vary markedly between countries and political party affiliations.

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U.S. authorities will adopt new sanctions against Russia tomorrow, aimed at banning investments in that country, sources close to the issue said. These sanctions will be adopted in coordination with the European Union and the Group of Seven most industrialized countries in the world, which consists of the United States, Canada, Japan, Germany, Great Britain, France and Italy.

Credit Suisse bank, still reeling from losing billions of dollars last year, faced a fresh challenge Sunday: allegations from an international investigation that it had handled dirty money for decades.

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If media outlets of Voice of America, VOA, Euronews and Deutsche Welle, DW, do not apply for a national licence, their websites will be blocked in Turkey, Ilhan Tasci, a board member at RTUK from the main opposition Republican People's Party, warned on Wednesday.