#press freedom

The trial of journalist Ali Kismir, who faces up to 10 years in prison if found guilty of having “insulted” the Turkish Cypriot armed forces, was on Thursday adjourned until October. ...

Two journalists in the north were charged with trespassing after reporting on an incident in which teachers were locked out of a school amid souring relations between the ruling coalition ...

A Turkish Cypriot journalist who received death threats after publishing a series of articles in which an interviewee had made allegations of a deep money-laundering and smuggling network based in ...

The politics of Anastasiades-Christodoulides ‘have sank freedom of the press’ read the banner headline on the front page of Monday’s Haravghi. Proof that the current president and his predecessor ...

The government recognises the challenges faced by journalists and stands with them with institutional tools, government spokesperson Konstantinos Letymbiotis said in a statement issued on World Press Freedom Day on ...

Press freedom in Cyprus has sharply declined over the past year, with the country now ranked 77th out of 180 in the 2025 Press Freedom Index published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) ...

Wire services including Reuters and Bloomberg News will no longer hold a permanent slot in the small pool of reporters who cover President Donald Trump, the White House said, as ...

Press freedom could face serious setbacks as multiple bills and proposals threatening journalistic independence are currently under discussion, the Cyprus journalists’ union (Esk) and the journalism ethics committee warned on ...

In a move aimed at addressing challenges faced by the media sector, President Nikos Christodoulides, announced an initiative for dialogue with all involved stakeholders to find solutions to the sector’...

Member-states have taken a series of measures, ranging from direct protection to active support of journalists on the firing line, as part of the Council of Europe’s ‘Journalists Matter’ ...

A leaked memorandum from the ministry of agriculture caused great consternation a couple of weeks ago. In it, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou – whose portfolio also includes rural development and the ...

Protection – the first thematic event of the Council of Europe’s ‘Journalists Matter’ campaign – will end in Strasbourg with a multi-stakeholder dialogue on Tuesday and Wednesday. The ‘Journalists Matter’ campaign, ...

A meeting is set to take place on Thursday over the contentious fake news bill with key stakeholders at the justice ministry. Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis will be attending as ...

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) will be issuing a legal opinion over Cyprus’ contentious fake news bill which has sparked concerns amid the country’s journalistic ...

The journalism ethics committee warned on Tuesday that a bill currently discussed in parliament claiming to target fake news is a guise to muzzle free speech in Cyprus. In a ...

Cyprus’ three media outlets hit by a ban from Russia’s foreign ministry pledged on Tuesday they would continue to do their job unhindered by the developments. Russia’s foreign ...

The trial of Turkish Cypriot journalist Ali Kismir, who faces up to 10 years in jail was postponed once again on Wednesday. According to Turkish Cypriot press reports, the case has ...

The number of journalists killed in Gaza since October last year is on a scale “not seen since the second world war”, Union of Cyprus journalists’ chairman Giorgos Frangos said ...

Israel’s military has told international news organisations Reuters and Agence France Presse that it cannot guarantee the safety of their journalists operating in the Gaza Strip, under Israeli bombardment ...

Case centres on a meeting held by Turkey to sway 2020 Turkish Cypriot elections The unprecedented criminal case that has raised eyebrows both locally and internationally, in which Turkish Cypriot journalist ...

Cyprus’ ranking in world press freedom jumped 10 spots this year to 55th out of 180 countries across the world. The figures published on Wednesday, however, reveal concerns about self-censorship linked to ...

2022 in review: From Russia to Iran, we simply copy-paste the narratives of the main news networks A couple of weeks ago, during the foreign news segment on a local television ...

Three journalists from Finland’s largest daily are expected to appear in a Helsinki court on Thursday, suspected of publishing classified defence intelligence in an unprecedented case for the Nordic ...

Russia has banned dozens of British journalists, media representatives and defence figures from entering the country, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday. In a move that Moscow said was a ...