Warning on World Press Freedom Day of worsening climate for journalists
To mark the day on Friday the pressure group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) published a global index detailing the working conditions for journalists in 180 countries. Within the European Union it labels conditions for journalists as "problematic" in Greece, as well as in Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Ukraine and Poland. In Serbia and Albania, conditions are labeled as "difficult," indicating a worse state. In Russia, Belarus, and Turkey, the situation is even more severe, categorised as "very serious." According to the report, in Russia "more than 1,500 journalists have fled abroad since the i...