Monitoring press freedom and international affairs from Mid-Missouri Public Radio and the Missouri School of Journalism
'Midnight Traveler' shows tenuous lives of refugees [rebroadcast]
By  • 26 December 2019
After being threatened by the Taliban, filmmaker Hassan Fazili was forced to flee Afghanistan. Like thousands of others, he and his family set out for Europe seeking safety and a stable life. What follows is…
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Europe's veil bans target Muslim women
By  • 28 September 2017
Since France banned women from wearing veils that covered the face in public in 2011, a growing number of European nations have passed similar restrictions. Belgium, Bulgaria and Austria have passed similar so-called "burqa bans,"…
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Bulgarian investigative site ordered to reveal sources
By  • 15 December 2014
The Bulgarian government ordered an investigative news website and WikiLeaks partner to hand over the names of its sources and addresses of its reporters. The letter the Bulgarian Financial Supervision Commission sent to the investigative…
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The leader of the ruling party in the Bulgarian Parliament invades TV station
By  • 3 July 2013
Volen Siderov, leader of the Bulgarian political party Ataka, which is also the ruling party of the Parliament, invaded the studios of the state-owned TV broadcaster BNT for a couple of hours on June 28.…
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Bulgarian Prime Minister threatens journalists over Balkan Wikileaks accusation
By  • 12 February 2013
Bulgaria Prime Minister Boyko Borisov gave an informal press conference Feb. 6 after WikiLeaks’ partner in the Balkans, Bivol.bg, published information related to his business activities 20 years ago. According to Bulgarian news provider Novinite,…
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