East Europe
Radio Free Europe’s Audience Reach Behind the Iron Curtain
The data graphics below demonstrate Radio Free Europe’s weekly audience reach from 1963 to 1989 in Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria. Audience reach for other foreign broadcasters is shown.
On World Press Freedom Day, Coronavirus Multiplies Challenges Facing Independent Media
“Today the state has a new ‘stick’ – ‘fake news’ about the coronavirus,” says journalist Svetlana Prokopyeva, a contributor to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) Russian Service.
Briefly… Ukraine’s Mykola Semena on Media Freedom
Mykola Semena, a contributor to RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service, speaks about his arrest in Russian-occupied Crimea.
Briefly… Ukraine’s Stanislav Aseyev on Media Freedom
Stanislav Aseyev, a contributor to RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service, was recently released in a Russia-Ukraine prisoner exchange.
Lofty Balloon Campaign Brought RFE Audiences Uncensored Information, Across Frontiers
With its first on-air message on July 4, 1950, Radio Free Europe (RFE) began its mission of providing uncensored news and information to people denied the right of access to…
Briefly… Alaksandra Dynko: Journalists In Belarus Are ‘Vaccinated’ From Fear
In this edition of Briefly, RFE/RL Minsk-based journalist Alaksandra Dynko talks about the challenges reporters face in Belarus and the dangers of speaking openly about the coronavirus.
The First Broadcasts of Radio Free Europe’s Czechoslovak Service
On July 4, 1950 RFE broadcast a 30-minute message to audiences in Czechoslovakia, announcing its first-time presence — anywhere — on the air.
Briefly… Halyna Tereshchuk, RFE/RL Ukrainian Service Correspondent
A car belonging to RFE/RL correspondent Halyna Tereshchuk was torched while parked in front of her home in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on January 29.
Harassment of Ukrainian Service Journalists –– Statement by RFE/RL President Jamie Fly
Statement by RFE/RL President Jamie Fly “RFE/RL strongly condemns the recent harassment of journalists and support staff working for the Ukrainian Service’s award-winning investigative program ‘Schemes: Corruption in Details.’ It…
RFE/RL Condemns Verdict Against Ukrainian Journalist Aseyev
A court in the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) has convicted Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) Ukrainian contributor Stanislav Aseyev on extremism and terrorism-related charges, in a case that has become emblematic of…