East Europe
RFE/RL Returns To Bulgaria
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) relaunched its Bulgarian Service on January 21, 2019.
Romania Wakes Up To RFE/RL
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) relaunched its Romanian Service on January 14, 2019 at 8:00am local time in Bucharest.
‘Every Story That We Covered Was A Test’: James Critchlow on the Creation of Radio Liberty
RFE/RL Pressroom spoke with James Critchlow, an American Russia specialist who helped establish RL, about those heady, early days in Munich.
ECHR Extends Ban On Ukrainian Government Access To RFE/RL Journalist’s Data
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) welcomed a European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) decision to extend its order banning public authorities in Ukraine from accessing cell phone data belonging to RFE/RL Ukrainian…
RFE/RL Names Leadership For Romania And Bulgaria News Services
Following a decision to resume news coverage for audiences in Romania and Bulgaria after closing its doors there a decade ago, RFE/RL has announced the leadership for both services with plans to…
RFE/RL Welcomes European Court Ruling On Ukrainian Journalist’s Cellphone Data
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) welcomed a European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) decision ordering the Ukrainian government to “ensure that the public authorities abstain from accessing” cellphone data belonging to RFE/RL Ukrainian…
RFE/RL Outraged At Data Disclosure Order Targeting Ukrainian Investigative Journalist
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is outraged at a Ukrainian court’s approval of the prosecutor-general’s request for the cellphone data of an RFE/RL Ukrainian Service reporter spanning a period of 17 months,…
RFE/RL Questions Aseyev ‘Confession,’ Demands Release
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has said it considers a “confession” of spying for the Ukrainian government given by Ukrainian blogger and RFE/RL contributor Stanislav Aseyev in a report aired…
RFE/RL Expands To Bulgaria, Romania
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has announced plans to launch news services in Bulgaria and Romania in a bid to strengthen the media landscape in both countries.
At One-Year Mark, Current Time Leads With Innovation And Growth
Current Time is marking steady growth and expanding demand since its formal launch one year ago as a 24/7 Russian-language alternative to Kremlin-controlled media.