East Europe
RFE/RL Documentaries Win New York Festivals International Awards
Two RFE/RL video documentaries have won Silver Awards at the 2017 New York Festivals International Television and Film Awards ceremony in Las Vegas on Tuesday, April 25.
RFE/RL Journalist Arrested In Belarus As Protests Escalate
An RFE/RL reporter was among several demonstrators and journalists detained by police in Belarus on March 12 while reporting on the latest in a series of emotional protests over a controversial tax on the unemployed.
RFE/RL Films To Screen At One World Festival In Prague
Three RFE/RL documentaries were selected for screening at the 19th annual One World Festival, which will take place in Prague, Czech Republic from March 6-15, 2017.
Date Set For RFE/RL Crimea Contributor’s Trial
A trial date has been set for journalist Mykola Semena, a contributor to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), whose case has come to symbolize the suppression of dissent in Russia-annexed Crimea.
RFE/RL Crimea Journalists Win Burke Award
The Broadcasting Board of Governors has recognized the professionalism and courage of the RFE/RL Ukrainian Service’s Crimea desk by presenting it with the 2016 David Burke Distinguished Journalism Award.
RFE Broadcasts From Hungarian Revolution Digitized
The RFE/RL Broadcast Collection at Stanford’s Hoover Institution contains some 80,000 studio tape reels of RFE and Radio Liberty (RL) broadcasts.
Protests Grow Against Media Crackdown in Crimea
International media groups have intensified efforts to support Mykola Semena, a Crimean journalist and contributor to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), calling on Russian authorities to allow him to leave…
RFE/RL Russian Service Audio Archives — Now Online
RFE/RL welcomed the publication this week of an online, fully searchable database of audio programs produced over decades by its Russian Service, known as Radio Svoboda.
UPDATE: Crimea Realities Chief Says Ban Won’t Stop Website
Volodymyr Prytula, the chief of RFE/RL’s news website Krym.Realii (Crimea.Realities), says that neither the website’s editors nor RFE/RL was warned of claims or allegations against the site before Russian internet…
BBG Condemns Targeting Of Independent Journalists In Crimea, Including RFE/RL Contributors
The Broadcasting Board of Governors condemns the targeting of independent journalists in Russia-annexed Crimea following police searches on Tuesday of the homes of seven residents of the peninsula, including some…