East Europe
Steve Korn On Changes To RFE/RL’s Radio Svoboda
RFE/RL President Steve Korn discusses staffing and broadcast changes in RFE/RL’s Russian Service, Radio Svoboda in a message first posted in Russian to svobodanews.ru.
Romanian, U.S. Institutions Agree to Digitize RFE Romanian Recordings
The audio archives of one of Radio Free Europe’s most storied broadcast services, the Romanian Service, will be digitized and preserved for future generations, under a partnership agreement signed by…
RFE/RL Journalist Assaulted And Detained By Belarus Authorities
Belarus police assaulted and interrogated an RFE/RL correspondent at an opposition meeting outside of Minsk.
Declassified U.S. Government Documents About RFE, RL Posted Online
A diverse set of declassified U.S. Government documents that provide important insight on the first 23 years of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty has just been posted to the website of…
Covering ‘Protesting from Below’ in Belarus
Havel journalism fellow Franak Viačorka explains the risks civil society groups take in Belarus.
RFE Bulgarian Broadcasts Commemorated In Sofia
The 60th anniversary of the first RFE Bulgarian broadcast from Munich in October 1951 was recently celebrated with an exhibition and conference in Sofia.
RFE/RL Reporter Fined For Covering Belarus Independence Day Protest
Mikhal Karnievich, Radio Svaboda correspondent, has been fined by a Belarus court for covering a July 3 “silent protest” protest in Hrodna.
RFE/RL Journalists In Belarus Arrested, Website Attacked
One RFE/RL journalist was arrested and another had her video camera confiscated as security forces in Belarus conducted what a RFE/RL journalist described as an “unprecedented” crackdown on July 3…
RFE Journalist Detained In Minsk Protest Crackdown
A rights activist and RFE reporter in northwestern Kazakhstan has been acquitted of libel.
Radio Europa Libera: The Legacy Of RFE’s Romanian Broadcasts
A look back on the 60th anniversary of RFE’s first Romanian broadcasts.