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Oligarchs risk unleashing new Ukraine tensions

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UKRAINE

This follows several days of growing tensions between Kyiv and the oligarch over the control of two energy companies. (Two deputy governors, Hennadiy Korban and Svyatoslav…

Cuba referendum results send mixed message

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CUBA

The result gives Cuba some of the world's most progressive family and gender legislation, and is superficially a success for the government at a moment of broad discontent over…

Risky Polish spending plans will boost PiS support

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POLAND

The PiS government's first four months.

Firm's sale to swing more Turkish media behind Erdogan

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TURKEY

The sale of the Dogan Media group to Demiroren.

Philippine media environment is likely to worsen

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PHILIPPINES

The relationship between the president and the media.

Internet crackdown is blow for activism in Middle East

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MIDDLE EAST

Prior to the 2011 Arab uprisings many states in the region lacked legal frameworks to regulate or control digital platforms and online media, but this is no longer the case. In…

Bosnian Serbs are moving closer to exiting BiH

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BOSNIA

Dodik’s law would transfer responsibility for elections in RS from the Central Electoral Commission to its RS equivalent, severing the RS political system from BiH and enabling…

Russia's independent media will be quietly squeezed

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RUSSIA

Control of national television stations allows the Russian authorities to dominate the media space and manage public news consumption. They can therefore afford to devote fewer…

Iraqi media and online commentators face new threats

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IRAQ

The advent of the new federal prime minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, himself a former journalist, brought a temporary lull, but deadly partisanship is now returning to the media…

Only careful WhatsApp use will boost African democracy

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AFRICA

WhatsApp and African elections.