# BraveNews.eu

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## Recent Articles

- [Journalists Warn of Imminent Bosnian TV BHRT Collapse](https://bravenews.eu/politics/journalists-urge-eu-action-prevent-bosnian-bhrt-shutdown/): European and Bosnian journalism groups warn that public broadcaster BHRT faces imminent collapse due to frozen bank accounts and political inertia. (Published: 2026-09-26)
- [EU journalists urged to use FOI requests](https://bravenews.eu/politics/eu-journalists-urged-to-use-foi-requests/): BRUSSELS – Freedom of Information (FOI) requests have potential as one of the most powerful investigative tools for journalists covering the European Union. That's despite delays, redactions and barriers to accessing official documents. (Published: 2026-09-10; ReportageNewsArticle)
- [Journalists Raise Brussels Alarm Over Euronews Owner’s Balkan Media Expansion](https://bravenews.eu/newsroom/journalists-raise-brussels-alarm-over-euronews-owners-balkan-media-expansion/): BRUSSELS — The European Board for Media Services will review the acquisition of Adria News Network (ANN) by Alpac Capital, the investment firm that owns Euronews. The network includes major news outlets in Serbia, Slovenia, and Croatia. Alpac Capital Chief Executive and Euronews Board Chair Pedro Vargas David rejects. (Published: 2026-09-05; ReportageNewsArticle)
- [EU’s €1.25bn Journalism Fund Sparks Fears of Political Influence](https://bravenews.eu/press-freedom/eus-e1-25bn-journalism-fund-sparks-fears-of-political-influence/): Media groups warn that the European Parliament’s €1.25bn journalism fund risks embedding political narratives into EU media support schemes and undermining editorial independence. (Published: 2026-06-23)
- [Hungarian Integrity Authority Chief Demands Retraction Over EUalive Article](https://bravenews.eu/newsroom/hungarian-integrity-authority-chief-demands-retraction-over-eualive-article/): A Hungarian lawyer representing Ferenc Pál Biró, president of Hungary’s Integrity Authority, has sent a legal notice to the Brussels-based outlet EUalive’s Georgi Gotev, demanding the removal of an article, a public retraction and 5 million forints (about €14,000) in damages. The dispute centers on how EUalive summarized and contextualized prior reporting by the Hungarian ... Read more (Published: 2026-05-08)
- [From Baghdad to Brussels: A War Correspondent on Press Freedom and Power](https://bravenews.eu/interview/from-baghdad-to-brussels-a-war-correspondent-on-press-freedom-and-power/): Now at home in the European Commission’s Midday Briefing, Hussein Hasan spent two decades reporting amid war, sectarian violence and government crackdowns in Baghdad, Turkey and Syria. Yet the France 24 correspondent still recalls the jolt of his arrival in Brussels. Standing outside the Berlaymont with a camera in hand, he half expected to be stopped and asked for press credentials. (Published: 2026-04-28; Interview)
- [AFP reporter to interview Belgian PM’s cat](https://bravenews.eu/newsroom/afp-reporter-to-interview-belgian-pms-cat/): Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever has promised AFP's EU correspondent Raziye Akkoc an exclusive interview with his cat, Maximus, after joking that he would only respond to questions “triggered” by the pet. (Published: 2026-04-25)
- [Magyar’s Entry Opens Gap for anti-EU Media in Brussels](https://bravenews.eu/media/orbans-exit-opens-gap-for-anti-eu-media-in-brussels/): Two Euroskeptic media outlets, Brussels Signal and The European Conservative, stand to lose greatly following the defeat of Hungary’s Viktor Orbán. But incoming prime minister Péter Magyar may also question the cost and sense of Hungary's Euronews links, despite the journalists' solid pan-European reporting. (Published: 2026-04-24)
- [EU Journalism Initiative Mulls Brussels Transparency Challenges](https://bravenews.eu/media/eu-journalism-initiative-mulls-brussels-transparency-challenges/): The erosion of transparency and access for Brussels-based journalists dominated discussion at the launch of the EU Journalism Initiative (EUJI) at the Brussels Press Club. The panel, featuring speakers from Investigate Europe, MLex and POLITICO Europe, quickly focused on what participants described as tightening control over information flows in the EU capital. (Published: 2026-04-15)
- [Ján Kuciak Trial Continues as Former MEP Sophie in ’t Veld Warns EU on Press Freedom](https://bravenews.eu/interview/jan-kuciak-trial-continues-as-former-mep-sophie-in-t-veld-warns-eu-on-press-freedom/): Former MEP Sophie in ’t Veld speaks on unresolved journalist murders in Europe, highlighting threats to press freedom, rule of law, and EU accountability. (Published: 2026-04-13)
- [EU Defends Euronews Funding Amid Editorial Independence Row Before Hungary Election](https://bravenews.eu/newsroom/eu-defends-euronews-funding-amid-editorial-independence-row-before-hungary-election/): The European Commission defends its long-standing financial backing of Euronews, insisting that editorial independence is a criteria of that support, as concerns mount over press freedom ahead of Hungary’s pivotal April 12 election. (Published: 2026-04-02)
- [EU Commission Spends €1.3mn on News Subscriptions](https://bravenews.eu/business/eu-commission-spends-e1-3mn-on-news-subscriptions/): The European Commission spent about €1.34 million in 2025 on digital subscriptions to five major news and information services, according to internal figures — but declined to disclose how the money was distributed, citing commercial confidentiality, even as it prepares to enforce sweeping new transparency rules on public-sector media spending. (Published: 2026-03-30)
- [Belgian Authorities Cleared Journalist After Security Ban Over Alleged ‘Extreme-Left Contacts’](https://bravenews.eu/newsroom/belgian-authorities-cleared-journalist-after-security-ban-over-alleged-extreme-left-contacts/): An Italian journalist based in Brussels was barred for months from covering the Council of the European Union after Belgian security authorities denied him clearance over alleged “contacts with the extreme left,” a decision later overturned by an independent appeals body. (Published: 2026-03-20)
- [Irma Dimitradze Leads Campaign to Free Jailed Sakharov Laureate Journalist Mzia Amaghlobeli](https://bravenews.eu/interview/irma-dimatradze-leads-campaign-to-free-jailed-sakharov-laureate-journalist-mzia-amaghlobeli/): By Oliver Money-Kyrle. When Georgian journalist and 2025 Sakharov laureate Mzia Amaghlobeli was arrested in Batumi on January 12, 2025, she quickly became a symbol of the country’s embattled pro-democracy movement. More than a year later, Amaghlobeli remains in prison, serving a two-year sentence. (Published: 2026-03-09)
- [Eight Years After Jan Kuciak and Martina Kušnírová Murders, Slovakia Faces Critical Third Trial](https://bravenews.eu/analysis/eight-years-after-jan-kuciak-and-martina-kusnirova-murders-slovakia-faces-pivotal-third-trial/): By Oliver Money-Kyrle — Eight years after the assassination of investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová, the case remains emblematic of rule-of-law concerns within the European Union. Slovakia continues to grapple with a prosecution that reshaped its politics, toppled a government and exposed entrenched networks of corruption. (Published: 2026-03-02)
- [Mediahuis €7.8M Tender Fine: Euractiv Subsidiary Not Impacted](https://bravenews.eu/business/mediahuis-e7-8m-tender-fine-euractiv-subsidiary-not-impacted/): Belgium’s Competition Authority fined Mediahuis €7.8M for the 2023–2027 newspaper distribution tender. Mediahuis says the fine will not affect fully owned subsidiary Euractiv amid intensifying EU news market competition. (Published: 2026-02-22)
- [Belgian Court Strikes Down Law Criminalizing Journalists' Leaks](https://bravenews.eu/belgium/belgian-court-scraps-prison-threat-for-journalists-handling-state-secrets/): BRUSSELS — Belgium’s Constitutional Court has blocked a law that threatened journalists with up to five years in prison for possessing leaked state documents. While the ruling protects press freedom for Brussels' EU press corps, Belgium's updated penal code still significantly broadens the definition of "state secrets." (Published: 2026-02-14; ReportageNewsArticle)
- [EU News Revenue Collapse from US Platforms and AI Search](https://bravenews.eu/tech/eu-news-revenue-collapse-from-us-platforms-and-ai-search/): By Oliver Money-Kyrle. Europe’s news media is nearing a financial cliff as AI-driven platforms and zero-click search drain publisher revenue, prompting warnings in Brussels of mass journalist layoffs and growing news deserts. (Published: 2026-02-09)
- [Belgian Police Return UK Journalist David Price’s Laptops](https://bravenews.eu/press-freedom/belgian-police-return-uk-journalist-david-prices-laptops/): Brussels, Belgium — Belgian federal judicial police have now returned the laptop, research files, and manuscripts of UK journalist David Price after more than seven months in police custody, renewing concerns over press freedom in Brussels and across the European Union. (Published: 2026-02-06)
- [Why Europe Yielded to Trump — Dave Keating on The Owned Continent](https://bravenews.eu/media/europe-surrender-trump-dave-keating/): In The Owned Continent, Brussels-based journalist Dave Keating delivers a bleak verdict on Europe after two decades covering the EU from the inside. Europe’s humiliating capitulation to Donald Trump in 2025, he argues, was not merely a failure of leadership. (Published: 2026-02-05)
- [Euronews Posts €77M Revenue, Questions Persist](https://bravenews.eu/business/did-euronews-just-turn-a-profit/): Euronews says it achieved a long‑awaited financial turnaround in 2025, reporting €77 million in revenue — but the broadcaster did not disclose the actual profit figure. (Published: 2026-02-01)
- [Slovak Fico Goes Full Fury on Brussels Reporters Over Trump Talk](https://bravenews.eu/media/slovak-fico-full-fury-brussels-reporters-for-trump-talk/): Slovak PM Robert Fico attacked Brussels reporters this week after a story about his private comments on Donald Trump’s “psychological state.” That sparked hostile online comments by supporters and raising fresh alarms over media intimidation. (Published: 2026-01-31; ReportageNewsArticle)