Ján 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.
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Belgian Court Strikes Down Law Criminalizing Journalists’ Leaks
Belgium’s revised penal code, in force from 8 April, expands the term “state secret” to cover handling and receiving restricted documents deemed to be damaging to a broader range of the country’s national interests. But the Constitutional Court struck down a provision that would have opened up the way for prison terms of up to…
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.