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CEE media must educate West about Russia says PAP CEO

Surmacz said that CEE countries exchange information and "have no problems identifying Russian propaganda" and appealed to the media in these countries to "communicate and educate our Western partners about what Russian disinformation is about." Radek Pietruszka/PAP

The president of the Polish Press Agency, Wojciech Surmacz, has said that Central and Eastern European media should be warning Western European countries against Russian disinformation about the war in Ukraine.

Belarusian court hands down five year sentence to Polish TV journalist

A court in Gomel, Belarus, has sentenced TVP journalist Iryna Slaunikava to five years in a penal colony after finding her guilty of "creating an extremist formation", the independent Belarusian television channel Belsat has reported.

President of HINA: To fight with propaganda and disinformation, we need to educate the public and the media

“The propaganda and disinformation related to the war in Ukraine will not disappear on their own, to fight with them, we need to educate the public, journalists and editors,” said Branka-Gabriela Vojvodić, President of the Croatian Press Agency (HINA) on Tuesday, during the international conference Media of the Future organized for the fourth time by the Polish Press Agency.

US president appreciates Duda's veto of media bill

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has said that President Joe Biden has appreciated the Polish president’s veto of a media law amendment, according to a press release of a National Security Council (NSC) spokesperson.

Polish president vetoes media law

Polish President Andrzej Duda has vetoed a new media law that would curb the operation of US-owned television station TVN.

No plans to close down TVN, ruling party leader says

There are no plans to close down the TVN broadcaster, the leader of Poland's ruling party said on Monday when asked about a new media law said to be aimed against the US-owned station.

Half of Poles say president should veto new media law

Just over 50 percent of Poles believe the Polish president should veto an amendment to a new media law that critics say targets the leading television group TVN, according to a new survey.

EC says new law threatens media freedom and pluralism in Poland

A spokesman for the European Commission (EC) has said that Poland's new media bill, dubbed 'lex TVN,' could threaten media freedom and pluralism in Poland by forcibly changing the ownership structure of media companies.

US State Department concerned about Poland's media law

The United States is concerned about the adoption of a media law that may hit the biggest US investor in Poland, Discovery group, owner of Poland's leading television group TVN, a deputy spokesperson for the Department of State has said.

US ambassador nominee pledges to foster rule of law in Poland

US ambassador nominee to Warsaw Mark Brzezinski said during a hearing in the US Senate on Wednesday that he would support the rule of law and minority rights in Poland.

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