WASHINGTON, July 3 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on July 2, 2025: * * * EU's Putin Fan Club Secures Sanctions Win Russia's sputtering economy has been aided by the EU's failure to agree on a new sanctions package, a victory Moscow achieved without lifting a finger. By Alexander Kolyandr Robert Fico, Slovakia's prime minister, vetoed the 18th package of sanctions against Russia on June 26. The decision was not based on his established sympathy for more PR

VIENNA, Austria, July 3 -- The International Press Institute issued the following news: * * * Finland: Appeal court verdict on Helsingin Sanomat state secrets case sends a chilling message Alarm after journalist given suspended prison sentence for unpublished article * The International Press Institute (IPI) and its Finnish National Committee express alarm over the recent verdict by the Court of Appeal in Finland to uphold the suspended prison sentence and fine handed down to two journalist more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 3 (TNSjou) -- Harvard University issued the following news: * * * Study quantifies U.S. news media's disregard for archaeology from China, Taiwan Four years ago, Rowan Flad, the John E. Hudson Professor of Archaeology, wrote a piece for the Washington Post calling attention to the lavish media attention given to ancient Egyptian finds versus the utter silence surrounding equally spectacular discoveries in China. "At the time I was teaching a world archaeology c more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 2 [Category: Media] -- The International Federation of Journalists posted the following news release: * * * Kenya: Regulatory agency backs down on directive undermining media freedom, after widespread condemnation * The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) - the regulatory agency for the information, communications and technology industry - backed down on 26 June from its controversial directive to stop media houses from providing live coverage of the anti-governmen more PR

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Rep. Derek Tran, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Representative Tran Responds to President Trump's Trade Deal with Vietnam * WASHINGTON, DC - Just one month after the Trump Organization struck a deal to build a $1.5 billion golf course in Vietnam, President Trump announced a trade deal with the Socialist Republic of Vietnam following a conversation with To Lam. The President referred to Lam as "the Highly Respected General Secretary of the Communi more PR

NEW YORK, July 2 [Category: BizMedia] -- Warner Bros. Discovery, a media and entertainment company, posted the following news release: * * * The TNets July Programming Highlights * The TNets July programming lineup is as follows: Tuesday, July 1st * MLB on TBS * Cleveland Guardians at Chicago Cubs - 8:00pm ET * FIFA Club World Cup (Round of 16) * Borussia Dortmund vs. Monterrey - 9:00pm ET Wednesday, July 2nd * AEW Dynamite on TBS - 8:00pm ET * Rush Hour Marathon on T more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 2 [Category: Media] -- The International Federation of Journalists posted the following news release: * * * Turkiye: Journalists detained under the Artvin investigation must be released immediately! * Journalists Dicle Basturk, Yavuz Akengin, Eylem Emel Yilmaz, and Sendika.Org contributor Ozan Cirik, who were detained during house raids in Istanbul on 13 June, were put under arrest pending trial by the on-duty court on the night of 16 June on charges of "membership of more PR

LONDON, England, July 2 [Category: Sociological] -- Article 19, an organization that says it propels the freedom of expression movement, posted the following news: * * * Turkiye: Release journalists detained in the Artvin investigation * ARTICLE 19 and 16 partner journalism and civil society organisations call for the immediate release of journalists Dicle Basturk, Yavuz Akengin, Eylem Emel Yilmaz, and Sendika.Org contributor Ozan Cirik, all of whom were detained during house raids in Istanb more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 2 [Category: Media] -- The International Federation of Journalists posted the following news release: * * * USA: Journalist faces deportation for covering riot * Mario Guevara, a Hispanic journalist who has lived in the United States for more than 20 years, was arrested on 14 June while he was reporting on the 'No King' protests in Atlanta. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its US affiliates, the National Writers Union (NWU), The NewsGuild-CWA and  more PR