William Horsley was the BBC's Germany correspondent in 1991-1997; and BBC European Affairs correspondent in 1997-2007. He is now an independent journalist writing on international affairs and issues related to media and democracy. He is also international director of the Centre for Freedom of the Media at the University of Sheffield.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The failure of Germany's Russia policy
Germany's strategy towards Russia has gone so well that in the present crisis Vladimir Putin thinks he can be...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAn unholy mixture: surveillance, the law and a setback for journalism
We should not underestate the seriousness of the government's attacks on those seeking to expose its surveillance...
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Published in: ourBeebIt’s the journalism, stupid: defending free expression can be the BBC’s new gift to the world
As freedom of expression and journalistic independence comes under renewed threat in eastern Europe and around the...