Parliament nominates press freedom group for Sakharov Prize

The European Parliament has nominated Reporters without Borders, a group defending press freedom, for its annual Sakharov Prize. The group is also critical about press freedom in the European Union.

The president of the Parliament's foreign affairs committee, Elmar Brok, on Tuesday (27 September) announced the three nominees for the prize, which seeks to promote freedom of thought around the globe.

The candidates who made it to the shortlist had been proposed by the socialist, con...