More than 1,000 people will celebrate press freedom on Tuesday and Wednesday, paying tribute to murdered journalists at a special conference organised by Unesco in Helsinki's Finlandia Hall.
The venue is symbolic. Finland recently topped the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) index of press freedom for the seventh year in a row.
The country is also a pioneer in the field.
Two hundred and fifty years have passed since Anders Chydenius, a Finnish priest and liberal, authored ...
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