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Protests in Kiev. Journalist Pavel Sheremet was murdered by a car bomb in 2016 - and 2018 looks like being another dangerous year for some of Ukraine's media (Photo: snamess)

EU must help independent media in Ukraine

As 2019 elections in Ukraine loom on the horizon, the European Union can play a unique role in protecting journalists - despite an increasingly complicated relationship.

2017 was a tough year for critical journalists working in Ukraine.

On September 14, agents from the security service of Ukraine visited the offices of Ukraiynska Pravda and demanded that the editors take down an article that criticised Ukraine's defence capabilities.

The editor-in-chief Sevgil Musayeva sai...

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Matthew is EUobserver's Opinion Editor. He joined EUobserver in June 2018. Previously he worked as a reporter for The Guardian in London, and as editor for AFP in Paris and DPA in Berlin.

Protests in Kiev. Journalist Pavel Sheremet was murdered by a car bomb in 2016 - and 2018 looks like being another dangerous year for some of Ukraine's media (Photo: snamess)

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Matthew is EUobserver's Opinion Editor. He joined EUobserver in June 2018. Previously he worked as a reporter for The Guardian in London, and as editor for AFP in Paris and DPA in Berlin.

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