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The editor-in-chief, its chief executive and 13 other staff at the Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet were handed prison sentences ranging from two to seven years on Wednesday. They were convicted of spreading terrorist propaganda for the Gülen movement and the PKK. For some commentators the ruling does not bode well for the future of Cumhuriyet and Turkey. Others refuse to give up hope.

Nowhere in the world has press freedom deteriorated as drastically in the last year as in Europe, according to the index published by Reporters Without Borders. As the key causes for this negative trend the organisation cites attacks against the media by politicians, murders of journalists and stringent libel laws. Europe's media take stock of the rankings list.

Thirty-two years after the explosion of the nuclear reactor in Chernobyl and the world's worst nuclear disaster, work on the New Safe Confinement building meant to cover the ruins and contain nuclear emissions is progressing slowly. For Europe's media this is not the only indication that the nuclear disaster is far from over.

At the end of his trip to the US, French President Macron expressed pessimism about the future of the Iran agreement. During his visit he had tried to explain to the US president how the deal could be extended - and ultimately maintained. France and the US are snubbing Tehran, some commentators criticise. Others stress that it will be difficult to renegotiate the agreement.

Nowhere in the world has press freedom deteriorated as drastically in the last year as in Europe, according to the index published by Reporters Without Borders. As the key causes for this negative trend the organisation cites attacks against the media by politicians, murders of journalists and stringent libel laws. Commentators point to further causes.