wire-tapping
EU expats: foreign fashion of cross-border mobile phone calls
Pinch, punch, first of the month - though you'll now be feeling the pinch less. From 1 July, Europeans across the old continent will be saving four cents when they make or receive calls in the 27 member states. Travellers and businessmen aside, we expats have long since shunned using our mobiles
wire-tapping , money, technology, europe, euweek, travel, lifestyle
Europe falls in press freedom rankings
If the old continent believes it still represents the paradigm of press freedom, then it is in for a rude awakening: in the worldwide rankings of freedom of the press published by Reporters Without Borders, many European nations are in a state of free fall. Yet a defence organises for what Kant called 'freedom of the pen'
wire-tapping , television, media, rome, anna politkovskaya, journalism, european media
Spotlight on tapped phone calls in Italy
A national protest was organised in Rome on 5 November, supported by the National Union of Press Reporters. You may not be hearing about the subject in court any longer
