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Namibian public broadcaster defends editorial independence and restores radio services amidst financial crisis. 

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Poland’s ruling Law and Justice Party has been voted in for a second term this week. Yet despite Poland being a representative democracy, the party’s strategy to “repolonise” and control the media is deeply undemocratic.

Australia and the world's "most linguistically diverse public broadcaster", SBS, has launched an innovative new mobile-first website to improve accessibility and engagement with in-language content. 

Violence escalates and journalist safety declines in Hong Kong as protests enter their fifth month.

Ongoing disagreement over working hours and wages, a long-awaited public tender and centralisation concerns continue to burden Spain’s national public broadcaster.

Following the announcement from the NBC’s board that austerity measures are underway, which includes a possible retrenchment of some of the public broacaster’s workforce, employees took to staging a demonstration in association with the Namibia Public Workers’ Union (NAPWU) in protest against such plans.  

The Namibian Broadcasting Corporation is in the midst of a financial crisis, with significant programming and job cuts on the cards. With elections just over a month away, how will the public broadcaster continue to provide the public with vital information? 

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