List of journalists killed in Europe

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This is a list of journalists killed in Europe (as a continent), divided by country.

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While journalists in the European Union (EU) generally work in good conditions, there are cases of murdered journalists, and many of them remain unpunished. [1] This list includes non-EU countries within Europe such as Turkey, Ukraine and Russia.

Number of journalists killed or murdered in Europe (not all countries included in the list are included in the map) while on duty or assignment, 1992-2017 Journalists killed and murdered in Europe (1992-2018).svg
Number of journalists killed or murdered in Europe (not all countries included in the list are included in the map) while on duty or assignment, 1992–2017

Abkhazia

Armenia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Belarus

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Twenty-five journalists were killed in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Yugoslav Wars between 1991 and 1995: [1]

Bulgaria

Croatia

According to the Croatian Journalists' Association (HND) at least 14 Croatian reporters, cameramen and technicians were killed in Croatia during the Yugoslav Wars; according to Balkan Insight 13 foreign reporters were also killed: [28]

Cyprus

Denmark

France

Georgia

Germany

Greece

Ireland

Italy

Eleven journalists were killed in Italy by mafias or terrorist organizations: [57]

Kazakhstan

Kosovo

In Kosovo 15 journalists were killed or went missing between August 1998 and May 2005, during and in the aftermath of the Kosovo War. [60] Among them at least seven Serbian journalists disappeared and are believed to have been killed. [61]

Latvia

Lithuania

Malta

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Daphne Caruana Galizia

Montenegro

Netherlands

Poland

Romania

Russia

Dozens of journalists have been killed in Russia since the 1990s.

Serbia

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The headquarters of RTS after the NATO bombing

Slovakia

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Ján Kuciak and his fiancée

Slovenia

South Ossetia

Spain

Sweden

Turkey

United Kingdom

Ukraine

Ukrainian journalist Oles Buzina was shot dead by two masked gunmen near his house in Kyiv on 16 April 2015. Mogila Olesia Buzini (2016).JPG
Ukrainian journalist Oles Buzina was shot dead by two masked gunmen near his house in Kyiv on 16 April 2015.

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