By Holger Mann (SPD), is a memeber of the German parliament und a member of the Bundestag Committee on Cultural and Media Affairs
Published on
11/08/2026 - 7:00 GMT+2
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Last week, Belarus classified the Euronews website – like many before it – as an "extremist medium". What may sound like a dry administrative act is in fact an open declaration of war on the free press and an admission of its own weakness.














