# Incidents: access bans in Europe

Each incident is a dated action by a government, an official, a regulator, a court or a legislature that limited journalists' ability to gather or publish news.

The number of entries reflects the depth of this record, not the severity of a country's conduct.

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3 incidents match this view.

- 10 March 2026: [Hungary: a ruling-party mayor forcibly removes Telex reporters from a campaign event](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2026-hungary-mayor-removes-telex-reporters). A mayor from Hungary's ruling Fidesz party physically removed two Telex journalists from a campaign forum in a community center, covering their camera lens and pushing them out after they declined to leave what he called a closed event.
- 16 June 2022: [Russia: entry bans, visa restrictions and bureau closures for foreign correspondents](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2022-russia-bars-entry-foreign-journalists). Over several months in 2022, Russian authorities closed a Canadian broadcaster's Moscow bureau, barred dozens of named British and Australian journalists from entering the country, and suspended simplified visa rules for European journalis…
- 29 August 2020: [Belarus: accreditation withdrawn from 17 journalists working for foreign outlets](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2020-belarus-strips-accreditation-foreign-outlets). Belarus's government revoked the accreditation of at least 17 journalists working for foreign outlets, including the BBC, Reuters, the Associated Press, Radio Liberty, AFP and Deutsche Welle, as they covered protests after a disputed presi…

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