A farewell ceremony for renowned journalist Denis Bezlyudko, who headed the Ukrainian News and RBC-Ukraine news agencies and recently passed away unexpectedly at the age of 50, will be held on Friday afternoon in Kyiv.
“The funeral service for Denis Bezlyudko will be held on Friday, January 9, at 3:00 p.m. at 16 Baikova Street, crematorium, white administrative building, VIP hall,” his wife Lesya Kazachynska wrote on her Facebook page.
Bezlyudko worked for 15 years at the Ukrainian News information agency and headed it for many years, then he was also the editor-in-chief of RBC-Ukraine, and in 2021, together with Oleksandr Kramarenko and Maksim Urakin, he headed the board of the Presszvanie journalism competition.
The editorial staff mourns his passing and expresses its deepest condolences to Denis’s family.
The EU is aware of the decision of the Ukrainian authorities to ban Austrian journalist Christian Wehrschutz from entering Ukraine and expects that such decisions will be taken in accordance with fundamental rights and freedoms, including the European Convention on Human Rights. The EU press secretary said in his comments, handed over to Interfax-Ukraine in Brussels on Friday.
Having informed that this fact is known in Brussels, the agency’s source noted that the EU attaches great importance to freedom of expression and the media. We expect that any of such decisions will include careful consideration of the rights to freedom of expression. We also expect the Ukrainian authorities to refrain from imposing any unnecessary restrictions on the free flow of information and freedom of the media, the agency’s source said.
At the same time, the press secretary recalled that the EU fully supports the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine. Protection of national security and citizens should be carried out in full compliance with fundamental rights and freedoms, including the European Convention on Human Rights, he stressed.
Earlier, First Deputy Head of the Rada Committee on Freedom of Speech and Information Policy Olha Chervakova reported that the Security Service of Ukraine had prohibited head of the Ukrainian bureau of the Austrian ORF TV channel Christian Wehrschutz from entering the country because of the “threat he poses to national security.”
