Romania: Media Capture Monitoring Report 2025
The International Press Institute (IPI) and the Media and Journalism Research Center (MJRC) today launch the fourth in a new series of Media Capture Monitoring Reports for 2025, this time putting the focus on Romania.
26.11.2025
The report reviews developments regarding media capture in Romania in 2025 and the country’s compliance with the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) since the EU Commission’s regulation entered into full force in August.
It concludes that Romania has yet to implement any elements of EMFA. Although the Ministry of Culture initiated some consultations with other institutional stakeholders and some non-governmental organizations, no official draft legislation has been put forward so far.
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For more information or media inquiries, please contact:
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Jamie Wiseman, Senior Europe Advocacy Officer – IPI, jwiseman@ipi.media
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Marius Dragomir, Project Editor – MJRC, mdragomir@journalismresearch.org
This report was coordinated by IPI as part of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR), a Europe-wide mechanism which tracks, monitors and responds to violations of press and media freedom in EU Member States and Candidate Countries.
