13 May 2026 Statements Greece: Abusive lawsuit against independent newsrooms should be dismissedMedia Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners condemn the filing of abusive legal action by Air Mediterranean against the Greek investigative newsroom Mediterranean Institute for Investigative Reporting (MIIR), the newspaper Efimerida…
11 May 2026 Statements Serbia: 10 organisations ask Ministers for European Affairs to draw a red line on media freedomEU Member States must show political leadership and join calls for the suspension of EU funds to Serbia to prevent the spiral of violence against journalists from escalating into deadly…
07 May 2026 Statements As deadline passes, MFRR renews call for urgent transposition of EU Anti SLAPP DirectiveToday, 7 May 2026, marks the deadline for EU Member States to transpose the EU Anti-SLAPP Directive, also known as Daphne’s law. As we mark this landmark, however, the European…
07 May 2026 Statements Albania: Fresh concerns over journalist’s safety following suspected arson attackThe International Press Institute (IPI) condemns the suspected arson attack which destroyed the car of journalist Sami Curri and calls on Albanian authorities to carry out a thorough investigation to…
06 May 2026 Statements Georgia: An escalating media freedom crisisSince the contested parliamentary elections in October 2024, Georgia has experienced one of the most rapid and serious deteriorations of press freedom ever seen in an EU member state or…
05 May 2026 Monitoring Statements World Press Freedom Day: Six years of monitoring reveals emerging threats against media freedom in EuropeTo mark World Press Freedom Day, the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) is today publishing an analysis of six years of monitoring data which reveals in granular detail the most…
28 April 2026 Statements Turkey: International organisations condemn escalating use of “disinformation law” against journalists and call for its repealThe undersigned press freedom, freedom of expression, journalists’ and human rights organisations strongly condemn the intensifying use of Article 217/A of the Turkish Penal Code — widely known as the…
22 April 2026 Statements Czech Republic: Public media funding bill raises concerns over compatibility with EMFAA new government bill which would overhaul the funding model for the Czech public media risks financially weakening the broadcasters, eroding safeguards for their financial independence and violating European Media…
22 April 2026 Statements Malta: Government inaction on media reformsInternational press freedom and journalist organisations are today calling on the Maltese authorities to make long-overdue media reforms an immediate priority, and to commit to meaningful and transparent collaboration with…
17 April 2026 Statements Italy: Landmark ruling in press freedom caseThe Media Freedom Rapid Response consortium welcomes yesterday’s acquittal of writer and journalist Roberto Saviano in a case brought by current Italy’s Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Matteo Salvini, setting…
15 April 2026 Statements Hungary: Media freedom reform must be priority for incoming Tisza governmentMedia reform in Hungary must be a priority issue for the new Tisza government as it seeks to rebuild the country’s severely eroded checks and balances and rejoin the European…
13 April 2026 Statements Serbia: Total impunity entrenched 27 years after killing of editor Slavko ĆuruvijaTwenty-seven years after the assassination of Serbian newspaper publisher and editor Slavko Ćuruvija in Belgrade, the undersigned media freedom organisations mark the upcoming anniversary of the killing by lamenting the…
