12 January 2026 Statements Czechia: Media freedom groups urge Czechia’s government to uphold public media’s independenceAs Czechia’s new government prepares to reshape the funding and governance of its public broadcasters, press freedom groups caution that replacing the licence fee with state budget funding would expose…
17 December 2025 Statements Lithuania: IPI warns over increasing pressure on independent public service broadcastingIndependent public service broadcasting in Lithuania is under increasing threat after the recent passing of a rushed legislative amendment which makes it easier to remove the director general of Lithuanian…
17 December 2025 Statements Slovenia: Information Commissioner should cease procedure against investigative newsroom OštroThe International Press Institute (IPI) and the Slovene Association of Journalists (DNS) today sent a letter to the Information Commissioner of the Republic of Slovenia in regard to the ongoing…
12 December 2025 Statements Hungary: IPI welcomes EU legal action over violations of European Media Freedom ActThe International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomes the launching of legal action by the European Commission against Hungary over its systematic violation of new rules set out in the European…
12 December 2025 Statements EU’s dangerous ‘Return Hubs’ policy: A threat to journalists in exileThe EU’s new return policy risks jeopardising the lives of vulnerable journalists and human rights defenders living in exile. As such, it undermines the very principles of press freedom and…
10 December 2025 Statements MFRR Summit 2025 report on media freedom in EuropeThis report offers a recap of the discussions and key takeaways from the MFRR Summit 2025. This year’s Summit fed into EU Democracy Shield policy discussions, highlighting journalism as vital…
05 December 2025 Statements Open letter to Croatian Prime Minister Plenković: MFRR raises alarm over unlawful political pressure against weekly NovostiMedia Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) consortium, expresses grave concern regarding recent statements by the Homeland Movement that targeted the weekly newspaper Novosti, the only print media for the Serb minority…
04 December 2025 Statements Lithuania: Media freedom groups raise alarm as political pressure campaign on LRT widensProposed legal amendments to the law governing Lithuania’s public broadcaster LRT risk weakening its editorial independence and disrupting its sustainable financing, the undersigned partner organisations of the Media Freedom Rapid…
04 December 2025 Statements Ukraine: Peace plan must ensure accountability for crimes against journalistsAs negotiations continue over a peace plan to end the Russian war on Ukraine, Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) and partner organisations strongly oppose any proposals on granting amnesty for…
27 November 2025 Statements Open letter: Bosnian public broadcaster BHRT in the final stage of collapse, EU must take swift action27 November 2025 Dear President of the European Commission, Ms Ursula von der Leyen, Dear Commissioner for Enlargement, Ms Marta Kos, We are writing to you today to express our…
26 November 2025 Advocacy missions Statements Turkey: 7th International press freedom mission concludesAnkara, November 26, 2025 – A mission delegation composed of eight international press freedom, free expression and human rights organisations has concluded a joint press freedom mission to Türkiye. The…
21 November 2025 Statements Hungary: New EU Media Board should assess Blikk acquisition by pro-government media groupThe undersigned Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners and Médiafórum today raise alarm about the recent acquisition of Hungary’s most-read tabloid newspaper by a pro-government media group and calls on…
