18 November 2025 Statements European Democracy Shield: Bolstering independent media at the core of democratic resilienceIn the face of rising digital manipulation, shrinking civic space and collapsing media business models, the European Democracy Shield offers an important opportunity to ensure safety of journalists and media…
17 November 2025 Country reports Monitoring Bulgaria: Media Capture Monitoring Report 2025The International Press Institute (IPI) and the Media and Journalism Research Center (MJRC) today launch the second in a series of Media Capture Monitoring Reports for 2025, examining the state…
13 November 2025 Statements EU Enlargement Package: Assessments must now translate into meaningful media freedom actionThe Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) today welcomes the publication of the 2025 EU Enlargement Package and highlights key media freedom developments and concerns that should shape negotiations with candidate…
13 November 2025 Statements Croatia: EFJ condemns court convicting assaulted journalist Melita Vrsaljko of ‘disturbing public order’On 7 November 2025, Croatian journalist Melita Vrsaljko, a contributor to Faktograf and Klimatski portal, was found guilty by the Municipal Court in Zadar, of disturbing public order after defending…
12 November 2025 Country reports Monitoring Hungary: Media Capture Monitoring Report 2025The International Press Institute (IPI) and the Media and Journalism Research Center (MJRC) today jointly launch a new series of Media Capture Monitoring Reports for 2025, with Hungary the first…
12 November 2025 Statements Open letter regarding the dismissal of journalist Gabriele NunziatiThe undersigned organisations of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) are writing to you to express our shared concern and dismay over the decision by Agenzia Nova to terminate its…
03 November 2025 Statements Impunity Day: MFRR renews urgent call for justice for murdered journalists around EuropeTo mark the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists on November 2, the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) honours the memory of those who have lost their…
31 October 2025 Advocacy missions Country reports Report: Fragile media freedom progress in Bulgaria at risk of backsliding without urgent reformWhile Bulgaria has experienced modest progress on media freedom in the last four years, the situation remains undermined by persistent structural, legal and political challenges, with urgent action needed by…
29 October 2025 Statements Meloni’s Italy puts media freedom under pressure, regardless of EU rulesThis article is part of a series published by IPI and written by expert guest contributors from across Europe on different threats facing media freedom and independent journalism. The views…
28 October 2025 Statements Media freedom, a prerequisite for EU enlargementTo advance in their European integration path, Western Balkan candidate countries must ensure media freedom and pluralism. For Montenegro and North Macedonia, this means moving beyond formal commitments and proving…
22 October 2025 Statements Turkey: Journalists reporting LGBTQ+ issues risk criminalisation: Withdraw the proposed law!As press and freedom of expression organisations undersigned below, we call for the removal of the reported anti-LGBTQ+ provision from the 11th Judicial Package which would restrict and possibly criminalise…
17 October 2025 Statements Italy: Car bomb attack on investigative journalist Sigfrido Ranucci rings alarm for media freedom in the countryThe undersigned journalists and media freedom organisations strongly condemn the car bomb attack on one of Italy’s leading investigative journalist Sigfrido Ranucci and his family. We welcome the opening of…
