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Purchase of Polska Press by state energy giant spells…

A long-feared, Hungary-style takeover of independent media in Poland gathered pace as a state-controlled energy giant announced the acquisition of a media company with more than 20 regional dailies, 120 weekly magazines and 500 online portals across the country, the International Press Institute (IPI) warned.

Two Hungarian journalists questioned over ‘illicit acquisition of data’…

IPI as part of the MFRR calls on Hungarian police to stop the judicial harassment of Balázs Gulyás, a journalist at Magyar Hang, and Gabriella Horn, a reporter for Átlátszo.

Who, and why, is surveilling journalists in Slovakia (SME)

Spying on the press has a tradition in Slovenia, writes SME as part of a content series on threats to independent media in Central Europe in collaboration with IPI as part of the MFRR.

With Index gone, the future looks even bleaker for…

Part of IPI’s series, Europe media freedom in the shadow of Covid, Marton Bede analyses the impact of the threats facing Index and what that means for media freedom in Hungary

EFJ condemns death and rape threats against Brussels-based journalist,…

As part of the MFRR, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) strongly condemns the online harassment, including threats of physical and sexual violence, against journalist Tanja Milevska, working for the North Macedonia news agency MIA as a Brussels correspondent.

Analysing the impact to media freedom of the COVID-19…

The briefing paper, Media Freedom Violations in the EU under COVID-19, drafted by IPI, as part of the MFRR, shows how in a short space of time, several states have implemented emergency laws and restrictions which challenge the ability of journalists to inform the public and hold those in power to account.

Missions

Missions Working with partners, the MFRR will lead a range of fact-finding, fast response and advocacy missions across EU member states and candidate countries. During the COVID-19 pandemic, these missions will be replaced with virtual missions to ensure we can still hold states and other entities to account during this unprecedented period. The missions will

Monitor

Monitor The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) is a Europe-wide mechanism that tracks, monitors and reacts to press and media freedom violations in EU member states and candidate countries. The MFRR project, co-funded by the European Commission, provides legal support, practical support, and public advocacy to protect journalists and media workers and advance press freedom.