19 February 2026 Advocacy missions Statements Italy: MFRR to conduct follow-up media freedom mission to RomeThe Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners will conduct an advocacy mission to Rome, Italy, on 9–10 March 2026 to assess key developments affecting press and media freedom in the…
18 February 2026 Monitoring Media Freedom Monitoring Report 2025Europe’s media freedom landscape faced sustained pressure in 2025, with attacks on journalists, legal harassment, and political interference continuing across the continent. The new MFRR Monitoring Report 2025 documents the…
12 February 2026 Statements Serbia: Coordinated bot attacks on Instagram accounts of independent media emerge as new weapon of censorshipThe MFRR partners today raise alarm over a recent wave of bot-driven cyber attacks targeting the social media accounts of Serbian media outlets. Our organisations warn that the dozen recorded…
05 February 2026 Statements Interview: How Georgian public broadcaster was distorted into a government mouthpieceBy Agnes Jakobson, Helsingin Sanomat Foundation Fellow at IPI Last year, press freedom in Georgia continued to rapidly decline as the ruling Georgian Dream party intensified its crackdown on dissent.…
28 January 2026 Statements Poland: Opinion on EMFA reform of Broadcasting LawThe International Press Institute (IPI), the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF), the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and Free Press Unlimited (FPU) provide the following contribution to…
27 January 2026 Statements EU: MFRR contributes to European Union annual Rule of Law reportMFRR partners share a statement condemning the threats and attacks against journalists and media workers when covering demonstrations and protests in Germany, France, Slovenia, Greece, Spain, Poland and Italy. The…
27 January 2026 Statements Amendments to Albania’s Criminal Code must be strengthened to ensure full decriminalisation of defamationThe undersigned organisations of the SafeJournalists Network, partners of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR), Reporters Without Borders (RSF) today stress that recent amendments to Albania’s Criminal Code, though positive,…
23 January 2026 Statements MFRR welcomes European Democracy Shield draft report and proposes further protections for journalistsThe Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners welcome the European Commission’s EU Democracy Shield initiative and the European Parliament’s Special Committee’s Rapporteur’s draft report published on 21 January. While the…
22 January 2026 Statements Public letter: Bosnian public broadcaster BHRT requires urgent action from Office of High RepresentativeMedia Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners have voiced serious concern today in a public letter to the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Christian Schmidt, over the lack of political…
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…
16 December 2025 Country reports Monitoring Poland: Media Capture and EMFA Monitoring Report 2025The International Press Institute (IPI) and the Media and Journalism Research Center (MJRC) today publish a new report examining media capture in Poland in 2025 and the country’s compliance with the…
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…
