13 July 2026 Country reports Italy: MFRR report highlights continuing media freedom backslidingOn 9-10 March 2026, the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) consortium conducted its third visit to Rome in five years. The MFRR mission found that Italy has continued on a…
18 February 2026 Statements Hungary: Reports of potential corporate influence behind SPO investigations set dangerous precedent for press freedomThe International Press Institute (IPI) is alarmed by reports that multinational company Samsung SDI may have prompted Hungary’s Sovereignty Protection Office (SPO) to launch a discriminatory investigation into Átlátszó, one…
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.…
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…
13 October 2025 Statements Call on President von der Leyen to address media freedom crisis in the Western BalkansAgainst the backdrop of a rapidly worsening media freedom crisis across the region, most prominently in Serbia, a coalition of international media freedom, journalists’ and freedom of expression organisations calls…
12 September 2025 Statements Backroom deals to silence independent media in Serbia?As the political situation in Serbia remains explosive, the publication of a controversial private conversation highlights an attempt to muzzle the few media outlets in the country that continue to…
11 September 2025 Statements Türkiye: Stop Throttling Social Media Platforms and Messaging ServicesTürkiye is increasingly throttling social media platforms and messaging apps to silence online communication at moments of profound political or social importance. The undersigned human rights and press freedom organisations…
11 September 2025 Statements Georgia: Media Freedom groups condemn latest attacks on journalists by ruling party activists and policeThe undersigned media freedom, journalists’, and freedom of expression organizations strongly condemn the recent physical and verbal attacks on independent media by activists of the Georgian Dream ruling party and…
04 September 2025 Statements Serbia: MFRR partners warn against attempt to seize political control of last remaining independent TV stations N1 and NovaThe partners of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) express serious concern over the threat of political interference in the operations of the United Group’s media outlets in Serbia, which…
12 August 2025 Statements Albania: Urgent answers needed on Focus Media Group blockade and journalists’ right to workWe, the SafeJournalists Network, partners of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR), Reporters Without Borders (RSF), and Albanian media freedom organisations, express shared concern over the police blockade and subsequent…
08 July 2025 Statements Turkey: MFRR partners alarmed by state-backed attacks on Leman magazineThe Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners strongly condemn the arrest of four staff members of Leman, one of Türkiye’s leading satirical magazines, and express deep concern over the ongoing…
30 June 2025 Statements Georgia: Urgent action required as ruling party accelerates efforts to silence independent mediaThe EU must immediately respond to unprecedented crackdown on media in candidate country. The IPI global network today warns of the dire state of media freedom in Georgia amid…
