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…
11 March 2026 Advocacy missions Statements Italy: MFRR flags ongoing media freedom erosionMedia freedom in Italy has continued its overall downward trajectory in the past two years, amidst the car bomb attack on one of the country’s most famous journalists, new spyware…
02 March 2026 Statements Greece: Executives of spyware firm used to surveil journalist Thanasis Koukakis sentenced to prisonThe International Press Institute (IPI) welcomes the recent criminal convictions handed down by a Greek court to four individuals from surveillance firm Intellexa whose Predator spyware was used to illegally…
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…
26 March 2025 Monitoring Spyware and Surveillance Fact Sheet: 2020–202524 March 2025Spywares are extremely powerful and intrusive digital weapons that are increasingly jeopardising the work of journalists and basic human rights, within and outside Europe. Narratives that portray them…
