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Freedom

Tracking threats to press freedom
in the Visegrád region

Poland / Hungary /
Slovakia / Czech Republic

POLAND: Latest News and Publications

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Poland: TOK FM fine sparks renewed concerns about regulatory capture

The International Press Institute (IPI) today raises alarm over the controversial fine imp…

Poland: Government ramps up pressure on critical media as elections loom

Poland’s government and its allies have begun dialing up political and regulatory pressu…

MFRR partners document 813 media freedom violations in Europe in 2022

IPI joins its partners in the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) in publishing the late…

Hungary: Latest News and Publications

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Analysis: One year after election, media freedom in Hungary remains suffocated

This week marks one year since the election in which the Fidesz party of Prime Minister Vi…

MFRR partners document 813 media freedom violations in Europe in 2022

IPI joins its partners in the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) in publishing the late…

Hungary: Investigative media Átlátszó targeted in latest smear campaign

In January 2023, Hungarian investigative media outlet Átlátszó and its editor-in-chief,…

Slovakia: Latest News and Publications

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IPI: Fight for full justice for Ján Kuciak will continue after shock acquittal

The International Press Institute (IPI) today vowed to continue the fight for full justice…

Slovakia: Profound disappointment as suspected mastermind in Ján Kuciak murder a...

Following today’s acquittal of the suspected mastermind in the killing of Slovak journal…

IPI launches report on media capture in Slovakia: A story of fragile pluralism, ...

The International Press Institute (IPI) today published the new report ‘Media Capture in…

Czech Republic: Latest News and Publications

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Czech Republic: On World Press Freedom Day, renewed energy needed in media refor...

Read this statement in Czech on our National Committee website. On World Press Freedom Day…

Czech Republic: Efforts to fight disinformation grind to a halt

In the final stretch of a bitter election campaign, presidential candidate Petr Pavel was …

Czech Republic: What Andrej Babiš’s potential sale of Mafra could mean for the m...

Andrej Babiš, the former Czech prime minister and oligarch, will probably offload his med…

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