Central Europe Independent Media Network

Leading independent media in Bulgaria, Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia are coming together to report about the growing threats to press freedom and independent media in the region.

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Disinformation made in Czechoslovakia

[Note: this piece is based on a project conducted by HlidaciPes and Aktuality.sk, both mem…

Branding independent newsrooms as foreign agents, and threatening them with fina...

[The following is a guest article by Eva Bognár of the Mediaforum association, Hungary] .…

IPI and media organizations from across Central and Eastern Europe express their...

We, the undersigned media and journalists’ organizations, express our support for Peter …

Latest IPI statements on Bulgaria

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Bulgaria Minister urged to drop defamation lawsuit

The Media Freedom Rapid Response consortium partners criticize the criminal defamation law…

IPI Central Europe Network: Leading editors call for strong EMFA

Leading editors from within the International Press Institute’s (IPI) Central Europe Ind…

Latest IPI statements on Czech Republic

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Czech Republic: IPI welcomes progress on securing public media funding

The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomes the recent vote by the lower house …

Czechia: Public media face renewed threat as elections appear on horizon

Czechia’s governing coalition continues to struggle to push a rise in the licence fee th…

Disinformation made in Czechoslovakia

[Note: this piece is based on a project conducted by HlidaciPes and Aktuality.sk, both mem…

Latest IPI statements on Hungary

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Hungary: IPI warns of fresh crackdown on independent media

The International Press Institute (IPI) today warns of a looming crackdown by the Hungaria…

Hungary: Smear campaign against media intensifies threats to press freedom

A new smear campaign targeting Hungarian media outlet 444.hu and its international journal…

2024 rule of law report: media freedom organizations urge the EU to enforce stro...

The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) coalition welcomes the publication of the 2024 Eur…

Latest IPI statements on Poland

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More ambitious reform needed to secure media freedom in Poland

The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) consortium completed a two-day mission to Poland, …

Poland: International advocacy mission to assess media freedom reforms

On 16 and 17 September, the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners will conduct an i…

Latest IPI statements on Romania

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Romania: Answers needed over surveillance of investigative journalist

The International Press Institute (IPI) is today joined by the undersigned international m…

Romania: Surveillance warrants targeting journalists are dangerous for democracy...

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joins journalist and civil society organisat…

Romania: ensuring justice for Emilia Șercan

The International Press Institute (IPI) and a group of international organizations sent a …

Latest IPI statements on Slovakia

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Slovakia: Media freedom under threat on seventh anniversary of Ján Kuciak murder...

On the seventh anniversary of the murder of Slovak investigative journalist Ján Kuciak an…

Slovakia: New report highlights growing media freedom crisis

Media freedom in Slovakia is facing an unprecedented crisis, serving as a critical test ca…

Disinformation made in Czechoslovakia

[Note: this piece is based on a project conducted by HlidaciPes and Aktuality.sk, both mem…

Latest IPI statements on Slovenia

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IPI Central Europe Network: Leading editors call for strong EMFA

Leading editors from within the International Press Institute’s (IPI) Central Europe Ind…

Slovenia: Media freedom groups welcome court ruling on RTV SLO reform

The International Press Institute (IPI) and the undersigned members of the Media Freedom R…

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…

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