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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The Outlook: AI in the News – Re-shaping the Public Arena

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Romania: IPI stands by Libertatea as layoffs deepen concerns over pressure on ed...

The International Press Institute (IPI) today outlines its support for staff at the Romani…

Hungary: IPI joins condemnation of passing of Sovereignty Protection Act

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemns the passing of the Sovereignty Prot…

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…

Bulgaria: Investigative journalists hit by smears and lawsuits after corruption ...

Ahead of World Press Freedom Day on May 3, the International Press Institute (IPI) today j…

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Czech Republic: The rise and rise of Daniel Křetínský

In the beginning there was a woman. To be more precise, there were two women, classmates f…

EU: Threats to media freedom submitted to Commission’s Rule of Law report

Updates on some of the biggest developments and threats to media freedom and pluralism acr…

IPI demands investigation of threats against Prague-based iStories journalists

The IPI global network calls on Czech authorities to investigate the threats made against …

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The rise of KESMA: How Orbán’s allies bought up Hungary’s media

On a Wednesday morning in November 2018, Hungarian lawyer József Tamás Kertész was hard…

World Press Freedom Day 2024: Media freedom groups sound the alarm over press fr...

On World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) 2024, the partner organisations of the Media Freedom Rap…

New Media Incubator: Growing a small media outlet when less is sometimes more

This article was written by Ervin Gűth, founder of Mecseki Müzli, and lightly edited for…

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IPI demands end to use of spyware against journalists in Europe

The IPI global network today once again calls for an end to the use of spyware against jou…

Transition Accelerator: Creating a subscription-based revenue model from the scr...

This article was written by the Zwierciadło team and lightly edited by IPI for length and…

New Media Incubator: Five lessons from DDBelchatow.pl on media innovation

This article was written by the Dzien Dobry Belchatow team and lightly edited for length a…

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Media Freedom Mission to Romania questions fairness of electoral coverage

Members of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR), after completing a mission to Buchares…

România: Anul super electoral impune o evaluare a libertății presei

O coaliție de organizații pentru libertatea presei va efectua o misiune la București î…

Romania: super election year calls for press freedom assessment

A coalition of media freedom organizations will conduct a mission to Bucharest on 17-18 Ju…

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Media freedom groups call on Slovakia’s Parliament to reject public broadcasting...

Journalists and media freedom groups are urging Slovakia’s MPs to reject the proposed pu…

IPI condemns shooting of Slovak PM, expresses concerns over backlash against med...

The International Press Institute today condemned the assassination attempt on Slovak Prim…

World Press Freedom Day 2024: Media freedom groups sound the alarm over press fr...

On World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) 2024, the partner organisations of the Media Freedom Rap…

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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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