
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.
Latest stories from our media partners in Central Europe
20.10.2022
This piece is published in collaboration with Libertatea as part of a content series on …
16.9.2022
Amidst the unprecedented attack on democratic freedoms in Ukraine, serious violations of m…
11.8.2022
This piece is published in collaboration with Delo as part of a content series on threats …
Latest IPI statements on Bulgaria
02.5.2023
Ahead of World Press Freedom Day on May 3, the International Press Institute (IPI) today j…
08.2.2023
IPI joins its partners in the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) in publishing the late…
14.12.2022
The International Press Institute (IPI), together with our Czech National Committee and En…
Latest IPI statements on Czech Republic
03.5.2023
Read this statement in Czech on our National Committee website. On World Press Freedom Day…
20.4.2023
In the final stretch of a bitter election campaign, presidential candidate Petr Pavel was …
28.2.2023
Andrej Babiš, the former Czech prime minister and oligarch, will probably offload his med…
Latest IPI statements on Hungary
05.4.2023
This week marks one year since the election in which the Fidesz party of Prime Minister Vi…
08.2.2023
IPI joins its partners in the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) in publishing the late…
24.1.2023
In January 2023, Hungarian investigative media outlet Átlátszó and its editor-in-chief,…
Latest IPI statements on Poland
12.5.2023
The International Press Institute (IPI) today raises alarm over the controversial fine imp…
23.3.2023
Poland’s government and its allies have begun dialing up political and regulatory pressu…
08.2.2023
IPI joins its partners in the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) in publishing the late…
Latest IPI statements on Romania
17.2.2023
Read the full statement in Romanian below Today, 17 February 2023, marks one year since jo…
08.2.2023
IPI joins its partners in the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) in publishing the late…
20.10.2022
This piece is published in collaboration with Libertatea as part of a content series on …
Latest IPI statements on Slovakia
19.5.2023
The International Press Institute (IPI) today vowed to continue the fight for full justice…
19.5.2023
Following today’s acquittal of the suspected mastermind in the killing of Slovak journal…
09.5.2023
The International Press Institute (IPI) today published the new report ‘Media Capture in…
Latest IPI statements on Slovenia
05.6.2023
The International Press Institute (IPI) and the undersigned members of the Media Freedom R…
08.2.2023
IPI joins its partners in the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) in publishing the late…
24.11.2022
The undersigned international media freedom and journalists’ organisations today outline…