Read in English Die zweite Welle der Covid-19-Epidemie in Slowenien fällt mit falschen politischen Prioritäten, einer rücksichtslosen Haltung der Öffentlichkeit gegenüber dem Coronavirus und einer katastrophalen Kommunikation der Regierung zusammen. Zur gleichen Zeit sah sich das Team von Necenzurirano, einem slowenischen investigativen Nachrichtenportal, mit einem eigenen Problem konfrontiert: einer Reihe von SLAPP-Klagen, die von Rok […]

Local oligarchs have spent the last decade buying up Czech media outlets in a bid to add political power to their economic clout. However, Czech billionaire Petr Kellner’s purchase of Central European Media Enterprises (CME) may represent a new degree of danger to democracy. The EU approved the purchase of CME, which operates 30 TV […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today condemned the arrest of photojournalist Agata Grzybowska in Warsaw and called on Polish authorities to drop the charges against her immediately. Grzybowska, an award-winning photographer who works for the RATS agency and co-operates with the Associated […]

If you you’re looking for information from the government, Austria is not the best place in the world to go. The country traditionally has a weak implementation of freedom of information. The new government coalition between the centre-right Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) and the Green party under ÖVP Chancellor Sebastian Kurz promised to change that. […]