Zur deutschen Version The execution-style murders of journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée, Martina Kušnírová, shocked Slovakia, shook up the country’s politics and spurred the resignation of Prime Minister Robert Fico. While Kuciak’s work, including a posthumously published investigation into ties between Fico confidants and the Italian mafia, tapped into widespread animus over corruption, it […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today strongly condemned the re-arrest of recently freed Ethiopian journalist Eskinder Nega and other journalists, bloggers and politicians and called for their immediate release. Ethiopian authorities on Sunday made the arrests at a gathering outside the capital city of Addis Abeba. Nega, who received the IPI-IMS World Press Freedom Hero […]

Zur deutschen Version The International Press Institute (IPI) today strongly condemned a three-year suspended prison sentence and journalism ban given to Slovak journalist Lukáš Milan on criminal defamation charges. The verdict comes amidst a national political crisis in Slovakia following the murder of investigative journalist Ján Kuciak in February. Like Kuciak, Milan was investigating alleged […]

English. Un fonds de jusqu’à 450 000€ consacré au soutien du journalisme d’enquête transfrontalier dans l’Union Européenne a été lancé aujourd’hui par l’International Press Institute (IPI) et l’European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF). http://www.ij4eu.net/ Le fonds « Investigative Journalism for Europe » (#IJ4EU) vise à encourager et renforcer la collaboration entre les journalistes et les […]