The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today condemned a shooting attack on the car of a journalist in Kosovo and called for a swift investigation by law enforcement authorities. At around midnight on Sunday, October 18, five or six bullets were fired at […]

Read in English Die Coronavirus-Pandemie hat der Weltwirtschaft verheerenden Schaden zugefügt, aber die Online-Geschäfte haben einen Boom erlebt. Das ist für die Medien, die Inhalte erfolgreich gewinnbringend durch bezahlte Inhalte vermarktet haben, möglicherweise ein enormer Vorteil, und in einigen Teilen Mitteleuropas könnte sich aus einer Krise der Medienunabhängigkeit eine Chance entwickeln. Als der zum Milliardär […]

On 16 October 2017, journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was assassinated in Malta. Three years later we, the undersigned 19 international free expression, anti-corruption, civic participation, and journalists’ organisations, once again demand an end to impunity for this heinous attack. As alleged murder mastermind, Yorgen Fenech, is facing criminal proceedings and the three defendants charged with […]

Deutsch The coronavirus pandemic has played havoc with the global economy, but online businesses have enjoyed a boom. That potentially offers media outlets that have successfully monetized content a huge advantage, and in some parts of Central Europe, a crisis of media independence could be turning into an opportunity. When billionaire-turned-politician Andrej Babiš bought the […]