The Serbian media is not dominated by traditional oligarchs as such, but rather by individuals that, with state backing, have become influential media moguls. These figures have successfully acquired some of the country’s leading radio, television, and print outlets, as well as printing houses, media agencies and the rights to foreign magazines and outlets. A […]

In the beginning there was a woman. To be more precise, there were two women, classmates from school. One was Klára, the partner of lawyer Daniel Křetínský; the other was Iva, the wife of one of the co-owners of the financial group J&T, Dušan Palcr. It was through them that Křetínský and Palcr met and […]

On a Wednesday morning in November 2018, Hungarian lawyer József Tamás Kertész was hard at work, emailing away. Before noon, Kertész, of the firm Kertész & Partners, had filed eight sets of documents at various Hungarian company courts. These bundles attested that the owners of eight different companies involved in the media sector had decided […]

The IPI global network condemns the Burkina Faso government’s suspension of three foreign broadcasters for covering a report on alleged military killings of civilians. Authorities also blocked access to the websites of several news outlets. IPI calls on Burkina Faso’s transitional government to reverse the bans and allow journalists to do their jobs. Burkina Faso’s […]