This piece is published in collaboration with Gazeta Wyborcza as part of a content series on threats to independent media in Central Europe. Read more. The article is available in Polish on Gazeta Wyborcza’s website. Polish TV channel TVN 7 waited for its license for over a year before it was eventually granted, even though the process should only […]

When Russian tanks rolled over the border into Ukraine on February 24, the Kyiv Independent had been operating for just over three months. After the entire editorial staff were fired by owner of the Kyiv Post in early November 2021 over concerns about the newspaper’s editorial independence, 30 former journalists and editors regrouped and within […]

Read in English Als Reaktion auf die Entscheidung der EU, die Verbreitung der russischen Staatsmedien RT und Sputnik zu verbieten, hat das International Press Institute (IPI) folgende Erklärung abgegeben: Es besteht kein Zweifel an der Notwendigkeit, der Verbreitung von Desinformation und Propaganda entgegenzutreten, insbesondere angesichts der entsetzlichen russischen Invasion der Ukraine. Es ist auch klar, […]

On February 17, the Zambian Supreme Court ruled that the liquidation process of The Post newspaper was illegal, ordering it to be restarted in the High Court under a new judge to ensure “compliance with the relevant legal provisions”. The Post was shut down by officers of the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) in 2016, just […]