European Commission Vice-President Věra Jourová, who serves as commissioner for Values and Transparency, joined the 2021 IPI World Congress to discuss the EU’s efforts to better protect journalist safety. Jourová’s address to the Congress came as the Commission released its first-ever recommendation on ensuring the protection, safety, and empowerment of journalists and media professionals […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today marked the one-year anniversary of the attack on the Paris offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo by joining with PEN International, its affiliates and 41 other free expression groups around the world in reaffirming a commitment to defend the right to freedom of expression. In an open letter, the […]

Zur deutschen Version Since assuming power for a second time in 2010, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has drawn international scrutiny for efforts to silence Hungary’s critical media. What is less widely known, however, is that the Hungarian government has built, using public funds, a well-oiled media machine dedicated to producing disinformation for propaganda purposes. […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today condemned mass detentions and violence against journalists covering the weekend’s nationwide protests in Russia in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny. IPI said the spate of arrests and violence against the press was yet another […]