Media experts and journalists in Poland say that intentionally misleading stories are currently not an everyday occurrence in the country, but they warn that content from the government-controlled public broadcaster, often only a very thin line away from outright propaganda, is making matters worse. Over the past two years, Poland has been among the countries […]

Christmas of 2014 found Antonis Repanas, a well-known and respected sports journalist in Thessaloniki, Greece, facing a dead end. He had just been fired by one of the biggest national newspapers in Greece, Ta Nea. Making matters worse, Thessaloniki’s media industry had been hit hard: there were hardly any serious opportunities for a professional journalist. […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined 13 other international media freedom organisations calling on the Council of Europe to appoint a special rapporteur on the case of Malta’s prominent investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, killed by a remote-controlled bomb in her car as she left her home on Oct. 16, 2017. The joint statement […]

Poland’s National Broadcasting Council (KRRiT) last week decided to repeal a 1.5 million złoty (356,000 euros) fine it had levied against private broadcaster TVN, even as KRRiT officials continued to warn Poland’s private broadcasters over allegedly unbalanced coverage. The fine, announced on Dec. 11, 2017, was for news channel TVN24’s coverage of protests outside the […]