Despite a campaign hit by scandals and even a police investigation, billionaire business mogul Andrej Babiš’s party remains on track to win the Czech Republic’s upcoming Oct. 20 – 21 general election, with Babiš as the possible next prime minister. But Babiš’s candidacy has raised significant concerns about media freedom and independent journalism in the […]

Maltese prosecutors today indicted the man accused of ordering the 2017 murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, in another important milestone in the fight against impunity and for full justice for her assassination. On August 18, prosecutors filed the bill of indictment in court seeking life imprisonment for businessman Yorgen Fenech on charges of complicity […]

Zur deutschen Version Polish lawmakers have simplified provisions on interview “authorisation”, the process requiring journalists to obtain interviewees’ approval of an interview text before it can be published. The move is part of a broader amendment to the Press Act, passed by the lower chamber of the Polish Parliament on Sept. 29. Adopted in 1984, […]

Read in English Polnische Gesetzgeber haben Bestimmungen zur „Autorisierung“ von Interviews vereinfacht – den Prozess, bei dem Journalisten das Einverständnis der interviewten Person hinsichtlich des Interviewtextes einholen müssen, bevor er veröffentlicht werden kann. Dieser Schritt ist Teil einer umfassenden Änderung des Pressegesetzes, welche von der unteren Kammer des polnischen Parlaments am 29. September verabschiedet wurde. […]