The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, today expressed serious concern over attempts by the governing party to politicize the board of the Czech public broadcaster. In leaked emails published today, lawmakers from the governing ANO party were sent a list of recommendations on […]

Zur deutschen Version Turning on the evening news 20 years ago, many Czechs were confronted instead with a public service announcement telling them the CT1 channel had been hijacked by an unauthorized signal. The crisis that broke out at Česká televize (CT) in December 2000 saw the public broadcaster’s service interrupted as journalists occupied studios […]

Although media freedom is comparatively healthier in the Czech Republic than in other parts of Central Europe, such as Poland and Hungary, the challenges to independent journalism are growing here, too. Media concentration in the hands of political power, especially Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, who purchased several influential media houses prior to his political ascent, […]

The new European commissioner for values and transparency, Věra Jourová, assured the International Press Institute (IPI) in a meeting in November that the European Commission will do its utmost to ensure the protection of media freedom and media pluralism in the EU. Jourová told an IPI delegation, led by IPI Executive Director Barbara Trionfi, that […]