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IPI condemns exclusion of journalists during Babiš-Orbán press conference

The IPI global network today joins its Czech National Committee and the Endowment Fund for Independent Journalism (NFNZ) in condemning the discriminatory exclusion of certain foreign and domestic journalists from a joint press conference held by the prime ministers of Hungary and the Czech Republic. On Wednesday, September 29, journalists from various European and Czech […]

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Czech president’s office bars certain media outlets from receiving information

The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, today joined its Czech National Committee in condemning the decision announced by the head of the Office of the President of the Czech Republic, Vratislav Mynář, not to provide information to several media outlets. Among those to be excluded from […]

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Concerns over increasing meddling in independence of Czech public broadcaster

The partner organisations of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) today express our serious concern over the latest efforts by the ruling ANO party and its allies to further politicise the oversight body of the Czech public broadcaster. We are worried that the slow-motion yet obvious efforts to stack the Council of the Czech TV […]

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Mitten in der Pandemie droht dem tschechischen Fernsehen eine erneute Krise

Read in English Als sie vor 20 Jahren die Abendnachrichten einschalteten, sahen sich viele Tschechen stattdessen mit einer Meldung des öffentlichen Dienstes konfrontiert, in der ihnen mitgeteilt wurde, dass der Sender CT1 durch ein unautorisiertes Signal gestört worden war. Die Krise, die bei Česká televize (CT) im Dezember 2000 ausbrach, führte dazu, dass der Dienst […]

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