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#MemberNews: Greece’s ThePressProject aims to honour founder’s legacy

This June, trailblazing Greek investigative journalist and IPI member Costas Efimeros passed away, leaving behind the respected independent news site that he founded in the wake of the Greek financial crisis: ThePressProject. Despite this loss, ThePressProject’s journalists are keeping the site’s investigative mission alive. As it has from the beginning, ThePressProject relies on crowdfunding and […]

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New report highlights impunity for police violence against Greek photoreporters

While a wave of police violence against photojournalists in Greece appears to have ebbed in recent months, the overwhelming majority of past incidents remain mired in impunity, a report released today by the International Press Institute (IPI) has found. Statistics kept by the Hellenic Photojournalists’ Union (EFE) and included in the report indicate that just […]

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Greece passes bill aiming to combat abuse of defamation law against journalists

The International Press Institute (IPI) and the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) today welcomed the passage of legislation intended to strengthen protections for the Greek media in defamation cases. Greek lawmakers on Dec. 22 overwhelmingly approvedcritical reforms to Greece’s Press Law, popularly known as the “press killer”, that were included in a bill legalising […]

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Photojournalists assaulted while covering refugee crisis on Lesbos

The International Press Institute (IPI) and the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) today expressed solidarity with two foreign photojournalists physically assaulted on the Greek island of Lesbos while attempting to cover the ongoing refugee crisis. According to local media reports, AFP photographer Aris Messinis and American freelancer Nicole Tung were ordered by a volunteer […]

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