A coalition of six international press freedom organisations and journalists’ organisations will carry out a three-day mission to Hungary from November 25 to 27 to examine current developments related to the state of press freedom and media capture in the country. The mission will meet with Hungarian journalists and civil society groups. It will also […]

Journalism in Central and Eastern Europe is once again under attack. After the fall of communism, the region began transitioning to a freer environment for the media. But 30 years later, growing authoritarian tendencies are threatening those gains, panellists at the 2019 International Press Institute (IPI) World Congress said earlier this month. The panel discussion […]

After nine years of relentless attacks by the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Hungary’s few remaining independent media outlets are increasingly relying on legal challenges to keep their heads above the water. The International Press Institute (IPI) talked to two of the people and organizations mounting these creative legal fightbacks: a Hungarian civil rights […]

From Hungarian taxpayers’ money spent on neighbouring countries football clubs to Russian spies operating in Hungary, the inaugural round of the IJ4EU grants, which support cross-border investigative journalism in the EU, funded many Hungarian journalistic projects in 2018. The International Press Institute (IPI) talked to the journalists who did the leg work, and their insights […]