IPI and its global network demand a swift investigation by German authorities into the use of Pegasus spyware against IPI member Galina Timchenko, the executive editor and founder of Meduza, a major independent Russian media outlet based in Latvia. IPI also demands the urgent adoption of a European ban on the use of spyware technologies […]

Have you ever wondered if your rain jacket or the non-stick pan you cook with could harm you? Most people have never heard of PFAS, short for poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances, a class of toxic, human-made chemicals that have been used around the world for industrial purposes and in common consumer products for decades. “They are […]

IPI joins its partners in the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) in publishing the latest edition of our Monitoring Report, analysing the state of press and media freedom throughout EU Member States and candidate countries in 2022. The report – produced by the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF), the International Press Institute (IPI), and the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) […]

The undersigned partners of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) today express serious concern over the decision by Latvia’s National Electronic Mass Media Council (NEPLP) to revoke the broadcast license of exiled independent Russian TV station Dozhd, which is based in Riga. Given the clear implications for media freedom, our organisations urge the regulator to […]