Hungary: RFE service shuttered by Trump administration for ‘opposing’ ally Orban

Termination of Hungarian language service further erodes media pluralism ahead of 2026 election

Hungary: New EU Media Board should assess Blikk acquisition by pro-government media group

IPI and partners call for advisory opinion on acquisition of Ringier media portfolio

Hungary: Media Capture Monitoring Report 2025

First in new series of reports examining media capture and compliance of EU states with the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA)

Hungary: Media freedom remains in crisis mode ahead of 2026 elections

IPI joined recent visit of international media freedom groups to Budapest

Czech Republic: Ten demands for maintaining media freedom ahead of election

Media freedom groups underscore importance of cross party support for independent journalism and media freedom as part of a democratic society

Poland: New president urged to commit to press freedom reforms

Cross-party consensus required to bolster press freedom following presidential election

Hungary: IPI’s CEE Independent Media Network joins European editors in condemning foreign funding bill

Editors urge the EU as well as members states to act

Hungary: Foreign funding bill poses most serious threat to independent media in years

IPI and media freedom partners call for urgent EU measures to respond to latest attack on press freedom and democracy

Czech Republic: IPI welcomes progress on securing public media funding

Enhanced funding comes as Czech Television and Czech Radio face looming threats

Hungary: IPI warns of fresh crackdown on independent media

In a recent speech, Prime Minister Orbán compared critics including journalists to insects that will be eliminated

Czechia: Public media face renewed threat as elections appear on horizon

Former, and potentially future, PM Andrej Babiš plans Slovak-style merging of TV and radio, raising press freedom concerns

Slovakia: Media freedom under threat on seventh anniversary of Ján Kuciak murder

Full justice remains elusive seven years after brutal assassination of young investigative reporter

Slovakia: New report highlights growing media freedom crisis

IPI and MFRR partners publish conclusive report following visit to Bratislava in late 2024

New MFRR report details press freedom threats across Europe

MFRR partners, including IPI, document 1548 different attacks across EU Member States and Candidate Countries in 2024

Mission findings: Media freedom in Slovakia under threat 

Media freedom mission calls for guarantees of journalists’ independence and safety

Poland: Recommendations for democratic reform for press freedom and public media

Recommendations developed ahead of recent election following press freedom mission to Warsaw

Hungary: IPI joins condemnation of passing of Sovereignty Protection Act

New law will be harnessed to further harass and pressure independent media

Hungary: Draft Sovereignty Protection Act poses fresh threat to independent media

Joint statement by media freedom groups raises alarm

Slovakia: Deepfake audio of Denník N journalist offers worrying example of AI abuse

Manipulated audio clip involving journalist Monika Tódová shared ahead of general election portends possible future use of AI tools to discredit media

Slovakia: New PM rages against media while Culture Minister plans future of public service media

Country's journalists fear for the future as Ministry of Culture handed to far-right conspiracy theorist