Italy: IPI to join follow-up media freedom mission to Rome

Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) mission to examine European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) implementation, SLAPPs, spyware attacks on journalists, and media concentration

Guatemala: IPI welcomes release of World Press Freedom Hero José Rubén Zamora, calls for all remaining charges to be dropped

Imprisoned since July 2022, Zamora has endured years of legal harassment and arbitrary detention

United States: IPI alarmed by Trump $10 bln lawsuit against BBC

Lawsuit a warning sign for media around the world

Thailand: IPI urges government to drop cross-border defamation charges against Murray Hunter

Case highlights alarming rise of transnational repression in Southeast Asia

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

IPI joined recent visit of international media freedom groups to Budapest

Report: Fragile media freedom progress in Bulgaria at risk of backsliding without urgent reform

Media freedom in Bulgaria faces entrenched challenges in a climate of political polarisation and legislative inertia

EU Rule of Law Report: A welcome but insufficient response to deteriorating media freedom

IPI and MFRR partners respond to EU's 2025 Rule of Law report in new analysis

Greece: IPI joins open letter to PM Mitsotakis outlining urgent need for further media freedom reforms

Letter to Greek Prime Minister and authorities sent as part of the Council of Europe’s Journalists Matter Campaign

Report: The shrinking space for journalism in Croatia

New MFRR report follows advocacy mission to Zagreb in May

New report: Media freedom in a state of emergency in Serbia

IPI and MFRR partners publish report following recent mission to Belgrade and Novi Sad

Greece: Investigative media win latest victory in spyware SLAPP ruling

IPI stands behind Reporters United and Efimerida ton Syntakton

Portugal’s media sector struggles

Amid rising right-wing populism and a culture of secrecy

Press freedom organizations support Reporters United & EfSyn

Lawsuit threatens Greek journalists who exposed spyware scandal

Netherlands: concerns about transposition of EU anti-SLAPP Directive

Draft implementation act does not provide sufficient safeguards to protect journalists, 25 organizations warn

Partners of the Council of Europe Platform call on Irish authorities to continue to prioritise media freedom and better protect journalists

CoE Platform partners issue statement following mission in Dublin

Belgium: Serious concerns over cases of preventive censorship involving four media outlets

Serbian judge’s lawsuits set to chill press freedom

Media organizations condemn SLAPPs targeting investigative journalists in Serbia

Media freedom and pluralism in the Republic of Cyprus: An overview

Natalie Alkiviadou, Senior Research Fellow at the Future of Free Speech - Vanderbilt University, outlines old and new challenges of Cyprus' media landscape

Slovakia: Fico sues editor for use of photo

Slovakia’s Prime Minister launches SLAPP case against leading investigative journalist

Croatia: major challenges ahead to improve media freedom