Press freedom in Albania is “deteriorating”, a coalition of press freedom organizations including the International Press Institute (IPI) said today following a three-day mission to the southeastern European country. In its preliminary findings, the coalition highlighted numerous challenges to independent journalism in Albania, including unresolved physical attacks against journalists, smear campaigns targeting the critical press […]

From June 18 to 21 a coalition of seven international press freedom organizations will carry out a joint advocacy mission to Albania, focusing on improving the situation of press freedom and the safety of journalists. The mission will meet with journalists, editors, media owners, civil society representatives, members of the diplomatic community and high-level Albanian […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives, and journalists for press freedom, condemns the arrest of journalist Ivan Golunov, who is a correspondent for the Russian-language online publication Meduza. On June 6, Golunov was detained on the street in central Moscow by plainclothes police officers for alleged drug violations. He […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) has joined an open letter to Maltese representatives at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) expressing support for the work of Pieter Omtzigt, the special rapporteur appointed by PACE to examine the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Omtzigt will present today his report on the rule […]