Poland: Ombudsman must appeal acquisition of newspaper by state-controlled oil company
Poland: Ombudsman must appeal acquisition of newspaper by state-controlled oil company
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Malta: Public Inquiry report recommendations must be implemented
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Hungary: Media freedom groups welcome EU court referral over Klubrádió frequency
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom

 

The European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) is a non-profit organisation that was founded in Leipzig, Germany, 2015. It operates on the basis of  the European Charter on Freedom of the Press and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.

The vision of the Centre is a society where media freedom enables open discourse and everyone can seek, receive and impart information.

ECPMF’s mission is to promote, preserve and defend media freedom. We do this by monitoring violations, providing practical support and engaging diverse stakeholders across Europe.

New phone number

You can reach the office via our new number: +49 (0) 172/3674990

 

For press requests please reach out to press@ecpmf.eu or +49 (0) 3647242

Read ECPMF's strategy 2020-24

News

Greece: Real Group media group offices targeted in arson attack

13 July 2022 The partner organisations of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) today join the Journalists' Union of Athens Daily Newspapers (JUADN) in condemning the arson attack on the [...]
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Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama speaks during a media conference. (John Thys, Pool via AP)

ECPMF joins letter to Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama regarding his unilateral ban of journalists at government press conferences

ECPMF joins an open letter to Prime Minister Edi Rama from international press freedom groups over decision to ban journalists from press conferences. Albanian translation below. 06 July 2022 Dear [...]
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Access to Information

Access to Information Laws: an essential tool to uphold Media Freedom

Freedom of Information Acts, sometimes referred to as Access to Information Laws or Transparency Acts, are pieces of legislation which allow citizens to request information held by public authorities, but how do they work in practice?

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Greek Hot Doc publisher on trial for breaking privacy laws

Greece: MFRR partners welcome acquittal of journalists in Novartis criminal case

The partner organisations of the MFRR today welcome the resounding exoneration of four Greek journalists and publishers who faced criminal charges and potential lengthy prison sentences linked to their media outlets’ investigative reporting.

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Projects

IJ4EU: Funding cross-border investigative journalism in Europe.
Media Freedom Rapid Response: Supporting and protecting journalists and media workers in EU Member States and Candidate Countries.
Support for journalists under threat and in exile in Germany

Upcoming events

22
Mar

MFRR Summit 2022 – Boosting Press Freedom 12:00 AM

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31
Mar

UNCOVERED Conference 2022 12:00 AM

UNCOVERED is the annual conference of the Investigative Journalism for Europe (IJ4EU) programme. Organised by the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom, in partnership with the International Press Institute and European Journalism Centre, UNCOVERED brings together investigative journalists, funders, policymakers, and civil society members to discuss the opportunities and challenges of cross-border investigative journalism.
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Latest reports on Mappingmediafreedom.org

On 20 July, 2016 Pavel Sheremet, a journalist working for online investigative newspaper Ukrayinska Pravda and Radio Vesti, was assassinated in a car explosion. Pavel Sheremet, 44, was a Belarusian...\nThe post #ReportIt: Five years of impunity – what the murder of Pavel Sheremet means for journalism in Ukraine appeared first on Mapping Media Freedom.
To read the interview in German, click here. On April 29, 2018, two neo-Nazis brutally attacked journalist Martin Mayer* and his colleague, while they were conducting a research trip in...\nThe post #ReportIt: “You can’t intimidate committed journalists with such acts of violence” appeared first on Mapping Media Freedom.
Um das Interview auf Englisch zu lesen, klicken Sie hier. Am 29. April 2018 haben zwei Neonazis den Journalisten Martin Mayer* und seinen Kollegen brutal attackiert, als die beiden Journalisten zu...\nThe post #ReportIt: “Mit solchen Gewalttaten kann man engagierte Journalist:innen nicht einschüchtern” appeared first on Mapping Media Freedom.
When leaving the TV studio in Amsterdam, crime reporter Peter de Vries was shot in the head. ECPMF spoke with Benedikt Strunz, expert for organised crime at German public broadcaster...\nThe post “When journalists can no longer report without fear, it affects us all”: An interview with investigative reporter Benedikt Strunz about the attack on Peter de Vries appeared first on Mapping Media Freedom.
Slovenia: After loss of funding – what happens now to Radio Študent, Europe’s oldest independent radio station? From 100,000 € to zero – that’s the sad result for the Slovenian...\nThe post #ReportIt: “We will continue, no one can change this” appeared first on Mapping Media Freedom.
Interview with freelance journalist Nina Böckmann In the dead of night, between 9 and 10 July 2019, local police in Leipzig, Germany arrived to deport a Syrian refugee. In his...\nThe post #ReportIt: The challenge of reporting in the throes of police violence, protests and deportation appeared first on Mapping Media Freedom.
ECPMF: Franziska Grillmeier, Sie arbeiten schon lange zum Thema Geflüchtete und Migration und wohnen auf der Insel Lesvos in Griechenland. Diese Insel ist seit einigen Jahren den meisten vor allem...\nThe post #ReportIt: Abbau der Pressefreiheit als Preis für die EU Grenzsicherung? appeared first on Mapping Media Freedom.
Interview with Franziska Grillmeier (translated) for World Refugee Day ECPMF: Franziska Grillmeier, you have been working on the topic of refugees and migration for a long time and live on...\nThe post #ReportIt: Reduction of press freedom as the price for EU border security? appeared first on Mapping Media Freedom.
  Journalists Tanja Milevska, Anastasia Tikhomirova and Marianna Spring work in different countries for different media but have one thing in common: all  have become targets for misogynist online harassment....\nThe post #ReportIt: Sharing solidarity with journalists facing sexist online harassment appeared first on Mapping Media Freedom.
By Katharina Schipkowski In the early morning before sunrise, about two hundred people arrived in a local train at a very small railway station in Rhineland, near Europe’s biggest coalmine,...\nThe post #ReportIt: “I had never felt so threatened while doing my work” – reporting on climate protests in Germany appeared first on Mapping Media Freedom.