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4 Mar

CoE Press Freedom 2025 Report: Journalism in Europe on the Tipping Point

Council of Europe's Platform for the Protection of Journalism and Safety of Journalists published a new report warning that across Europe journalists are working in an increasingly hostile environment, facing legal threats, physical attacks, intimidation and attempts at media capture. This report is based on 300 alerts concerning serious violations of media freedom, and it documents patterns of pressure on independent journalism in both long-standing democracies and countries facing democratic backsliding.

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4 Mar

ECPMF launches new project Creating Space: Strengthening Supporters of Human Rights Defenders

ECPMF launches Creating Space, a new project funded by the Deutsche Postcode Lotterie that strengthens those who work with and support journalists and human rights defenders who are in exile and/or under threat.

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26 Feb

Press freedom groups call for release of four ETHA journalists

Press freedom and freedom of expression organizations are calling for the immediate and unconditional release of journalists Pınar Gayıp, Nadiye Gürbüz and Elif Bayburt, who work for the Etkin News Agency (ETHA), condemning their arrests in the strongest terms.

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24 Feb

Four Years of War

Four years into Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukrainian media face structural vulnerability, burnout, and funding dependency. ECPMF and partners reflect on what keeps journalism alive and what must change for lasting support.

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24 Feb

Ukraine: Four years into full-scale invasion, journalism remains a deadly profession

On the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the undersigned partners of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) hail the continued courage of journalists in the country who continue to report on the war despite serious risks – and waning international attention.

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20 Feb

Turkey: Media freedom, freedom of expression and human rights groups urge authorities to release and drop charges against journalist Alican Uludağ

The undersigned media freedom, freedom of expression and human rights organisations strongly condemn the arrest of Deutsche Welle (DW) correspondent Alican Uludağ and call on the Turkish authorities to drop all charges against him and cease the judicial harassment of journalists reporting on matters of public interest.

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20 Feb

Slovakia: MFRR partners continue to demand full justice for Kuciak assassination

Ahead of the eighth anniversary of the murder of Slovak investigative journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée, Martina Kušnírová, the undersigned partner organisations of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) renew our call for full justice for their brutal killing.

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19 Feb

Italy: MFRR to conduct follow-up media freedom mission to Rome

The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners will conduct an advocacy mission to Rome, Italy, on 9–10 March 2026 to assess key developments affecting press and media freedom in the country and push for implementation of crucial reforms.

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18 Feb

Kosovo: International media freedom groups demand adequate budget for public broadcaster RTK

International media freedom and journalist organisations express serious concerns about the underfunding of Kosovo’s public broadcaster, Radio Television of Kosovo (RTK), and urgently call for legal budget requirements to be met.

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18 Feb

Media Freedom Monitoring Report 2025

The latest annual Monitoring Report analyses the press freedom situation in 36 European countries, including the 27 EU Member States and nine countries with EU candidate status.

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