Category ECPMF
6 Nov

ECPMF and partners urge government to release RTK budget and protect media freedom in Kosovo

European media freedom organisations call on Acting Prime Minister Albin Kurti to immediately transfer the budget to RTK so journalists receive unpaid salaries.

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27 Sep

IJ4EU Impact Award 2025 winners announced

Journalists behind hard-hitting investigations into soaring European medicine prices, Israeli attacks on Palestinian reporters, and EU complicity in migrant expulsions in North Africa have won the 2025 IJ4EU Impact Awards.

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17 Sep

Proposed Danish Media Ombudsperson puts the separation of powers at risk

ECPMF warns that Denmark’s proposed Media Ombudsperson endangers press freedom, independence, and democratic checks and balances.

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9 Sep

Shelter City Leipzig startet offiziell: Stärkung des Schutzes von internationalen Journalist*innen und Medienschaffenden in Sachsen

Wir freuen uns, bekanntgeben zu können, dass die Stadt Leipzig gemeinsam mit dem Europäischen Zentrum für Presse- und Medienfreiheit (ECPMF) Shelter City Leipzig gründet. Mit Unterzeichnung der Absichtserklärung mit Justice & Peace wird eine strategische Partnerschaft besiegelt, die den Schutz und die Unterstützung gefährdeter Journalist*innen und Medienschaffenden in Europa nachhaltig stärken soll.

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9 Sep

Shelter City Leipzig officially launches: strengthening protection of international journalists and media workers in Saxony

We are happy to announce that the City of Leipzig, together with ECPMF, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Justice & Peace to establish Shelter City Leipzig and to launch a strategic partnership aimed at strengthening the support of journalists at risk in Europe.

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31 Jul

“Good Russians are no less dangerous” – Journalist Iryna Avramenko about Russian opposition media.

Journalist Iryna Avramenko exposes how Russian liberal media echo imperial propaganda, and why Ukraine’s info war is also a cultural fight.

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22 Jul

“I can’t imagine conditions that will be acceptable for Ukraine” – The Bell’s Irina Malkova and Peter Mironenko on the value of truth in the face of state propaganda

In an exclusive interview, Irina Malkova and Peter Mironenko, co-founders of The Bell, speak about press freedom under Putin, the rise of state propaganda, building resilient journalism in exile, and their refusal to surrender truth.

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23 Jun

Shortlisted Submissions Regarding the Call for Poster Designs: Celebrate 10 Years of Defending Press Freedom with ECPMF

To celebrate its 10th anniversary in 2025, the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom launched a poster design call in May, receiving 36 entries by June 1, from which seven were shortlisted and are now published to inspire and amplify the message of press freedom.

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16 May

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

Hungary’s proposed Foreign Funding Bill poses a major threat to press freedom and civil society, enabling blacklisting, fines, and closures of independent media.

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16 May

Croatia: MFRR Media Freedom Mission to Visit Zagreb to Highlight the Importance of EU legislation and Protection of Journalists

MFRR visits Zagreb to urge Croatia's implementation of EU media laws and stronger journalist protections. Press conference on May 21.

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