Category Engage
4 Sep

Press freedom at stake in upcoming Saxony-Anhalt elections

The far-right AfD is heading in the polls, and the party wants to cut ties with public service broadcaster MDR as its "first official act".

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2 Sep

Justice delayed, justice denied for Daphne Caruana Galizia

ECPMF expresses its profound disappointment with the court’s decision to free the alleged mastermind Yorgen Fenech in the brutal assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia.

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17 Aug

Hungary urged to strengthen anti-SLAPP protections for journalists

ECPMF and CASE partners urge Hungary to strengthen its anti-SLAPP law and protect journalists and public watchdogs from abusive lawsuits.

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12 Aug

Position Paper: The new EU Pact on Migration and Asylum

ECPMF examines how the new EU Pact on Migration and Asylum threatens journalists fleeing persecution, limiting protection, mobility and access to asylum in Europe.

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30 Jul

Albania: Cumulative pressure on media freedom and civic space demands urgent action

ECPMF and partners warn of escalating threats to journalists during Albania's Flamingo Revolution and call for urgent action to protect media freedom.

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28 Jul

Azerbaijan: Nine journalists and media workers sentenced to up to 15 years in prison

Nine Toplum TV journalists and media workers have been sentenced to up to 15 years in prison in Azerbaijan, in a case highlighting the ongoing crackdown on independent media.

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20 Jul

Kosovo: Reversing the decline in media freedom

A Council of Europe Platform mission finds media freedom in Kosovo has declined, citing political pressure, attacks on journalists and concerns over media independence.

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16 Jul

Serbia: A dangerous spiral of violence against journalists

Record levels of physical violence against journalists, death threats and online smear campaigns, entrenched impunity, and tight political control over the media landscape – media freedom in Serbia is in a deepening crisis with a rapidly closing window for independent journalism to operate.

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13 Jul

Italy: MFRR report highlights continuing media freedom backsliding

On 9-10 March 2026, the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) consortium conducted its third visit to Rome in five years. The MFRR mission found that Italy has continued on a negative trajectory, resulting in a further erosion of media freedom.

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8 Jul

Türkiye: Media freedom groups demand release of journalists detained ahead of NATO Summit

ECPMF is joined by 26 other organisations representing media freedom, freedom of expression, journalists’ and human rights organisations in expressing profound alarm at the recent wave of detentions and arrests of journalists and civil society representatives in Türkiye in the immediate lead-up to the NATO Summit in Ankara on 7-8 July.

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