Category Feature
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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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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12 Feb

Serbia: Coordinated bot attacks on Instagram accounts of independent media emerge as new weapon of censorship

The MFRR partners today raise alarm over a recent wave of bot-driven cyber attacks targeting the social media accounts of Serbian media outlets.

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28 Jan

Poland: Opinion on EMFA reform of Broadcasting Law

The International Press Institute (IPI), the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF), the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and Free Press Unlimited (FPU) provide the following contribution to the public consultation into the draft act to amend the Polish Broadcasting and Television Act. The draft Act published by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage represents a core element of the implementation of the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA).

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27 Jan

EU: MFRR contributes to European Union annual Rule of Law report

Last week, Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partner organisations submitted contributions to the European Union’s annual Rule of Law report for 2026, identifying key developments for media freedom and pluralism and outlining recommendations for reform.

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26 Jan

Public Interest Journalism Lab (PIJL) and European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) announce a new Open Call for the Scholarship support project in 2026

Public Interest Journalism Lab (PIJL), in cooperation with European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF), announces a new Open Call for applications from Ukrainian independent media and journalists in 2026.

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23 Jan

MFRR welcomes European Democracy Shield draft report and proposes further protections for journalists

The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners welcome the European Commission's EU Democracy Shield initiative and the European Parliament’s Special Committee’s Rapporteur’s draft report published on 21 January.

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23 Jan

Malta: Convicted bomb suppliers lose appeal over Daphne Caruana Galizia murder

ECPMF welcomes the confirmation of guilty verdicts handed to Robert Agius and Jamie Vella, the two men who supplied the bomb used to assassinate Daphne Caruana Galizia.

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