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On this day ECPMF marks its 5th anniversary. Help us make the next 5 years even bigger and better. By donating 5 EUR and nominating 5 friends to do the same To support press and media freedom across Europe! For more about ECPMF’s work and our plans for the next 5 years – see our newly launched 2020-24 strategy, ‘There is no freedom […]
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Three cross-border investigative teams win top honours at Impact Award 2024 – Europe’s leading prize for transnational watchdog reporting.
Journalist for 12 years, Nedim Türfent was imprisoned for nearly 7 years for his work.
Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine has shaken Europe and beyond. The war has led to a humanitarian catastrophe for people on the ground, and also included numerous deliberate attacks on journalists in an attempt to silence their vital reporting.
On October 12 and 13, Europe’s best cross-border investigative journalists gathered in Brussels, Belgium for the 2023 IJ4EU UNCOVERED Conference.
Within the framework of our ongoing “Opportunities in Exile” programme, ECPMF has coordinated a series of German language workshops for journalists and media workers in exile in Germany, together with Amal, Berlin!.
This investigation led by Lighthouse Reports, a Dutch-based non-profit that works with newsrooms across Europe, exposes the mysterious men in masks who beat refugees at Europe’s borders.
In recent years, the Chinese state has allegedly locked away a million Uyghurs in internment camps. The Xinjian Police Files, winner of a 2023 IJ4EU Impact Award, attaches names and faces to this brutal system, providing an unprecedented look behind the veil of secrecy.
Honourable mention at the 2023 Impact Award Ceremony went to “Peat Pressure, an investigation by Irish investigative organisation Noteworthy that exposes a system of unregulated peat extraction and how two multi-million-euro horticultural peat companies have extracted it without consent and in breach of EU environmental law.
The winners for the 2023 IJ4EU Impact Award were announced at an award ceremony in Leipzig on 31 March 2023.
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On this day ECPMF marks its 5th anniversary. Help us make the next 5 years even bigger and better. By donating 5 EUR and nominating 5 friends to do the same To support press and media freedom across Europe! For more about ECPMF’s work and our plans for the next 5 years – see our newly launched 2020-24 strategy, ‘There is no freedom […]
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Berlin, 26 June 2025 — The Only Material, an exhibition exploring the work and personal journeys of Ukrainian journalists during the ongoing full-scale war launched by Russia against Ukraine, opened at the Museum for Communication in Berlin. Organised by the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) through its Voices of Ukraine programme — part of the Hannah Arendt Initiative and supported by the German Federal Foreign Office — the exhibition invites visitors to see beyond the headlines and into the lived experiences of journalists reporting under fire.
Journalists face rising threats in Serbia. 95 violations in 6 months. EU urged to respond decisively to defend media freedom and democratic values.
To celebrate 10 years of defending press freedom, ECPMF launched a poster design contest in May 2025. From 36 submissions, Maria Grynevych's work was selected as the winning design.
45 media organisations condemn the lack of focus on Ukraine’s media recovery at Ukraine Recovery Conference 2025 in Rome. Press freedom must be central to rebuilding Ukraine.
The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners strongly condemn the arrest of four staff members of Leman, one of Türkiye’s leading satirical magazines, and express deep concern over the ongoing judicial, economic, and physical pressure targeting the publication following the release of a cartoon deemed offensive by religious and conservative groups.
Leading media freedom and human rights organisations condemn the arrest warrant issued by Turkish authorities against exiled Kurdish journalist Nedim Türfent.
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