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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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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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4 Mar

ECPMF secures €350,000 BKM funding to support exiled journalists

The European Centre for Press and Media Freedom secures €350,000 from BKM to support exiled journalists in Europe.

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3 Mar

ECPMF launches Journalists-in-Exile Programme

ECPMF’s Journalists in Exile initiative is now a full-fledged Journalists-in-Exile Programme. Learn how this transition ensures long-term support for media professionals working in exile

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12 Dec

Andreas Lamm has been appointed as the new Managing Director at ECPMF

Andreas Lamm has been appointed as the new Managing Director at ECPMF

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25 Apr

Georgia: Independent journalism facing an existential threat

A delegation from ECPMF recently concluded a fact-finding trip to Tbilisi, Georgia, where media freedom is in under severe threat.

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18 Mar

Flutura Kusari receives the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

The European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF) is extremely proud to announce that Senior Legal Advisor Flutura Kusari has been awarded the prestigious Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.

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3 Mar

Yannis Kotsifos resigns as Chair of ECPMF

Yannis Kotsifos resigns as Chair of European Centre for Press and Media Freedom.

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