Albania: SPAK must respect source protection in case of journalist Elton Qyno
ECPMF expresses concern over the recent actions taken by Albania’s Special Prosecution against Corruption and Organized Crime (SPAK) and their…
Slovakia: Media freedom groups urge MPs to oppose cuts to RTVS budget
ECPMF joins Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and other media freedom groups in writing to the Slovak President and members of the National Council to…
Hungary: Draft Sovereignty Protection Act poses fresh threat to independent media
The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) today alerts the European Union about the chilling impact that the Hungarian ruling party’s proposed…
North Macedonia: Ruling against Investigative Reporting Lab and its editor must be overturned
The organisations of the MFRR and the SafeJournalists Network (SJN) today express shared dismay at a recent defamation verdict by a judge in North…
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Republika Srpska president Dodik verbally attacks journalist
The undersigned partner organisations of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) today condemn the insulting and threatening behaviour of the…
Italy: MFRR partners condemn summons of RAI presenter Sigfrido Ranucci
As the Turkish Constitutional Court reviews the constitutionality of the "disinformation offence”, the MFRR partner organisations reiterate their call…
The Netherlands: The MFRR and the CASE deplore the lawsuit against Het Financieele Dagblad
ECPMF joins the MFRR consortium and the CASE coalition in deploring the lawsuit against Het Financieele Dagblad and stands in solidarity with the FD…
Turkey: Repeal the "disinformation offence" and overreaching legal amendments
As the Turkish Constitutional Court reviews the constitutionality of the "disinformation offence”, the MFRR partner organisations reiterate their call…
"It’s sad that human life appears to have a relative value" – Reporting on migration in Europe
Giorgos Christides is a Greek journalist with bylines in outlets including Der Spiegel, the Guardian, BBC, and Solomon. His recent work includes a…
Media freedom groups dismayed at the abrupt closure of investigation into smear campaign against Romanian journalist
Journalists and media freedom groups today expressed dismay at the decision of Romania’s Prosecutor Office at the Bucharest Court of Appeal to close…
Turkey: International groups condemn arrest of journalist Tolga Şardan
The undersigned media freedom, freedom of expression, human rights and journalists’ organizsations strongly condemn the arrest of seasoned journalist…
End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists
On International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, we pay tribute to those reporters in Europe whose families still await justice…