Media Freedom Rapid Response
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Europe’s safety net for journalists under fire: https://www.mfrr.eu/
The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) today welcomes the publication of the 2025 EU Enlargement Package and highlights key media freedom developments and concerns that should shape negotiations with candidate countries moving forward.
https://ow.ly/i11Y50Xr0Ow
https://ow.ly/i11Y50Xr0Ow
EU Enlargement Package: Assessments must now translate into meaningful media freedom action
The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) today welcomes the publication of the 2025 EU Enlargement Package and highlights key media freedom developments and concerns that should shape negotiations with candidate countries moving forward.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) today welcomes the publication of the 2025 EU Enlargement Package and highlights key media freedom developments and concerns that should shape negotiations with candidate countries moving forward.
https://ow.ly/i11Y50Xr0Ow
https://ow.ly/i11Y50Xr0Ow
Journalists have both the right and the duty to ask questions, including critical or difficult ones, to ensure the democratic accountability of political decision-makers.
We call on Agenzia Nova to review its decision and reinstate Gabriele Nunziati without delay.
https://ow.ly/67fY50Xqnlm
We call on Agenzia Nova to review its decision and reinstate Gabriele Nunziati without delay.
https://ow.ly/67fY50Xqnlm
November 13, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Journalists have both the right and the duty to ask questions, including critical or difficult ones, to ensure the democratic accountability of political decision-makers.
We call on Agenzia Nova to review its decision and reinstate Gabriele Nunziati without delay.
https://ow.ly/67fY50Xqnlm
We call on Agenzia Nova to review its decision and reinstate Gabriele Nunziati without delay.
https://ow.ly/67fY50Xqnlm
In our interview, Ninia described how police stopped her near Parliament, pulled her from her car, and detained her as she was heading home from covering protests. She identified herself as a journalist but was still taken away and denied contact with her child for hours: https://ow.ly/qbTM50Xqo1N
November 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
In our interview, Ninia described how police stopped her near Parliament, pulled her from her car, and detained her as she was heading home from covering protests. She identified herself as a journalist but was still taken away and denied contact with her child for hours: https://ow.ly/qbTM50Xqo1N
The MFRR consortium condemns the dismissal of journalist Gabriele Nunziati by Agenzia Nova.
Firing a reporter for asking a legitimate question to the European Commission is a clear attack on press freedom and journalistic independence.
Our open letter 👇
www.mfrr.eu/open-letter-...
Firing a reporter for asking a legitimate question to the European Commission is a clear attack on press freedom and journalistic independence.
Our open letter 👇
www.mfrr.eu/open-letter-...
Open letter regarding the dismissal of journalist Gabriele Nunziati
The undersigned organisations of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) are writing to you to express our shared concern and dismay over the decision by Agenzia Nova to terminate its collaboration wi...
www.mfrr.eu
November 12, 2025 at 9:09 AM
The MFRR consortium condemns the dismissal of journalist Gabriele Nunziati by Agenzia Nova.
Firing a reporter for asking a legitimate question to the European Commission is a clear attack on press freedom and journalistic independence.
Our open letter 👇
www.mfrr.eu/open-letter-...
Firing a reporter for asking a legitimate question to the European Commission is a clear attack on press freedom and journalistic independence.
Our open letter 👇
www.mfrr.eu/open-letter-...
Ninia Kakabadze, journalist at Mediachecker.ge, was detained while covering protests in Tbilisi. In our interview, she describes the arrest, her release, and the broader implications for journalists working under Georgia’s new restrictions on freedom of expression.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mnqs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mnqs...
Freedom of the Press on Trial: Ninia Kakabadze Before Her Hearing
YouTube video by Media Freedom Rapid Response
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November 11, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Ninia Kakabadze, journalist at Mediachecker.ge, was detained while covering protests in Tbilisi. In our interview, she describes the arrest, her release, and the broader implications for journalists working under Georgia’s new restrictions on freedom of expression.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mnqs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mnqs...
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#Slovenia: The EFJ stands in full solidarity with Oštro. This blatant attempt to intimidate and silence investigative reporting at the expense of media freedom and transparency was documented on the Mapping Media Freedom platform. Via @mediafreedomeu.bsky.social
Mapping Media Freedom: Slovenia: Investigative outlet Oštro targeted with criminal complaint over asset transparency reporting (2025-10-21)
On 21 October 2025, the Municipality of Ljutomer filed a criminal complaint with the Specialised…
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November 10, 2025 at 10:28 AM
#Slovenia: The EFJ stands in full solidarity with Oštro. This blatant attempt to intimidate and silence investigative reporting at the expense of media freedom and transparency was documented on the Mapping Media Freedom platform. Via @mediafreedomeu.bsky.social
Victoria Roshchyna died in Russian detention under unclear circumstances. She entered occupied territories to tell the stories of those living under war. As we marked the International Day to End Impunity last week, her death shows how truth-telling in war remains deadly: https://ow.ly/5a5550Xpt4R
November 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Victoria Roshchyna died in Russian detention under unclear circumstances. She entered occupied territories to tell the stories of those living under war. As we marked the International Day to End Impunity last week, her death shows how truth-telling in war remains deadly: https://ow.ly/5a5550Xpt4R
Antoni Lallican was killed on 3 Oct when a Russian drone directly targeted him near Kramatorsk. He was clearly marked “PRESS”. As the world marked the International Day to #EndImpunity last Sunday, his case shows how war reporters are being treated as targets, not observers.
November 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Antoni Lallican was killed on 3 Oct when a Russian drone directly targeted him near Kramatorsk. He was clearly marked “PRESS”. As the world marked the International Day to #EndImpunity last Sunday, his case shows how war reporters are being treated as targets, not observers.
One year after the Novi Sad tragedy and mass protests, Serbia’s media freedom has hit a new low.
📽️ Our webinar breaks down how state pressure and violence against reporters have reshaped the information landscape: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX5iAc58BUE
📽️ Our webinar breaks down how state pressure and violence against reporters have reshaped the information landscape: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX5iAc58BUE
November 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM
One year after the Novi Sad tragedy and mass protests, Serbia’s media freedom has hit a new low.
📽️ Our webinar breaks down how state pressure and violence against reporters have reshaped the information landscape: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX5iAc58BUE
📽️ Our webinar breaks down how state pressure and violence against reporters have reshaped the information landscape: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX5iAc58BUE
🚨 Our weekly roundup of press freedom violations is out.
This week we marked the International Day to #EndImpunity for Crimes Against Journalists, a stark reminder that attacks on the press continue without accountability: mapmf.org/explorer?sor...
Here are some of the cases reported this week 🧵
This week we marked the International Day to #EndImpunity for Crimes Against Journalists, a stark reminder that attacks on the press continue without accountability: mapmf.org/explorer?sor...
Here are some of the cases reported this week 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 10:36 AM
🚨 Our weekly roundup of press freedom violations is out.
This week we marked the International Day to #EndImpunity for Crimes Against Journalists, a stark reminder that attacks on the press continue without accountability: mapmf.org/explorer?sor...
Here are some of the cases reported this week 🧵
This week we marked the International Day to #EndImpunity for Crimes Against Journalists, a stark reminder that attacks on the press continue without accountability: mapmf.org/explorer?sor...
Here are some of the cases reported this week 🧵
War correspondent Aliona Hubanova and cameraman Yevhen Karmazin were killed on 23 Oct when a Russian drone struck their vehicle in Kramatorsk. As we marked the International Day to #EndImpunity last Sunday, this case underscores the lethal risks faced by journalists in Ukraine.
November 7, 2025 at 10:03 AM
War correspondent Aliona Hubanova and cameraman Yevhen Karmazin were killed on 23 Oct when a Russian drone struck their vehicle in Kramatorsk. As we marked the International Day to #EndImpunity last Sunday, this case underscores the lethal risks faced by journalists in Ukraine.
A joint fact-finding mission has found that despite modest improvements, media freedom in #Bulgaria remains fragile. Structural, legal and political obstacles continue to undermine progress.
Full report available now 👇
https://ow.ly/nasw50XnI0M
Full report available now 👇
https://ow.ly/nasw50XnI0M
Report: Fragile media freedom progress in Bulgaria at risk of backsliding without urgent reform
While Bulgaria has experienced modest progress on media freedom in the last four years, the situation remains undermined by persistent structural, legal and political challenges, with urgent action needed by government and public authorities to push forward both domestic and EU-mandated reforms.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
A joint fact-finding mission has found that despite modest improvements, media freedom in #Bulgaria remains fragile. Structural, legal and political obstacles continue to undermine progress.
Full report available now 👇
https://ow.ly/nasw50XnI0M
Full report available now 👇
https://ow.ly/nasw50XnI0M
The MFRR condemns the arbitrary arrests of journalists covering protests in #Georgia.
🔸Basti Mgaloblishvili – detained, then released
🔸Liza Tsitsishvili – detained, then released
🔸Ninia Kakabadze – detained while reporting, now facing a hearing on 12 Nov
All charges against Ninia must be dropped.
🔸Basti Mgaloblishvili – detained, then released
🔸Liza Tsitsishvili – detained, then released
🔸Ninia Kakabadze – detained while reporting, now facing a hearing on 12 Nov
All charges against Ninia must be dropped.
November 6, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The MFRR condemns the arbitrary arrests of journalists covering protests in #Georgia.
🔸Basti Mgaloblishvili – detained, then released
🔸Liza Tsitsishvili – detained, then released
🔸Ninia Kakabadze – detained while reporting, now facing a hearing on 12 Nov
All charges against Ninia must be dropped.
🔸Basti Mgaloblishvili – detained, then released
🔸Liza Tsitsishvili – detained, then released
🔸Ninia Kakabadze – detained while reporting, now facing a hearing on 12 Nov
All charges against Ninia must be dropped.
Journalist Hakan Tosun was murdered in Istanbul in October after exposing environmental crime and corruption. As the world marked the International Day to #EndImpunity for Crimes Against Journalists last Sunday, his case remains unresolved.
Justice must not stall.
Justice must not stall.
November 6, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Journalist Hakan Tosun was murdered in Istanbul in October after exposing environmental crime and corruption. As the world marked the International Day to #EndImpunity for Crimes Against Journalists last Sunday, his case remains unresolved.
Justice must not stall.
Justice must not stall.
The recording of the MFRR webinar “Media Freedom Through Transnational Lenses: Insights from Montenegro and North Macedonia” is now available on YouTube. It examines recent progress, ongoing challenges, and implications for EU integration. Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYuLz4kHiis
November 6, 2025 at 10:55 AM
The recording of the MFRR webinar “Media Freedom Through Transnational Lenses: Insights from Montenegro and North Macedonia” is now available on YouTube. It examines recent progress, ongoing challenges, and implications for EU integration. Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYuLz4kHiis
From Ukraine to Turkey, journalists are being targeted and killed for reporting truth. Governments must act now.
https://www.mfrr.eu/impunity-day-mfrr-renews-urgent-call-for-justice-for-murdered-journalists-around-europe/
https://www.mfrr.eu/impunity-day-mfrr-renews-urgent-call-for-justice-for-murdered-journalists-around-europe/
Impunity Day: MFRR Demands Justice for Murdered Journalists in Europe
On Impunity Day, MFRR urges justice for journalists murdered across Europe and calls for accountability for attacks on press freedom.
www.mfrr.eu
November 6, 2025 at 9:20 AM
From Ukraine to Turkey, journalists are being targeted and killed for reporting truth. Governments must act now.
https://www.mfrr.eu/impunity-day-mfrr-renews-urgent-call-for-justice-for-murdered-journalists-around-europe/
https://www.mfrr.eu/impunity-day-mfrr-renews-urgent-call-for-justice-for-murdered-journalists-around-europe/
When journalism is treated as a crime, who protects the truth-tellers?
Join Banu Tune and Yaroslav Yurchyshyn as they discuss the brutality inflicted on journalists in Turkey and Ukraine, and the global response needed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFsky7WyE6w
Join Banu Tune and Yaroslav Yurchyshyn as they discuss the brutality inflicted on journalists in Turkey and Ukraine, and the global response needed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFsky7WyE6w
November 5, 2025 at 9:25 AM
When journalism is treated as a crime, who protects the truth-tellers?
Join Banu Tune and Yaroslav Yurchyshyn as they discuss the brutality inflicted on journalists in Turkey and Ukraine, and the global response needed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFsky7WyE6w
Join Banu Tune and Yaroslav Yurchyshyn as they discuss the brutality inflicted on journalists in Turkey and Ukraine, and the global response needed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFsky7WyE6w
Join us for the webinar on Serbia now!
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VT1dccQEQTqT-UjmjPrHLQ
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VT1dccQEQTqT-UjmjPrHLQ
November 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Join us for the webinar on Serbia now!
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VT1dccQEQTqT-UjmjPrHLQ
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VT1dccQEQTqT-UjmjPrHLQ
15 journalists killed since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Zero accountability. The cycle of impunity must end.
https://www.mfrr.eu/impunity-day-mfrr-renews-urgent-call-for-justice-for-murdered-journalists-around-europe/
https://www.mfrr.eu/impunity-day-mfrr-renews-urgent-call-for-justice-for-murdered-journalists-around-europe/
Impunity Day: MFRR Demands Justice for Murdered Journalists in Europe
On Impunity Day, MFRR urges justice for journalists murdered across Europe and calls for accountability for attacks on press freedom.
www.mfrr.eu
November 4, 2025 at 9:20 AM
15 journalists killed since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Zero accountability. The cycle of impunity must end.
https://www.mfrr.eu/impunity-day-mfrr-renews-urgent-call-for-justice-for-murdered-journalists-around-europe/
https://www.mfrr.eu/impunity-day-mfrr-renews-urgent-call-for-justice-for-murdered-journalists-around-europe/
Episode 7 of the CFOM podcast is out. Recorded at the MFRR Summit in Brussels, it digs into rising threats to media freedom across Europe, with Georgia as a key case. Guests: Elena Rodina, Renate Schroeder, Lia Chakhunashvili, Irma Dimitradze.
Listen on Spotify.
https://ow.ly/KgfH50XlAig
Listen on Spotify.
https://ow.ly/KgfH50XlAig
November 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Episode 7 of the CFOM podcast is out. Recorded at the MFRR Summit in Brussels, it digs into rising threats to media freedom across Europe, with Georgia as a key case. Guests: Elena Rodina, Renate Schroeder, Lia Chakhunashvili, Irma Dimitradze.
Listen on Spotify.
https://ow.ly/KgfH50XlAig
Listen on Spotify.
https://ow.ly/KgfH50XlAig
Vebinar – Godinu dana kasnije: Sloboda medija i bezbednost novinara i novinarki u Srbiji
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Vebinar - Godinu dana kasnije: Sloboda medija i bezbednost novinara i novinarki u Srbiji - NUNS
Utorak, 4. novembar u 14h Godinu dana nakon tragedije urušavanja nadstrešnice na železničkoj stanici u Novom Sadu 1. novembra 2024. godine i početka protesta protiv vlasti širom zemlje, ovaj vebinar...
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November 3, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Vebinar – Godinu dana kasnije: Sloboda medija i bezbednost novinara i novinarki u Srbiji
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The right to report without fear has collapsed in Serbia. A year on from the Novi Sad tragedy, the MFRR brings together frontline journalists to discuss what’s changed, and why impunity for violence must end.
Tomorrow, 14:00 CET: https://ow.ly/K0un50XjEjz
Tomorrow, 14:00 CET: https://ow.ly/K0un50XjEjz
November 3, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The right to report without fear has collapsed in Serbia. A year on from the Novi Sad tragedy, the MFRR brings together frontline journalists to discuss what’s changed, and why impunity for violence must end.
Tomorrow, 14:00 CET: https://ow.ly/K0un50XjEjz
Tomorrow, 14:00 CET: https://ow.ly/K0un50XjEjz
Four journalists were killed in Europe in a single month. Fifteen since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began. Not a single case has led to full accountability. Impunity is enabling more violence. Justice must be non-negotiable.
www.mfrr.eu/impunity-day...
www.mfrr.eu/impunity-day...
Impunity Day: MFRR Demands Justice for Murdered Journalists in Europe
On Impunity Day, MFRR urges justice for journalists murdered across Europe and calls for accountability for attacks on press freedom.
www.mfrr.eu
November 3, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Four journalists were killed in Europe in a single month. Fifteen since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began. Not a single case has led to full accountability. Impunity is enabling more violence. Justice must be non-negotiable.
www.mfrr.eu/impunity-day...
www.mfrr.eu/impunity-day...
Today, on the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, we honour reporters in Europe who were murdered for their work.
Each unsolved case deepens the silence. Each delay in justice endangers every journalist still reporting.
#EndImpunity
Each unsolved case deepens the silence. Each delay in justice endangers every journalist still reporting.
#EndImpunity
November 2, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Today, on the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, we honour reporters in Europe who were murdered for their work.
Each unsolved case deepens the silence. Each delay in justice endangers every journalist still reporting.
#EndImpunity
Each unsolved case deepens the silence. Each delay in justice endangers every journalist still reporting.
#EndImpunity
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New report 🚨 Media freedom in #Bulgaria: a joint mission by the @coemediafreedom.bsky.social and @mediafreedomeu.bsky.social, including Index, has found that fragile progress on media freedom in the country is at risk of backsliding without urgent reform ⬇️
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/10/urge...
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/10/urge...
October 31, 2025 at 4:22 PM
New report 🚨 Media freedom in #Bulgaria: a joint mission by the @coemediafreedom.bsky.social and @mediafreedomeu.bsky.social, including Index, has found that fragile progress on media freedom in the country is at risk of backsliding without urgent reform ⬇️
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/10/urge...
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/10/urge...