International Press Institute (IPI)

“If passed, this legislation would effectively represent the first foreign agent-style law in the EU, marking another milestone in Hungary’s democratic decline” – MFRR partners.

A new case study reveals statistical data on attacks against environmental journalists in the Italy, documenting 114 cases between 2011 and 2025. These cases likely represent only a fraction of the real number.

“From censorship, political pressure, deepening media capture and relentless smear campaigns to abusive lawsuits and daily threats to their lives, media workers face a hostile environment where perpetrators act with total impunity” – MFRR

An Athens court dismissed vexatious lawsuits against journalists from two media outlets over their investigative reporting into the Prime Minister’s nephew’s connections to a spyware scandal.

Three Sudanese journalists and their driver were killed in an RSF drone strike. IPI calls for an urgent independent investigation into this targeted attack on media workers.

The law tightens the government’s regulatory control over online media by establishing four enforcement bodies.

In recent weeks, Orbán and his ruling Fidesz party have drastically ramped up rhetoric against media and CSOs that receive any form of foreign funding, and pledged to draft new legislation to protect national sovereignty.

Recently introduced amendments to the Broadcasting Law strengthen the regulator’s censorship powers and restrict so-called “foreign powers” from funding broadcasters.