The Resource Centre on Media Freedom in Europe (RC) is managed by OBC Transeuropa (OBCT) within the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR), a consortium of six partners tracking, monitoring and reacting to violations of press and media freedom in EU Member States and Candidate Countries.

Our platform offers access to a collection of analysis and background material exploring media freedom and pluralism in Europe, and it also helps contextualise alerts issued on the Mapping Media Freedom.
 

Resources

Information as a Public Good: why media freedom is essential to democracy

Information as a Public Good: why media freedom is essential to democracy

This Legal and Policy Report, authored by Andrea Oleandri and produced within the STRIVE 2026 project supported by the Civil Liberties Union for Europe (Liberties) and the European Union, argues that the quality of a democracy depends on the quality of its information space, and that the traditional framing of press freedom—centred on protecting individual expression from state censorship—is no longer sufficient to guarantee a genuinely free and pluralistic media environment

Multimedia

Safeguarding Media Independence in Italy: RAI, and the EMFA
SLAPP in Italy: Testimonies from Those Targeted by Legal Harassment

Dossiers

New forms of abusive lawsuits and the (lacking) response of States to anti-SLAPP measures 

Our research on surveillance and its impact on the work of journalists all over Europe 

A collection of OBCT analyses focused on the Rule of Law Reports and their implementation

News

Malta: MFRR laments major setback after acquittal in Daphne Caruana Galizia murder trial
SLAPPs in Moldova: Lessons from investigative media outlet Cu Sens
Albania: Cumulative pressure on media freedom and civic space demands urgent action
Bulgaria: Press freedom groups demand safety of journalist Dimitar Stoyanov is guaranteed following alleged threats
Poland: MFRR welcomes passing of Anti-SLAPP Act as victory for media freedom

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