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Kosovo: Steadfast support for Flutura Kusari as she seeks justice against Mentor Llugaliu’s harassment

20/06/2025

OBCT joins free expression organizations in expressing support for colleague Flutura Kusari, Senior Legal Advisor at the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF), who has been the target of a prolonged online harassment campaign

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Serbia: Media regulator election again made a mockery of EU-required reforms

19/06/2025

Process to appoint new members of media regulator council was again conducted in non-transparent and discriminatory manner

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Poland: New president urged to commit to press freedom reforms

09/06/2025

Following the victory of Karol Nawrocki in Poland’s presidential election on 1 June, the undersigned media freedom organisations today call on the president elect to commit to building a cross-party consensus required to bolster press freedom and strengthen Polish democracy

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Malta: Guilty verdicts in Daphne Caruana Galizia case mark another step towards full justice

09/06/2025

Media freedom groups welcome conviction of two gang members who supplied car bomb which killed Maltese journalist

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Albania: MFRR and SafeJournalists condemn blatant intimidation of journalists covering parliamentary elections

22/05/2025

OBCT joins partners from the Media Freedom Rapid Response and the SafeJournalists Network in raising alarm over numerous incidents of intimidation and obstruction faced by journalists covering the Albanian parliamentary elections

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Croatia: a country dossier ahead of the MFRR Media Freedom mission

16/05/2025

A dossier that highlights what is at stake in Croatia and for the journalists working in the country, ahead of the visit of the MFRR delegation to Zagreb.

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Hungary: Foreign funding bill poses most serious threat to independent media in years

16/05/2025

OBCT joins MFRR partners in urging the EU to take action against Hungary’s proposed foreign funding bill, which poses a serious threat to freedom of expression and media freedom

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Croatia: MFRR Media Freedom Mission to Visit Zagreb

16/05/2025

Between 19 and 21 May, Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partner organisations will conduct a press freedom mission to Zagreb, Croatia.

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France: MFRR and RSF renew calls to end police violence after new attacks on journalists at May Day protest

14/05/2025

OBCT joins freedom of expression organizations in condemning state security forces' violence against journalists covering the International Workers’ Day protest in Paris

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Croatia: Weekly Novosti faces drastic funding cuts amid political pressure

07/05/2025

MFRR partners condemn the drastic cuts in funding for the weekly magazine Novosti, the only print media for the Serb minority in Croatia

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