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Serbia’s U-turn: Our correspondent Massimo Moratti can stay in Belgrade

22/09/2026

Serbian authorities today revoked the order issued on 4 September for our correspondent in Belgrade, Massimo Moratti, to leave the country within 15 days for security reasons. For Moratti, this is “the end of a nightmare”

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Steadfast support for Massimo Moratti, MFRR researcher, as he is facing an expulsion order from Serbian authorities

18/09/2026

The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR), press freedom and free expression partners express our firm support for our colleague Massimo Moratti, the Senior Research Affiliate for the Osservatorio Balcani Caucaso Transeuropa (OBCT), as he faces expulsion from Serbia in apparent connection with his human rights work.

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Albania: Social media platforms must protect media and public-interest accounts from coordinated manipulation

09/09/2026

The partners of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR), the SafeJournalists Network (SJN), and other partner organizations are concerned about recent incidents in Albania in which media, journalists, civic initiatives and other public-interest accounts have faced unexplained restrictions, removals and apparent attempts to manipulate social-media enforcement systems.

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Malta: MFRR laments major setback after acquittal in Daphne Caruana Galizia murder trial

03/09/2026

MFRR partners today lament the failure to convict the alleged mastermind in the trial for the murder of Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia and hope that the demoralising verdict will swiftly be overturned on appeal.

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Albania: Cumulative pressure on media freedom and civic space demands urgent action

30/07/2026

The undersigned organisations express serious concern about the deterioration of media freedom, civic space and democratic debate in Albania during the ongoing civic mobilisation known as the Flamingo Revolution

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SLAPPs in Moldova: Lessons from investigative media outlet Cu Sens

30/07/2026

The Moldovan investigative journalism outlet Cu Sens has faced numerous legal threats in recent years. In this interview, Felicia Crețu and Liuba Șevciuc discuss how they responded to these challenges and the lessons they learned from their experience

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Bulgaria: Press freedom groups demand safety of journalist Dimitar Stoyanov is guaranteed following alleged threats

25/06/2026

The undersigned international media freedom organisations today raise alarm over the coordinated campaign of pressure against Bulgarian investigative journalist Dimitar Stoyanov and call on national authorities to guarantee his safety and respond forcefully to allegations of a potential assassination attempt in response to his reporting

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Poland: MFRR welcomes passing of Anti-SLAPP Act as victory for media freedom

23/06/2026

OBCT joins MFRR partners in welcoming the signature of the Presidential Act that officially transposes the EU anti-SLAPP Directive into Polish legislation

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Albania: Elected officials must refrain from public targeting and delegitimisation of media organisations

15/06/2026

OBCT joins free expression organizations in expressing concern over the public targeting and ethnic delegitimisation of Kristina Voko, Executive Director of BIRN Albania

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Serbia: Solidarity with Slavko Ćuruvija Foundation following another setback in its quest for justice

19/05/2026

Osservatorio Balcani Caucaso Transeuropa (OBCT) joined the undersigned media freedom and journalist organisations in standing in full solidarity with the Slavko Ćuruvija Foundation, which has been ordered to pay over one million dinars (€8,812) in damages in a defamation case brought by those acquitted of the murder of the Serbian editor and newspaper founder, Slavko Ćuruvija.

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