MFRR Italy mission report: Growing political pressure on Rai, concerns over media pluralism, and escalating legal harassment and digital threats - Reports

MFRR report focusing on Italy presents findings from the mission conducted in Rome in March 2026, in addition to insights from ongoing monitoring activities

Greece: Abusive lawsuit against independent newsrooms should be dismissed - Article

The undersigned Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners condemn the filing of abusive legal action by Air Mediterranean against the Greek investigative newsroom Mediterranean Institute for Investigative Reporting (MIIR), the newspaper Efimerida ton Syntakton (EfSyn) as well as their editors and directors

Italy: Landmark ruling in press freedom case - Article

The Media Freedom Rapid Response consortium welcomes the acquittal of Roberto Saviano in a case brought by Minister Matteo Salvini, a landmark ruling for press freedom in Italy

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