Polish independent journalists in defence of the TVN network
If the government puts a gag order on a broadcaster simply because it finds its reporting unfavourable, the same fate will await the rest of the free media in Poland.
Three Seas Initiative: Scenarios for 2025
The next Three Seas Summit will be held in Sofia, Bulgaria on 8-9 July 2021. The initiative was created to ‘promote cooperation between 12 European nations and their partners contributing to economic growth and energy security’. Before the summit, we are publishing an excerpt from the report Towards 3SI Civil Society Forum, developed by The Visegrad Insight team.
The ‘Far-Right International’: Genuine coalition prospects or media stunt?
The pandemic did not kill the far right. Nor did it stifle media interest in the topic. The painstaking attention devoted to the formation of a ‘Far-Right International’ revolving around the Hungarian Fidesz, the Italian League, and the Polish Law and Justice (PiS) parties is a good case in point.
RSF: The dismal state of press freedom in V4 countries
In three of the Visegrad Four countries – Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia – press freedom is in decline, according to the World Press Freedom Index 2021 published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
We Need to Look To Brussels Rather Than Canberra
The headline-grabbing news about the regulation of social media platforms, symbolized by the recent clash between Facebook and Australia, might offer little relevancy to the Visegrad Four countries – writes Dominik Presl, AMO.