Confusing Smoke and Fire: Russian Influence in Polish Politics
The so-called “lex Tusk” or “Russian influence law” prompted fierce criticism and consternation at home and abroad that Polish democracy is backsliding further.
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2023 World Press Freedom Index: Journalism under a threat
The 21st edition of World Press Freedom Index, a major industry report prepared by the Reporters without Borders and published on May 3rd leaves no illusions: technology is threatening journalism and feeding the fake content industry, while the media freedom drop is getting even more dramatic worldwide in comparison with last year.
Public concern over media independence in V4 region is growing
Favor to Russia or Turkey? Why Orbán is still blocking Sweden’s NATO membership
The Orbán government still refuses to accept Sweden into the NATO military alliance, and postponed the issue indefinitely.
Stolen Millions in EU Funds
Read the first installment of The Organised Crime and Corruption Watch – a collaborative project researched by seven investigative outlets members of The Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project. The team will explore an organized crime or corruption topic for each edition and showcase the most relevant facts.
Journalism in Slovakia is under threat – on a daily basis
Coalition and opposition leaders in Slovakia decided that the fifth anniversary of the murder of investigative journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová was a good occasion to attack journalists. By the end of the week, a journalist from public radio faced threats of torture, rape, and death.
Tomáš Madleňák
Reintegration plans of the post-soviet region and the threats it holds for Europe
The last few hundred years of Russian history have been characterized by well-documented cycles: consolidation, expansion, collapse. Strengthening, expansion, collapse. The 1990s were a period of collapse, the 2000s of consolidation. Now is a time of expansion – writes Anton Bendarjevskiy.
IPI: Independent media in Hungary face increasing hostility over funding sources
