News Blueprint for Free Speech News Blueprint for Free Speech

Despite TVN24 TV License OK, Poland Media Freedom Pressured

After a warning from Reporters Without Borders (RSF) about a “press freedom state of emergency” in Poland, the hardline government that’s challenging the European Union over rule of law extended a broadcasting license for news channel TVN24, but is still squeezing media outlets.

Read More
News Blueprint for Free Speech News Blueprint for Free Speech

EU Transparency Chief Says Media's Role Sustaining Democracy Slighted

The European Union “made a horrible mistake in Europe by underestimating the role of media for upholding democracy,” European Commission Vice-President Věra Jourová said, citing the murders of journalists Daphne Caruana Galizia in Malta in 2017 and Ján Kuciak in Slovakia in 2018. Both probed high-level corruption.

Read More