US EditionCouncil of Europe Journalist Platform Warns of Increasingly Hostile European Environment
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The president of the European Federation of Journalists, Maja Sever, said tonight that it is very worrying that Serbia is recorded in the report of the Platform of the Council of Europe on the media as a country that, along with Turkey and Georgia, is the focus of attacks on journalists in Europe.
The rise in murders, attacks, and harassment of journalists in Europe
A decade after the Strasbourg-based Council of Europe launched its journalist safety platform, threats have surged: over 2,300 alerts in more than 40 countries, yet fewer than one-in-three receive government responses. Impunity persists, journalists face violence, and democracy pays the price. Responding to alerts, resolving cases and addressing systemic problems should be the rule, not the exception.
Council of Europe journalist platform warns of increasingly hostile European environment
The Council of Europe’s Platform for the Protection of Journalism and the Safety of Journalists published its annual report, “On the tipping point: Press freedom 2025,” today. Legal threats, physical attacks, intimidation, attempts at media capture, and transnational repression are among the main concerns raised in the report, which analyzes key legal, policy, and practical developments affecting media freedom and...
Europe Press Freedom Report: Situation in Georgia Deteriorated at ‘Alarming Rate’ in 2025 - Civil Georgia
The situation in Georgia “continued to deteriorate at an alarming rate” in 2025, the Council of Europe’s Safety of Journalists Platform said in its annual Europe Press Freedom Report, published on March 3. The report, “On the Tipping Point: Press Freedom 2025,” assessed threats to the media in 46 Council of Europe member states, as well as Russia and Belarus. The assessment was based on alerts published in 2025 by 15 media freedom NGOs and journ…
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Justice for JournalistsPress freedom report: Increasingly hostile environment for journalism in Europe
Press freedom continued to be under sustained pressure in Europe in 2025, driven by legal threats, physical attacks and intimidation, attempts of media capture and transnational repression, according to the annual report of the partner organisations to the Council of Europe’s Platform to promote the protection of journalism and safety of journalists, of which the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) is a member. This situation was mitigated …
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