RSF report: Media freedoms across Europe continue to decline
To mark World Press Freedom Day on Friday, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) published a global index detailing the working conditions for journalists in 180 countries. Within the European Union, the "Freedom of the Press Worldwide" report labelled conditions for journalists as "problematic" in Greece, as well as in Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Ukraine and Poland. In Serbia and Albania, conditions are rated as "difficult". The situation is even more severe in Russia, Belarus and Turkey, categorised as "very serious". According to the report, in Russia "more than 1,500 journalists have fled abroad since the invasion of Ukraine." It also warns that "press freedom is being put to the test" by the ruling parties in Hungary (67th), Malta (73rd) and Greece (88th), the EU's three worst-ranked countries. Italy (46th), ruled by the government of Giorgia Meloni, has also fallen five places. But there have been some improvements in Europe.  "The political environment for journalism has improved in Poland and Bulgaria ... thanks to new governments with more concern for the right to information," the report said.
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