3 March 2026 | 10:00–12:00 CET
Press Club Brussels Europe and online
On Tuesday, 3 March 2026, the Council of Europe’s Platform for the Safety of Journalists will launch its annual Europe Press Freedom Report, “On the Tipping Point: Press Freedom 2025.” Written by the Partner Organisations of the Platform – a coalition of fifteen press freedom NGOs and journalists’ associations – the report analyses key legal, policy and practical developments affecting media freedom and journalist safety in Europe and identifies actions required to strengthen effective protection.
A press conference will be held in Brussels and online from 10:00 to 12:00 CET. Partner organisations will present their main findings and recommendations and discuss selected country situations highlighted in the report with invited guests.
The presentation will be complemented by testimonies from:
• Tamás Bodoky, Co-founder and Director, atlatszo.hu
• Irma Dimitradze, Communications Manager and Journalist, Batumelebi & Netgazeti
• Gunel Safarova, Acting Director and Editor-in-Chief, Abzas Media
• Dragana Žarković Obradović, Director, Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN)
Participation
• In person: Press Club Brussels Europe, Rue Froissart 95
Please register at: [email protected]
• Online: The event will be live-streamed here: https://fom.coe.int/en/rapports/detail/31
Advance copies of the report in English and French are available upon request. Representatives of the Platform’s partner organisations are also available for interviews.
The press conference will be held in English.
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The Council of Europe’s Platform to promote the protection of journalism and safety of journalists was setup by the Council of Europe in 2015, in co-operation with prominent international NGOs active in the field of the freedom of expression and associations of journalists, to provide information which may serve as a basis for dialogue with member states about possible protective or remedial action.
The 15 partners are the European Federation of Journalists, the International Federation of Journalists, the Association of European Journalists, ARTICLE 19, Reporters without Borders, the Committee to Protect Journalists, Index on Censorship, the International Press Institute, the International News Safety Institute, Rory Peck Trust, the European Broadcasting Union, PEN International, the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom, Free Press Unlimited and the Justice for Journalists Foundation.
