Poland

All public radio stations have now been liquidated, while TVP has been accused of political bias, as public media reforms in Poland continue.  

The new Polish government has put public media entities into liquidation, following a political dispute over the organisation.

Despite an improvement in press freedom, Poland’s independent media continues to suffer under the PiS government.

Swedish Radio's CEO Cilla Benkö writes about her visits to three countries in Central Europe and the threats facing public service media.

An amendment to the Broadcasting Act’s “must carry, must offer” principle aims to up the prominence of the country’s embattled public broadcaster.

For World Press Freedom Day 2022, PMA has analysed six press freedom themes which have been prevalent across the past twelve months.

PMA welcomes Polish President’s veto of the “Lex-TVN” bill which threatened media pluralism and freedom, but broader concerns remain.

PMA joins media freedom and journalist organisations in writing letter to Polish president urging him to drop Lex-TVN

There has been international condemnation of the law which, if Poland President ratifies, would limit media plurality and diversity.

Bill criticised as a serious threat to independent news media and media freedom has been rejected by Poland’s Senate. But there are fears the bill could still pass following its return to the Sejm.