Focus On Poland: Pressure on independent media
Despite an improvement in press freedom, Poland’s independent media continues to suffer under the PiS government.
Poland: Proposed law set to boost prominence of controversial public broadcaster
An amendment to the Broadcasting Act’s “must carry, must offer” principle aims to up the prominence of the country’s embattled public broadcaster.
Poland: Senate rejects controversial media ownership bill
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.
Poland: Senate must reject media ownership bill
PMA calls on Poland’s Senate to reject the controversial media ownership bill, which poses a serious threat to media independence and pluralism.
Poland: Anti-foreign media amendment inches closer as TVN24’s licence is suspended
With the suspension of TVN24’s licence and a draft media bill to ban non-European media ownership underway, media pluralism in Poland continues to be threatened.
Censorship in Polish public radio sparks debate about media freedom
A debate about media freedom and the role of public media has been sparked in Poland after a public radio station removed a chart-topping anti-government song from its website.