cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/21873646
Greece faces a media freedom crisis as a result of actions and failures by the Greek government, threatening democracy and the rule of law, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
- The pervasive and deliberate constraints on journalism in Greece are creating an environment in which critical reporting is stifled, and self-censorship becomes the norm.
- Journalists face state surveillance, harassment, and intimidation by pro-government actors, and abusive lawsuits by politicians, all of which threaten democracy and the rule of law.
- The EU Commission and the EU as a whole need to monitor the situation carefully and ensure that genuine progress is made on media freedom in Greece and core democratic values are upheld.
The report: From Bad to Worse: The Deterioration of Media Freedom in Greece
To provide a context, Greece ranks only 89th in 2025, down form 88th last year, in the Global Press Freedom Index
Addition: But Europe looks pretty good in general.
However, according to the latest Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference Threat Report by the European External Action Service (EEAS) - the diplomatic service of the European Union - published in March 2025 there have been record levels of foreign manipulation, particularly from Russia and China. The EEAS report recorded more than 500 coordinated manipulation campaigns targeting 90 European countries.