In 2021, then opposition leader Giorgia Meloni sued Roberto Saviano for defamation. Last October, the Rome Criminal Court issued a sentence against the Italian writer. A ruling that alarmed Italian and European civil society. We had a conversation about it with Antonio Nobile, Saviano's lawyer
Il report della missione in Romania condotta lo scorso gennaio dal consorzio MFRR esamina l'influenza politica, le liti temerarie e le molestie cui sono soggetti i media romeni
Dalla memoria dei szilvás gombóc transilvani ai tappeti di amicizie greco-romene. Nonna Eva (Evamama) racconta storie di vita quotidiana nella Romania di confine negli anni Cinquanta del secolo scorso
Italy's media is in crisis, battling legal onslaughts and facing a surge of censorship one year after the establishment of the far-right government led by Giorgia Meloni
Investigative journalists, in addition to the risks of the trade, often incur libel lawsuits, SLAPPs, etc.. Especially if, like Sara Manisera, they deal with sensitive issues such as organised crime. We interviewed her
Investigative journalist and university lecturer Emilia Sercan is at the centre of a new smear campaign after revealing that the Interior minister had plagiarised his doctoral thesis. We met her
For families who emigrated from Eastern Europe, affection and memory are also handed down through culinary inheritances. Distant and recent memories of a Transylvanian grandmother intertwine remembering Erzsebet's passion for coffee and her lost pickled gherkins recipe
Per i cittadini romeni il mancato ingresso in Schengen ha un forte impatto simbolico: ennesima esclusione che arriva dall'Europa e tragico ricordo a quando erano prigionieri all'interno del loro stesso paese
In this conversation with Emilia Șercan, investigative journalist and senior lecturer at the University of Bucharest, we explored the state of the art of Romanian journalism and reflected upon the different meanings of plagiarism in a country where corruption remains rampant
The first European conference for the fight against SLAPPs, also known as gag or reckless complaints, was held in Strasbourg on 20 October, organised by the European Center for Press and Media Freedom and the Coalition against SLAPP in Europe. The report of the event
