Sphera
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The Sphera Media Lab, which brings together independent media outlets in Europe, returns to Brussels on December 3 for a new event focused on technological, editorial, and economic independence.
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Independent media and committed content creators: join a European network, strengthen your impact and build stories that cross borders. Applications are open until May 1, 2026.
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Mark, a journalist at 444.hu, recounts on April 12, 2026: Hungarians punish Viktor Orbán's party, Fidesz, ending sixteen years in power and a methodical weakening of press freedom.
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Viktor Orbán's Hungary appears as a laboratory for the political and economic asphyxiation of independent media. A model spreading across Europe with the far right, despite new European legal tools. Interview with Pavol Szalai from Reporters Without Borders.
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Ekaterina, Fatima, and Aliaksandr had to flee their country to continue their profession. From exile, these three journalists bear witness to a Europe where press freedom is dangerously declining.
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On November 6th in Brussels, the Sphera Media Lab brings together independent media to move from diagnosis to action: regain control from platforms, share viable models and concrete tools
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Gábor Kardos, CEO of Magyar Jeti Zrt, independent publisher of Hungarian media outlet 444.hu, describes his newsroom's reaction to a new bill that would heavily penalize media outlets receiving foreign funding, including private donations and European funds.
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In Hungary, a new law seriously threatens media outlets that receive foreign funding, including donations or European funds. Our partner 444 is directly targeted. This is no longer a warning sign—it's a frontal attack on press freedom across Europe.
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In Hungary, a new law threatens to sanction media outlets receiving foreign funding, including private donations and funding from the EU. Our partner 444 is one of the main targets. This is no longer a warning: it's a direct attack on press freedom and concerns all of Europe.
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Agnieszka Wiśniewska, editor-in-chief of the independent Polish media outlet Krytyka Polityczna, describes how budget cuts ordered by Donald Trump weakened her newsroom's economic stability.
