{"id":62857,"date":"2025-11-05T13:51:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T13:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pulse-z.eu\/inside-rsf-battle-press-freedom-europe-fight-truth\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T13:51:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T13:51:22","slug":"dentro-la-battaglia-di-rsf-per-la-liberta-di-stampa-con-pavol-szalai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pulse-z.eu\/it\/dentro-la-battaglia-di-rsf-per-la-liberta-di-stampa-con-pavol-szalai\/","title":{"rendered":"Dentro la battaglia di RSF per la libert\u00e0 di stampa con Pavol Szalai"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/0ZdZuOmXcjwLzrVxXUWJ5p?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-testid=\"embed-iframe\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p> Battle for Press Freedom with Pavol Szalai <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What does defending press freedom look like in a Europe where truth itself is under siege?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this episode, we sit down with Pavol Szalai, Director of the Prague Bureau at Reporters Without Borders (<a href=\"https:\/\/rsf.org\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RSF \u2013 Reporters sans fronti\u00e8res<\/a>) and former Head of the EU\u2013Balkans Desk at <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reporters Without Borders (RSF)<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 the global watchdog protecting journalism and those who practice it. From the Balkans to Brussels, Pavol unpacks the state of media freedom across Europe, the growing threats of disinformation and political pressure, and how RSF\u2019s advocacy is shaping new safeguards for trustworthy journalism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We explore the making of the European Media Freedom Act, the fight against SLAPPs, and the fragile balance between security and transparency in times of crisis. Pavol also reflects on what resilience means for journalists today \u2014 and whether European institutions will rise to match the courage of those who refuse to be silenced.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\ud83c\udf99\ufe0f Produced by Georgios Karagiorgos for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">European Youth Press<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pulse-Z<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p> What Is Vox Civica? <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/7Cjs8AE7zUhx6Pa7Gz6VIS?si=ffa0490f0a6b4e47\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vox Civica-Where Democracy has a Voice<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a podcast about how democracy is lived, tested, and reinvented in the modern world. It brings listeners inside the conversations and conflicts that define civic life today \u2014 from the streets where protests begin to the institutions where policies take shape. Each episode features voices from across journalism, activism, academia, and digital-rights movements, exploring how people confront power, defend freedoms, and adapt democratic values to an age of surveillance, misinformation, and rapid technological change. In short, it\u2019s a space where critical thinking meets civic imagination \u2014 tracing the struggles, ideas, and collaborations that keep democracy alive in the 21st century.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>About the guest:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pavol Szalai is the Director of the Prague Bureau at Reporters Without Borders (RSF \u2013 Reporters sans fronti\u00e8res), the global watchdog defending press freedom worldwide. Based in Prague, he leads RSF\u2019s work across the European Union and the Balkans, coordinating a network of 30 correspondents and advocating for journalist safety, media sustainability, and democratic accountability.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before this role, Pavol served as RSF\u2019s Head of the EU\u2013Balkans Desk in Paris and previously worked as a journalist and analyst with <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EURACTIV<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contexte<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as well as at the Slovak Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Battle for Press Freedom with Pavol Szalai What does defending press freedom look like in a Europe where truth itself is under siege? 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