[fome] Tomorrow, 6 PM: Join our talk on media in Central Eastern Europe

[Marc Bräutigam]

*n-ost kitchen talk: **Captured, Contested or Reclaimed? The Battle for
Media in Central and Eastern Europe*

When? Wednesday, 08 July 2026, 6-8 PM

Where? *n-ost media hub*, Erkelenzdamm 59/61 (Portal 1b), 10999 Berlin

*Register here* <https://crm.n-ost.org/civicrm/event/info/?reset=1&id=122>

"V4 is back!", posted Hungarian PM Péter Magyar after the leaders of *Poland,
Hungary, Czechia and Slovakia* recently vowed to breathe new life into the
Visegrad format and revive regional cooperation. But for journalists in
each of these countries, the picture looks very different.

While Hungarian newsrooms hope to recover after years of decaying public
discourse, Poland is locked in a struggle to depoliticise and reform its
public media. Meanwhile, people in Czechia are taking to the streets to
defend a media landscape long considered a regional role model. Nearby, the
outlook for independent reporting in Slovakia is bleaker than ever due to
increasing democratic backsliding.

Over snacks and drinks, our July kitchen talk aims to untangle the
connections, dependencies and distinctions within the *media landscape of
Central and Eastern Europe*. What lessons can these countries learn from
each other in order to defy capture and retain media freedom, and what's
ahead for (cross-border) journalism in a European region in flux?

Join our *discussion* with

*Helena Truchla* (Česká televize/Czech Television)

*Mateusz Obremski* (Polska Agencja Prasowa/Polish Press Agency)

Moderated by *Attila Mong* (Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ))

The event starts at 6:00 PM with a small reception. The moderated
discussion begins at 6:30 PM and lasts approximately one hour. We invite
you to stick around our kitchen after the talk and continue the
conversation over snacks and drinks.


*n-ost <https://n-ost.org/>* is a European journalistic network. The media
NGO has a focus on Eastern Europe and is committed to cross-border and
multiperspective reporting. This event is part of our kitchen talk series
<https://n-ost.org/projects/kitchen-talks>.


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Marc Bräutigam
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