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Incidents in Europe, outcome sustained
Each incident is a dated action by a government, an official, a regulator, a court or a legislature that limited journalists' ability to gather or publish news.
7 incidents match this view.
| Date | Incident | Country | Tactic | Head of government | Outcome |
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| August 4, 2026 | Russia: law on asset freezes and service denials for exiled "foreign agents", August 2026 | Russia | Official labels | Vladimir Putin | Sustained (August 4, 2026) |
| June 20, 2024 | Slovakia's parliament dissolves public broadcaster RTVS, replaces it with STVR | Slovakia | Licensing and closure of outlets | Robert Fico | Sustained (July 4, 2024) |
| March 4, 2022 | Russia criminalizes 'fake' reporting on the military, up to 15 years in prison | Russia | Insult and defamation laws | Vladimir Putin | Sustained |
| May 19, 2021 | Belarus blocks Tut.by and arrests its editors as 'extremist' | Belarus | Shutdowns and blocking | Alexander Lukashenko | Sustained |
| December 31, 2015 | Poland's new government gains power to replace public broadcaster leadership, and journalists are dismissed | Poland | Funding and ownership pressure | Beata Szydlo | Sustained (December 31, 2019) |
| December 21, 2010 | Hungary's parliament gives a government-appointed media council power to fine outlets for unbalanced coverage | Hungary | Funding and ownership pressure | Viktor Orban | Sustained (January 1, 2011) |
| April 14, 2001 | State-controlled Gazprom takes formal control of Russia's independent NTV television network | Russia | Funding and ownership pressure | Vladimir Putin | Sustained (April 14, 2001) |
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