Democratic control, transparency, and impartiality in the operation of public service media are key to a free public sphere and informed decision-making by voters. The joint monitoring report by the Republikon Institute and Connect Europe, which is the first half-yearly report of a one-year project, for the period February-July 2025, attempts to evaluate, with supporting data, the balance of public media news coverage, particularly with regard to M1's evening news program, which begins at 7:30 p.m. The aim of the research is to explore whether public media complies with the independence and pluralism requirements set out in the relevant domestic and EU regulations.
The full research can be read here.