Investigative journalist Blaž Zgaga has been targeted by a hate campaign fuelled by the Slovenian government on social networks and in the media since sending an official Freedom of Information Request on the COVID-19 pandemic to the authorities in Ljubljana.

Turkish newspaper Evrensel has been under an advertising ban since September, 2019. If the ban remains in place for a full six months, until March 28, 2020, the organisation faces being removed from the public advertising system for at least three years - a decision that would have a devastating impact on the finances of the newspaper and further reduce media plurality in the country.