Estonia climbs to second in global press freedom rankings, Czechia makes top ten

2 min read Jan Kuciak, RSF, Baltic countries, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, DACH & Slovenia, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Politics, Romania, Serbia, V4 & Romania, Slovakia

Estonia has surged to second place in the 2025 World Press Freedom Index, its best-ever result and the highest ranking among EU countries. Estonia's ranking in the 2025 World Press Freedom Index is the highest ever achieved by a Central and Eastern European (CEE) country since the index&