Italy has dropped five slots to 46th
in the latest world press freedom report by Reporters Sans
Frontieres with the case of press agency AGI, set to be sold to
League MP and rightwing newspaper proprietor Antonio Angelucci,
cited as one of the reasons.
Rome is midway in the rankings topped by Norway and with Eritrea
in last place, with RSF voicing concern over businessmen allied
to governments taking over media.
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