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Top Bulgarian TV Anchor Taken Off Air Amid Fears of Political Interference

Maria Tsantsarova, a prominent television journalist, has been taken off air from the political talk show This Morning on bTV, one of Bulgaria’s leading...

EBU again highlights serious concerns over government proposals threatening LRT independence

The EBU warns that Lithuanian legislative proposals to change dismissal rules for LRT’s Director General threaten public media independence. Despite public protests and minor...

EBU, International Organisations and CEE Public Broadcasters Urge European Commission to Act as Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Public Service Media Faces Collapse

International media organisations and public broadcasters have warned the European Commission that Bosnia and Herzegovina’s BHRT is near collapse due to long-term financial obstruction...

AZIR Stands with Recorder: Democracy Needs Watchdog Journalism

Bucharest, December 12, 2024– The Romanian Association of Independent Journalists (AZIR), Romanian section of the Association of European Journalists, expresses full support for Recorder’s...

AEJ Condemns Four-Year Prison Sentence for Turkish Journalist Fatih Altaylı

Brussels, November 27, 2025 – The Association of European Journalists strongly condemns the four-year prison sentence handed down to prominent Turkish journalist Fatih Altaylı...

Report: Fragile media freedom progress in Bulgaria at risk of backsliding without urgent reform

While Bulgaria has experienced modest progress on media freedom in the last four years, the situation remains undermined by persistent structural, legal and political...

White roses from Vienna to Novi Sad: Standing in solidarity with the students, people and journalists of Serbia

AEJ joined the symbolic action ahead of the first anniversary of the fatal incident in Novi Sad (1st of November) and in support of...

On anniversary of Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder the AEJ joins calls for strong journalists’ protections in Malta

16 October 2025 On the 8th anniversary of the appalling murder on 16 October 2017 of the Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, the Association...

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Live | Journalism, a profession under fire 

Tuesday 20 January 2026 – 12:00 CET
 

So exactly what kind of challenges are journalists facing in the 21st century? And how are they organising to defend a profession that everyone agrees – but for how much longer? – is still critically important? We’ll be talking with Renate Schroeder, director of the European Federation of Journalists, and Marta Abbà, an Italian freelance journalist. The conversation, in English, will be moderated by Catherine André and Gian-Paolo Accardo.

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