Jourová to take on Orbán over media concentration
SG -
es Vienna/ Brussels, May 4, 2021
European Commission Vice-President Věra Jourová yesterday called for new EU rules about media concentration. In an interview in Brussels...
Covid death of great champion of Africa
SG -
The legendary editor and entrepreneur Béchir Ben Yahmed died from Covid yesterday at Lariboisière Hospital in Paris. He was 93. Until hospitalised at the...
Murdered journalists not forgotten
SG -
Madrid, May 3, 2021
In a graphic broadcast, Deutsche Welle today paid tribute to the courage of all the journalists who have paid with their...
Mass solidarity campaign for Maria Ressa
SG -
international solidarity campaign launched for Maria Ressa
On World Press Freedom Day 2021, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the #HoldTheLine coalition have launched an innovative...
CoE Platform report
SG -
from William Horsley, London. May 3, 2021
Anyone who missed the Event and Press conference on 28 April to mark the launch of the 2021...
World Press Freedom Day – Difference Day 2
SG -
In 1993 the United Nations General Assembly declared May 3rd as the World Press Freedom Day to raise awareness on the importance of freedom of the...
Wiener Zeitung – article by editor-in-chief
SG -
Eine kleine österreichische Mediengeschichte
Die „Wiener Zeitung“, die älteste Tageszeitung der Welt, kämpft um ihr Überleben
Von Walter Hämmerle, Chefredakteur, Wiener Zeitung
Die „Wiener Zeitung“ kämpft um...
Tale from the Vienna media woods
SG -
Vienna, May 3, 2021
by Walter Hämmerle, Chief Editor, Wiener Zeitung
My newspaper, the Wiener Zeitung, is fighting for its life. This is not entirely surprising...
Budapest says ‘no’ to Orbán
SG -
Vienna/ Budapest. May 3, 2021
The AEJ'S Hungarian Section has issued a tough statement on media freedom to mark May 3, backing U.S. Secretary...
Fightback on media freedom ‘getting stronger’
SG -
London, May 2, 2021
Commentary by William Horsley, AEJ Media Freedom Representative, to mark World Press Freedom Day 2021.
In a message for this year’s World...