Alert – Future of Europe citizens’ meeting Oct 1 -3
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Brussels, September 29, 2021
advisory from Javier Jiminez Moratella, AEJ Brussels Repr.
Media are invited to the sessions of the European Citizens’ Panels, which continue with...
Getting real about rule of law in Europe
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London / Brussels. September 22, 2021
from William Horsley, Special Representative for Media Freedom
Today the AEJ joined 60 other journalists' and civil society groups in...
Last encounter with a fine European
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Vienna, September 20, 2021.
Was the Austrian intellectual and politician Caspar Einem one of the last "real" Europeans? Sadly, he may have been. Here, our...
Rupe swoops to create UK version of Fox News
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London and Vienna, September 17, 2021
by Edward Steen, Secretary-General
Like the most virulent weed in the journalistic jungle, the Australian-American media mogul Rupert Murdoch, 90,...
EU needs proper powers to protect media – AEJ
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London/ Brussels. September 16, 2021
by William Horsley, AEJ Media Press Freedom Representative
For years the European Commission has been criticized for inaction in the face...
Afghanistan – the definitive film?
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Vienna/ Berlin, September 13, 2021 + updates
by Edward Steen, Secretary-General
As was to be expected, the extraordinary independent but state.-funded Deutsche Welle has publicised one...
Surfing tide of fakes – the onward nonsense of RT Deutsch
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Unapologetic face of RT Deutsch - looking for "losers who have something to say". See below
Cannes, September 7, 2021
from Mark Porter
While a senior BBC...
Europe Minister – full AEJ interview in Eng
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https://www.wienerzeitung.at/nachrichten/kultur/medien/2119224-Edtstadler-EU-muss-auf-Pressefreiheit-achten.html
English translation (Deep L)
Edtstadler: EU must pay attention to freedom of the press
It is a "basic requirement of having democracies", says the Minister for...
Taking the temperature of EU’s problem members
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Vienna, September 6, 2021
EU “must stop threatening to kick Members out”
by Edward Steen, Sec-General
In an illuminating interview with Brigitte Rambossek (AEJ Austria Section) on...
Call on G7 to evacuate journalists and Afghan helpers
Photo: Journalist Freshta Farhang, who writes about women’s issues for an online media outlet, sits on her desk in the newsroom, in Kabul, Afganistan,...