Jourová to take on Orbán over media concentration
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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...
World Press Freedom Day – Difference Day 2
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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...
Budapest says ‘no’ to Orbán
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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...
Free Media – “act or face consequences”
Athens, 29 April, 2021
On the eve of World Press Freedom Day on May 3, the newly-elected AEJ President Saia Tsaousidou said today that 2021...
“Freeze the stolen assets”
The AEJ President today backed the dramatic plea on the BBC https://twitter.com/BBCNewsnight/status/1384997315308568578?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1384997315308568578%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fkhodorkovsky.com%2Fmbk-there-is-finally-some-understanding-of-what-should-be-done%2F by exiled Putin opponent Mikhail Khodorkovsky for western leaders to recognise the time...
Journalists murdered in Burkina Faso
es Vienna/ Madrid April 27, 2021
The Spanish journalists, David Beriain and Roberto Fraile and their so far unnamed Irish colleague were murdered by an...
Navalny news – good and not at all good
ES, Vienna, April 27, 2021
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, 44, finally gave up his nearly three-week-long hunger strike, announcing with characteristic wit that “Well...
Conversations about Europe and Media
Brussels, April 27, 2021
In March 2020 the European Commission launched the European News Media Forum https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/events/european-news-media-forum-safety-journalists on the safety of journalists, part of the next European...
Migration: new EU strategy on voluntary return and reintegration
The European Commission is today adopting the first EU Strategy on voluntary return and reintegration. The Strategy promotes voluntary return and reintegration as an...
Govts need to shape up on media freedom – CoE
ES, Vienna, April 27 2021
In a hard-hitting statement today https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/-/secretary-general-european-governments-should-show-stronger-political-will-to-protect-press-freedom Council of Europe Secretary-General Marija Pejčinović Burić called for stronger political will by governments to protect...