Democracies are islands
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Frankfurt, May 3, 2021
By Dieter Weirich*, the legendary journalist and politician who from 1989 onwards transformed Deutsche Welle into the global influence it is...
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...
Murdered journalists not forgotten
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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...
CoE Platform report
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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...
Wiener Zeitung – article by editor-in-chief
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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...
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...
Fightback on media freedom ‘getting stronger’
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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...
Free Media – “act or face consequences”
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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”
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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
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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...