At the rate journalists are being killed in Gaza by the Israeli army, there will soon be no one left to keep you informed. In an unprecedented global action, almost 200 media outlets from 50 countries are simultaneously disrupting their front pages, homepages, and broadcasts to demand an end to the killing of journalists in Gaza and to call for international press access to the enclave. The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joined the action, coordinated by Reporters Without Borders (R...| European Federation of Journalists
Three Ukrainian newspaper editorial offices, two in Kyiv and one in Mezhivskyi, were hit overnight on 28 August by Russian drones, causing damage to the buildings and property inside. The International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ-EFJ) join their affiliate, the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NUJU), in strongly condemning the attacks and in expressing solidarity with the journalists affected. The IFJ and the EFJ demand full accountability from the Russian authorities...| European Federation of Journalists
Italian media group MediaForEurope (MFE) is set to takeover German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 after the Czech major shareholder PPF announced its withdrawal, on 27 August 2025. The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joins its German affiliate dju in ver.di in raising concerns about the effects on media pluralism in Europe. With this acquisition, Pier Silvio Berlusconi – head of MFE and son of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi – seeks to create a pan-European...| European Federation of Journalists
“Our journalists are paying the price. They are killed every day. We want this occupation to end. We want the genocide and the killing of journalists to stop. The EU is complicit in their killing.” These words, from Yousef Habash, President of the European branch of the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate (PJS-Europe), resonated with the crowd gathered on 26 August, at Mont des Arts in Brussels, to honour the 219 journalists who have lost their lives while informing the world about the m...| European Federation of Journalists
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), joined by its partners from the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR), the SafeJournalists Network (SJN), and Reporters Without Borders (RSF), is urging ministers to enforce the Tirana First Instance Court’s decision from 12 August 2025. This ruling partially upheld the request of Focus Media Group and Panorama Group for urgent interim measures to restore access to journalistic equipment and work materials. 25.08.2025 Në gjuhën shqipe më po...| European Federation of Journalists
The following letter was sent today by European trade union leaders to Kaja Kallas, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and ...| European Federation of Journalists
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joins its Serbian affiliates the Journalists’ Association of Serbia (UNS) and the Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia (IJAS-NUNS) in calling on the police to immediately stop the violence against journalists and to protect them while they are covering the clashes between rival groups of protesters in Serbia, as months of anti-government demonstrations boiled over into street violence. A wave of anti-corruption protests has gripped Se...| European Federation of Journalists
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joined its affiliate, the BH Journalists Association (BHJA) in expressing deep concern over the intention of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina to obtain prohibitory measures for the journalist Nataša Miljanović Zubac, which include the prohibition of leaving Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and contacts with two employees of the BIH Border Police, who, like Miljanović Zubac, are suspected of the criminal offense of “deceiving o...| European Federation of Journalists
The Izmir office of the Turkish daily newspaper Evrensel, located in Alsancak district, was shot at by an unidentified assailant, last night, at around 1.30am. The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) demands an investigation to identify the perpetrator, his motives and convict him. The attack occurred at around 01:30 am when the office was empty. The man opened fire on Evrensel’s sign with a pistol. Seven bullet holes were found in the sign. Police detained one suspect and collected sh...| European Federation of Journalists
A targeted Israeli attack killed six journalists in Gaza on Sunday. These crimes have rekindled the mobilisation of journalists’ unions in Europe. On the call of the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), journalists’ organisations in 23 countries have sent a letter to their governments asking them to take concrete measures to stop the massacre. Demonstrations are planned in Sweden, on Thursday, and in Belgium and Croatia, at the end of August. The EFJ is calling on its affiliates to t...| European Federation of Journalists
The European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) comes fully into force today, 8 August 2025. Yet, in most EU Member States, the EMFA is still a long way from being ...| European Federation of Journalists
Conducted by the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF), the Media Pluralism Monitor (MPM) offers one of the most comprehensive assessments ...| European Federation of Journalists
A newly introduced bill which would allow for the blacklisting, financial restriction and potential closure of media outlets and civil society ...| European Federation of Journalists
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), which will hold its General Meeting in Budapest on 2-3 June, strongly condemns, together with its Hungarian ...| European Federation of Journalists
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joined CDT Europe and 11 civil society and journalists organisations, all members of the Spyware ...| European Federation of Journalists
As the ruling Georgian Dream party intensifies efforts to consolidate authoritarian rule, independent media face unprecedented pressure and are now on ...| European Federation of Journalists
Three European journalists targeted with Paragon Solutions spyware| European Federation of Journalists
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joined media freedom groups in welcoming the conviction of the two gang members who supplied car bomb which ...| European Federation of Journalists
Following the victory of Karol Nawrocki in Poland’s presidential election on 1 June, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joined the ...| European Federation of Journalists
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) has joined the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and over ...| European Federation of Journalists
The General Meeting of the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), which just took place in Budapest, Hungary, on 2 and 3 June, was marked above all by ...| European Federation of Journalists
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) welcomes the announcement on 4 June 2025 of the Hungarian ruling party Fidesz to postpone the vote on the ...| European Federation of Journalists
European journalists organisations meeting in Budapest (Hungary) on 2-3 June 2025, on the occasion of the EFJ General Meeting (GM), denounced the ...| European Federation of Journalists
Speech by Maja Sever (EFJ President) on 2 June 2025. Dear colleagues, dear friends, Welcome to Budapest and to the Elective General Meeting of the ...| European Federation of Journalists
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) will hold its elective general meeting in Budapest, Hungary, on 2-3 June 2025. More than 120 journalists and ...| European Federation of Journalists
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), along with two of its affiliates (APJA and AGSH), joined the SafeJournalists Network (SJN) to raise alarm ...| European Federation of Journalists
On 13 May, the Fidesz party of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán presented a draft of a new foreign funding bill which represents the most serious attack on ...| European Federation of Journalists
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) join partner organisations of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) and the SafeJournalists Network (SJN) ...| European Federation of Journalists
Voices Festival 2025, held in Zagreb from 27 February to 1 March, was a time for celebration and reflection but also an opportunity to express solidarity ...| European Federation of Journalists