One of Malta’s richest men, Yorgen Fenech, has been found not guilty of involvement in the murder of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. On 2 September, nearly nine years after her death in a car bombing in October 2017, a jury of six women and three men found Yorgen Fenech, 44, not guilty of both counts with which he had been charged: complicity in the voluntary homicide of Daphne Caruana Galizia, and association with the intention of committing a crime. The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) condemns the failure of the Maltese judiciary and authorities to convict the mastermind in…

On 27 August 2026, the mother of the journalist Ulviyya Guliyeva (also known as Ulviyya Ali), raised concerns for her daughter’s safety being held at Baku Pretrial Detention Center. Guliyeva’s detention is part of a wider crackdown on independent media in Azerbaijan, where dozens of journalists have been imprisoned since late 2023. This includes the nine Toplum TV journalists and media workers who were unjustly sentenced to up to 15 years in prison on 27 July 2026. Among them is Toplum TV co-founder Alasgar Mammadli, who has reportedly been denied medical care following cardiac episodes and an untreated thyroid growth.…

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) fully supports the Greek journalist Thanasis Koukakis as he brings his surveillance case before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). On 26 August, Greek journalist Thanasis Koukakis’s lawyers filed an application before the ECHR against Greece arguing domestic judicial authorities failed to fully investigate the violation of the journalist’s private communications and the infection of his phone with Predator spyware in 2021.  “This application is a crucial step in ensuring that independent and impartial investigations are carried out and that those responsible for unlawfully surveilling journalists are held accountable. Surveillance tactics not only…

On 25 and 26 August, journalists covering anti-migrant demonstrations in Ceuta, a Spanish enclave in North Africa, were verbally and physically harassed by protesters. The International and European Federation of Journalists (IFJ-EFJ) join their Spanish affiliates in condemning these attacks and calling on the authorities to guarantee the safety of journalists and media workers. The Spanish enclave of Ceuta experienced a mass influx of migrants over its border with Morocco on 30 and 31 July, with more than seventy thousand people arriving. While many returned to Morocco, between around three and seven thousand migrants, including unaccompanied minors, remain in the enclave.…

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) join their affiliate the Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia (NUNS) in raising concerns over the response of Alpac Capital CEO Pedro Vargas David to Minister of Information and Telecommunications Boris Bratina. Rather than alleviating employees’ concerns about the future of Adria News Network (ANN) media outlets, the wording of the response raises further questions about the new owner’s approach to the editorial policies of the newsrooms. NUNS has already warned that representatives of the executive branch must not dictate to media owners how they should manage their…

Today, on Ukraine independence day, our Ukrainian affiliate, the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NUJU) launched the International Advisory Council of the Journalists’ Solidarity Centers, a pro bono, non-governing advisory board. The new group of international experts will advise NUJU on journalists’ safety, media resilience and the strategic development of its nationwide Solidarity Centers network. The group will also help connect the needs of Ukrainian journalists and independent media with international expertise, professional solidarity and appropriate forms of support. “Ukrainian journalists and media are working in conditions that change almost every week, from missile and drone attacks to displacement,…