For the two EFJ member organisations in Switzerland,  impressum and syndicom the very clear no to “No Billag” confirms that the Swiss population wants to preserve quality media. 71% voted against #Nobillag in yesterday’s referendum. The “No Billag” initiative – a reference to the Billag firm that collects the media licensing fee – divided Switzerland along political and generational lines. The majority of the population does not want to set aside public service media and is aware that media pluralism is in danger, if one can only rely on private and commercial media, says syndicom. The public referendum against «No Billag» has confirmed the…

On 1st of March 2018, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), the largest organisation of journalists in Europe, representing over 320,000 journalists in 70 journalists’ organisations across 44 countries, has received the visit of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Nils Muižnieks in the last month of his mandate. Ricardo Gutiérrez, EFJ General Secretary, used the opportunity to warmly thank the Commissioner for the good cooperation between his office and the EFJ and underlined the relevant constructive work, particularly in the field of media freedom and journalists’ safety delivered by Nils Muižnieks during his mandate. The recent killings of European investigative journalists (Malta, Slovakia) and…