European Federation of Journalists

DiverCity Project Final Conference

Auditori MACBA Plaça dels Angels, 1, Barcelona, Spain

The EFJ GS Ricardo Gutiérrez will moderate the following panel: Engaging and providing for LGBT population: Policies and strategies outside the big city Analysing existing legislation, policies and practices on LGBTphobia Eleonore Kofman, Middlesex University Is 'homonationalism' always already wrong? LGBT/Q strategies in Wroclaw Monika Baer, Wroclaw University The Catalan LGBT Network of Local Councils Míriam Ferràndiz, Ajuntament de Sabadell   Agenda: divercityfinalconf_en_web

DJV Congress

Wurzburg Pleichertorstrasse 5, Würzburg, Germany

EU-Western Balkans Media Days

Hotel The Plaza Rruga 28 Nentori, Tirana, Albania

The EU Commissioner for the European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn is organizing the “EU – Western Balkans Media Days”, which will be held on 9-10 November 2017 in Tirana, Albania, in the hotel The Plaza. The EFJ President Mogens Blicher Bjerregård will represent the EFJ.

Conference “Race, Racism and Xenophobia in a Global Context”

European Parliament Brussels, Belgium

MEP Cécile Kyenge (S&D) is organising the conference "Race, Racism and Xenophobia in a Global Context III" in collaboration with the New York University Florence at the European Parliament in Brussels, on November 9th, 2017. The EFJ Director Renate Schroeder will participate to the third panel on “Communication, Racism and Xenophobia in the Post-Truth Era” from 12:00-13:00 on November 9th, 2017.  

MPM2017 conference

European University Institute Badia Fiesolana Via dei Roccettini, 9, San Domenico di Fiesole, Italy

Congrès syndicom

Congress Center Bâle Bâle, Switzerland

EU Multi-stakeholder Conference on Fake news

Centre Albert Borschette rue Froissart, 36, Brussels, Belgium

"Fake news" is currently being discussed in sensitive contexts such as the US Presidential elections, Brexit and after EU electoral campaigns. The reasons why this phenomenon is more pervasive and impactful today than ever before are the ease with which news can be posted and shared on social media, the velocity with which such news may spread, and the global reach it might effortlessly attain. Consequently, President Juncker has taken up the challenge of fake news in his letter of Intent to the European Parliament and equally in his Mission letter to Commissioner Gabriel. He calls for action to "address…

Press conference on working conditions in South East Europe and Turkey

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) invites you to its event “How to improve the precarious state of journalism in South East Europe and Turkey”, which will take place on the 14th of November 2017 at the Press Club Brussels, in the framework of the project “Building Trust in Media in South East Europe and Turkey”. With financial support from the EU and UNESCO, the project seeks to strengthen freedom of expression, access to information, free, independent and pluralistic media, ensuring that journalists and media are key drivers for democratic, sustainable and peaceful development in the region. On this occasion, seven…