European Federation of Journalists

LAREG+ Unesco meeting

Podgorica Podgorica, Montenegro

Follow-up Building Trust in Media SEE project LAREG+ members meeting in Podgorica (Montenegro)  

Assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia: Demand for Close International Scrutiny

Meeting Room 10, Palais de L’Europe Strasbourg, France

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) is pleased to be an official partner of the discussion “Assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia – Demand for Close International Scrutiny”, held as a side event to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on Jan. 22, 2018. Three months to the day after Daphne Caruana Galizia’s assassination, MPs Anne Brasseur (ALDE, Luxembourg), Pieter Omtzigt (EPP, Netherlands) and Frank Schwabe (SOC, Germany) announce an event to be held in her honour on the margins of the winter session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg on Jan. 22,…

Starting a European Dialogue on the Platform Economy

An event to discuss new business models for operators of digital platforms and new approaches to policy making with experts, workers, politicians and trade unionists, with a view to shape fair work in a digital economy. Co-organised by Shares & Workers, ETUI, ETUC, Ires & Astrees. Held in Brussels. Registration requests to be sent to Sophie Kasiers at ETUI before 8 January 2018: skasiers@etui.org

GMF: Challenges to Democracy in Turkey

The German Marshall Fund hosts the event, 'Challenges to Democracy in Turkey'. Speakers include Kati Piri, MEP, European Parliament’s Rapporteur on Turkey, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats; Güven Sak, Managing Director, Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV); and İlter Turan, Emeritus Professor of Political Science, Istanbul Bilgi University.

ECPMF expert talk on media freedom in Bulgaria

Bulgaria assumes the presidency of the Council of Europe for the first six months of 2018. At the same time the country is bottom of the table for press and media freedom in the European Union. What are the reasons? What can be done? How can media freedom become part of the political priorities of this presidency? The European Centre for Press & Media Freedom (ECPMF) will discuss these issues with EU policy makers, experts and journalists from Bulgaria. And it will give a short overview of its work. Register via email until 19th January 2018 at conference(at)ecpmf.eu.

#Newsocracy III – La concentración de medios en España y Europa

Medialab-Prado Calle de la Alameda, 15, Madrid, Madrid, Spain

#newsocracy III brings together policy makers, academics, journalists, citizens and existing initiatives for transparency of media ownership structures to discuss media ownership concentration in Europe and Spain. The event is hosted by the ECPMF, PDLI and OBCT. ----------------- El European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF), la Plataforma en Defensa de la Libertad de Información (PDLI) y el Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa (OBCT), te invitan a #NEWSOCRACY III, la jornada sobre concentración mediática en Europa que reunirá a políticos, académicos, periodistas e iniciativas por la transparencia en la propiedad de los medios. Discutiremos sobre acontecimientos recientes, los peligros de la situación actual y posibles soluciones. Visita la web…

GUE/NGL event on protecting journalists and whistleblowers to be held in honour of Daphne Caruana Galizia

European Parliament Brussels, Belgium

The assassination of the Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia last October is a tragic reminder of the ever-present dangers that crusading journalists and whistleblowers face on a daily basis - even when reporting here inside the EU. The laws that purport to safeguard their and our basic human rights, professional dignity and media freedom are clearly inadequate. With Galizia’s murder and the ongoing cases against the LuxLeaks whistleblowers and Julian Assange, the EU still has a long way to go in offering proper protection for journalists and whistleblowers. In honour of Daphne Caruana Galizia, the European United Left / Nordic…

Meeting with Spanish Ambassador on Authors’ Rights

Permanent Representation of Spain 52 Boulevard du Régent, Brussels, Belgium

Meeting with Juan Aristegui, Ambassador Deputy Permanent Representative of Spain to the European Union.