The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joined the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the undersigned organisations – representing public service media, journalists, and press freedom organisations across Europe and globally – in calling on the Lithuanian authorities to ensure all outstanding recommendations of the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission on the Law on Lithuanian National Radio and Television are addressed. With this open letter, we call on the Lithuanian authorities, including the Seimas, the Government and the President, to complete the legislative work begun this year and to ensure that all outstanding recommendations of the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission…

From 4-5 June 2026, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) hosted a two-day workshop focusing on EU legislation impacting media freedom and the digital environment. Around 40 journalists, journalists’ representatives, experts and policymakers gathered in Brussels to discuss the application in practice of key European legislation for journalists and the media sector as a whole. “Today we’re here to exchange experiences, strengthen our advocacy and ensure that media freedom does not remain a beautiful phrase in European legislation, but become something that journalists actually feel in their everyday work,” said Maja Sever, President of EFJ, in her opening remarks. Key…

Alicia Armesto, a journalist and the technical secretary of the Madrid Journalists’ Union (SPM) – part of the Federation of Journalists’ Unions (FeSP) – was detained alongside other nine activists by the Libyan National Army. The group was held on 24 May while approaching a military checkpoint in Sirte, between Tripoli and Benghazi, with a humanitarian convoy on their way to Gaza, Palestine. The International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ-EFJ) have joined their affiliate, the FeSP, in urging the Spanish government to do everything in its power to ensure the immediate release of Armesto and to guarantee her safety…

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), its partner organisations from the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR), and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) will travel to Paris from 9 to 11 June 2026 to assess the current state of media freedom in France, less than a year before the presidential elections.  While France’s legal and regulatory framework is generally supportive of media freedom, there has been an alarming increase in the number and severity of attacks documented on journalists and media outlets in recent years. As of 3 June 2026, 376 violations of press freedom affecting 590 media professionals had been documented since…

Italian journalist Adriano Cappellari’s home in Enego, northeastern Italy, was targeted in an arson attack on 31 May. The journalist had previously received threatening letters due to his reporting. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) join their affiliate, the Federazione Nazionale Stampa Italiana (FNSI), in expressing solidarity with Cappellari and calling for a prompt investigation into this attack. Journalist Adriano Cappellari contributes to the local newspaper L’Altopiano and the regional newspaper Il Giornale di Vicenza, both of which are based in the Province of Vicenza, in northeastern Italy. In February 2026, he received anonymous letters to…

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) will hold its annual meeting in Ankara, Turkey. Around 70 journalists and trade union representatives are expected to meet on 18-19 June 2026. It is co-organised by the Journalists’ Association (GCD), based in the capital city of Turkey. Under the theme “Independent journalism under siege”, the EFJ Congress will kick off with a conference on “The global crisis of journalism”. The event will welcome Márton Gergely, chief editor of  HVG, Hungary’s leading weekly and Chair of the IPI Executive Board, for a keynote discussion on the global challenges facing the profession.  During the Congress,…