Following a meeting with the Palestinian Ambassador to the EU in Brussels, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and the European Trade Union Federations, including the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), reiterate their call for more decisive and principled action by the European Union on Gaza. We welcome the New York Declaration on the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution, including the statement that “recognition and realization of the State of Palestine are an essential and indispensable component of the achievement of the two-State solution”. In line with the Statement of the…

Between 24-25 September, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) will join a coalition of international media freedom and journalist organisations travelling to Bulgaria to conduct a press freedom mission on behalf of the Council of Europe’s Safety of Journalists Platform and the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR). The delegation, which will include the EFJ General Secretary, Ricardo Gutiérrez, will conduct a series of meetings over two days in the capital Sofia with stakeholders including the Bulgarian President, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Interior, Council of Electronic Media (CEM), Office of General Prosecutor, Commission for Personal Data Protection, Central Election Commission, and representatives…

TikTok employees are continuing their strike this week amid the social media company’s refusal to engage in collective bargaining after announcing the layoffs of 150 content moderators. The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joins its German affiliate ver.di and the striking workers in urging management to enter into constructive dialogue and negotiate a collective agreement. “We trained your machines, pay us what we deserve!” This is what TikTok employees in Germany are demanding, following the announcement that about 150 content moderators in Berlin from the Trust and Safety department and TikTok Live will be replaced by Artificial Intelligence (AI) and…

September 19 marks one year since the death of Victoria Roshchyna, a Ukrainian journalist who had been held for over a year in Russian captivity. On this day, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joins its MFRR partners in remembering Victoria and demanding justice for her death from Russian authorities. Roshchyna’s body was repatriated to Ukraine and buried in Kyiv only on 8 August 2025, almost one year after the official date of her death recorded by Russian authorities. According to Ukrainian forensic investigators, Roshchyna’s body showed numerous signs of torture, including burn marks from electric shocks, cuts on the…

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joins the Safe Journalists Network (SJN) and the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners in expressing, in an open letter to the Parliament of Albania, our serious concern over recent proposals by the parliamentary majority to significantly restrict journalists’ access to the Parliament of Albania.

The Danish government has announced its intention to introduce a public-funded Ombudsperson for the media with broad legal powers concentrated into a single state-appointed institution. The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joins the partners of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR), as well as Danish media and journalist groups in opposing the proposal, warning that rather than strengthening the existing media regulatory framework, it would weaken the role of the Press Council and risks creating new avenues for unjustified or politicised interference in healthy media ecosystem. The role and powers given to the new Media Ombudsperson were outlined by the…