The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joined its affiliates, the Journalists’ Association of Serbia (UNS), the Independent Journalists’ Association of Serbia (NUNS), and the “Nezavisnost” Branch Trade Union in expressing deep concern over the ongoing and increasingly intense pressures, professional degradation, and systematic erosion of labor rights of journalists and media workers at Euronews Serbia. In the latest wave of layoffs, at least 12 journalists and employees received termination notices due to alleged redundancy, citing organizational changes and the cessation of need for their positions. At the same time, some employees were offered annexes to their contracts with reduced salaries.…

This Saturday, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joined the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), ILGA-Europe, the European Public Service Unions (EPSU) and trade unionists from across Europe at Budapest Pride to stand for equality, dignity and human rights in Hungary and beyond. We stand united to defend the rights and freedoms of LGBTIQ people and workers across Europe. The ban on Budapest Pride is not just an attack on LGBTIQ people: it’s an attack on democracy, freedom of assembly, and the right to organise. On 18 March 2025, a law was adopted in Hungary restricting the freedom of assembly, by connecting it…

The International and European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) lend their full support to their Serbian member, the Independent Journalists of Serbia (NUNS), targeted by a coordinated campaign initiated by the newly formed pro-government Association of Journalists of Serbia (AJS/ANS). NUNS was labeled as an organisation that “supports the riot organisers” simply for opening its office in Belgrade to journalists and media workers who would have difficulty in reaching their newsrooms due to traffic disruptions on demonstration days.  This direct attack on NUNS have sparked a smear campaign across media supported by dozens of pro-government media outlets spreading hostile narrative and…

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joined CDT Europe and 11 civil society and journalists’ organisations, all members of the Spyware Coordination Group, in an open letter to the EU institutions expressing its grave concerns about the continued unchecked use of spyware within the European Union. We hence urge EU Institutions to take concrete, coordinated action to respond to the growing threats posed by spyware, strengthen the security and resilience of Europe’s digital infrastructure and cyberspace, and address the proliferation of commercial surveillance technologies within the EU internal market. The letter highlights that despite continued evidence of spyware misuse, including…

Update (26/11/25): A Turkish court sentenced Fatih Altaylı to four years and two months in prison for “threatening” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joins the undersigned press freedom, freedom of expression and journalists’ organizations today in stronglying condemn the arrest of Turkish journalist Fatih Altaylı over his political commentary during a YouTube live broadcast and call for his immediate release. Fatih Altaylı, a prominent journalist and columnist, was taken into custody and arrested on June 21, 2025, hours after a segment of his YouTube broadcast went viral on social media. In the video, Altaylı…

On 20 June, the Baku Court of Serious Crimes, in Azerbaijan, sentenced seven media workers affiliated with the independent investigative outlet Abzas Media – including director Ulvi Hasanli, editor-in-chief Sevinc Vagifgizi, investigative journalist Hafiz Babaly, reporters Nargiz Absalamova and Elnara Gasymova, translator Muhammad Kekalov, and Radio Free Europe correspondent Farid Mehralizade – to prison terms ranging from seven and a half to nine years. The charges included “currency smuggling,” “money laundering,” “tax evasion” and forgery of documents. The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) denounces this rigged trial based on trumped-up charges, and calls on the European Union to step up…