The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joined the Safe Journalists Network (SJN) and the undersigned media freedom and civil society organisations in expressing serious concern regarding the Albanian Council of Ministers’ decision on March 6, 2025, to suspend nationwide access to the TikTok platform for 12 months. While we acknowledge the government’s stated intention to protect children from harmful content and safeguard personal data, we strongly underline that such protective measures must fully respect fundamental human rights, particularly freedom of expression, access to information, and due process. Freedom of Expression and Proportionality We emphasize that a total platform ban represents an…

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joins the undersigned press freedom, journalists, and freedom of expression organisations in expressing deep concern over the new wave of repressive legislation, increasing threats to journalists’ safety, and the broader decline of media freedom in Georgia. We urge the international community, especially the European Union (EU), to address the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party and support Georgia’s embattled independent media sector. On 24 February 2025, the Georgian Dream ruling party and its satellite party People’s Power introduced amendments to the Law on Broadcasting, strengthening the censorship powers of the broadcast regulator and restricting “foreign powers” from funding broadcasters…

On the eve of International Women’s Day, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) publishes two portraits of women journalists, Aksana Brovach and Georgine Kellermann, who shared last week pivotal moments in their career at the second edition of Voices, European Festival of Journalism and Media Literacy in Zagreb, Croatia. One is a journalist from Belarus forced into exile to continue her journalistic work; the other is a journalist from Germany who hid her true identity as a trans woman for 37 years, fearing a hostile work environment and damage to her reputation. Aksana Brovach and Georgine Kellermann are two models…

Ahead of the International Women’s Day, on 8 March, the Gender and Diversity Expert Group (GENDEG) of the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) calls upon all unions, media companies, and journalists to work towards achieving equal working and professional conditions for women journalists across Europe. “The first results from our recent survey highlight the persistent gender inequality in the media in Europe. Women journalists, particularly mothers, continue to face greater obstacles in career advancement and experience more discrimination and harassment in the workplace compared to their male counterparts. We still have a long way to go, and the whole sector…

Film and television production workers in Finland will cease work on 8 March after the Union of Journalists of Finland (UJF) and the Union for Theatre and Media (Teme) called a strike for the first time in decades. The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) stands in full solidarity with the striking media workers and supports their demands for improved working conditions and higher wages.  Negotiations between the UJF and the employers’ association Palta at the office of the National Conciliator for the collective agreement for film and television production have stalled after two months. While a strike notice was issued…

Oštro, Centre for Investigative Journalism in the Adriatic region, has been the target of an unprecedented smear campaign for several weeks since Meta’s announcement to stop its fact-checking programme in the United States. The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) interviewed its founder, Anuška Delić, an award-winning investigative journalist. Delić reflects on the toxic climate in which she and her team of journalists have to work. Could you tell us about Oštro and its mission? Anuška Delić: Oštro nurtures investigative and data journalism. I established it in Slovenia, and in 2021 Oštro founded a namesake sister organisation in Zagreb, Croatia. Oštro’s…