The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) has attended at the Brussels Press Club,  the launch of a new book Mapping Foreign Correspondence in Europe showing that London is the world capital of foreign correspondents. The editor of the book Georgios Terzis has conducted a pan-european research for almost two years and gathered data about the 6.600 registered journalists working as correspondents in 27 countries (this first edition does not include information for Poland and Italy). According to the data disclosed, the country that has the highest number of foreign correspondents working there is the United Kingdom (1.700), following by France (945), Belgium…

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) represented by the President, Mogens Blicher Bjerregård, will attend the third meeting of the Copyright Working Group of the European Parliament (EP) on 12 February in Strasbourg, to address the interest of journalists in the upcoming EU copyright reform. For the first time, representatives of authors including the EFJ are invited to address the issue in front of the group and other members of the parliament. Blicher Bjerregård said, “The importance of authors’ rights has not changed because of the emergence of new media platforms. Authors’ rights become ever more important in ensuring the…

On 22 -25 May, European citizens have elected their Members of the Parliament to represent them at the new European Parliament. During the election, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) has launched a Manifesto calling on all candidate MEPs to commit to the Journalists’ Manifesto for the revival of a free and pluralistic media in Europe. Over 200 MEP candidates have endorsed the EFJ Manifesto by committing themselves to the following TEN principles. Among those MEP candidates who have signed the Manifesto, 50 of them them have been (re-)elected. 1. Democracy needs independent journalism 2. Europe needs media pluralism 3. Rights…

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The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) is the largest organisation of journalists in Europe, representing over 320.000 journalists. We have 77 members in the following 45 countries: Albania Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia-Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Faroe Islands (DK) Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kosovo Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Montenegro The Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Applicants for Membership

Source : European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and affiliates Data last updated on: January 2024 You can submit a new alert (arrest or release) HERE Azerbaijan Aslan Gurbanov  Avaz Zeynalli Aziz Orujov Elnur Shukurov Hafiz Babali Mahammad Kekalov Nargiz Absalamova  Nurlan Gahramanli Osman Narimanoglu Rzayev Polad Aslanov Rashad Ramazanov Rufat Muradli Sevinc Vaqifqizi Ulvi Hasanli Vugar Mammadov Belarus Katsiaryna Andreeva Henadz Mazheika Yauhen Merkis Ihar Losik Iryna Slaunikava Dzmitry Semchanka Kseniya Lutskina Andrei Kuznechyk Andrei Famin Andrei Aliaksandrau Siarhei Satsuk Larysa Shchyrakova Dzianis Ivashyn Yuryi Hantsarevich​ Pavel Padabed Andrej Pachobut Dzmitryi Luksha Viachaslau Lazarau Maryna Zolatava Kanstantsin Zalatykh Aliaksandr Mantsevich…