Czech Republic: Public media funding bill raises concerns over compatibility with EMFA

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A new government bill which would overhaul the funding model for the Czech public media risks financially weakening the broadcasters, eroding safeguards for their financial independence and violating European Media Freedom Act (EMFA), the undersigned Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and other media freedom, journalist and freedom of expression organisations warn today. Our organisations call on the European Commission to closely assess this bill regarding its compatibility with Article 5 of EMFA and to ensure that no reforms are undertaken which threaten the financial, editorial or institutional independence of the Czech public media.…

Slovenia

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UNION OF SLOVENIAN JOURNALISTS SINDIKAT NOVINARJEV SLOVENIJE (SNS) Address Vošnjakova 8 1000 Ljubljana Slovenia Staff Alenka Potočnik (President) Mojca Zabukovec (General Secretary) Marija Penca (Secretary) Phone +386 1 426 0366 Email info@sindikat-novinarjev.si glavni.tajnik@sindikat-novinarjev.si sns@siol.net Website Twitter http://www.sindikat-novinarjev.si/ @novinarSI SLOVENIAN ASSOCIATION OF JOURNALISTS DRUŠTVO NOVINARJEV SLOVENIJE Address Vošnjakova 8/VII 1000 Ljubljana Slovenia Staff Gašper Andrinek (President) – gasper.andrinek@rtvslo.si Spela Stare (General Secretary) – generalni@novinar.com Phone +386 1 426 03 63 Email pisarna@novinar.com Website www.novinar.com

EFJ Focus 18 January 2014

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Poland

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POLISH JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION – SDP Address ul. Foksal 3/5 00-366 Warszawa Poland Staff Krzysztof Skowroński (President) Hubert Bekrycht (General secretary) Mariusz Pilis (Vice-President) Jolanta Hajdasz (Vice-President) Phone +48 22 827 8720 Email sdp@sdp.pl Website Twitter sdp.pl @SDPportal JOURNALISTS’ ASSOCIATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND – SDRP (SUSPENDED in April 2024) Address ul. Foksal 3/5 00-366 Warszawa Poland Staff Jerzy Domański (President) Sławomir Pietrzyk (Vice President) Andrzej Maślankiewicz (General Secretary) Tomasz Miłkowski (International Affairs Secretary) Ireneusz Hyra (Treasurer) Phone +48 22 827 87 15 E-mail info@dziennikarzerp.org.pl redakcja@dziennikarzerp.org.pl Contact Person zg.sdrp@poczta.internetdsl.pl Website http://dziennikarzerp.org.pl/   SOCIETY OF JOURNALISTS – TD Address Lewicka 14/34…

Norway

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    NORWEGIAN UNION OF JOURNALISTS Address Brugata 19 PB 9001, Grønland 0133 Oslo Staff  Dag Idar Tryggestad (President) – dag.idar.tryggestad@nj.no / +47 970 70 937 Hege Fagerheim (Vice President) – hege.fagerheim@nj.no / +47 408 28 004 August Ringvold (AREG contact) – august@nj.no / +47 906 03 778 Oddrun Midtbø (FREG contact) – oddrunmidtbo@gmail.com Rolf Johansen (BREG contact) – rolf.johansen@nrk.no / +47 340 16 13 Eva Stabell (International officer) – eva@nj.no / +47 906 02 022 Phone +47 22 20 11 10 Email nj@nj.no Website Twitter www.nj.no @Journalistlag

The Netherlands

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NEDERLANDSE VERENIGING VAN JOURNALISTEN (NVJ) Address Joh. Vermeerstr. 22, Postbus 75997 NL-1070 AZ Amsterdam The Netherlands Staff Huub Elzerman (President of NVJ Committee) Thomas Bruning (General Secretary) Phone +31 20 303 97 00 Email vereniging@nvj.nl Contact Persons Thomas Bruning – tbruning@nvj.nl Jan Douwe Keulen – jd.keulen@gmail.com Website Twitter http://www.nvj.nl/ @nvj

Montenegro

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  TRADE UNION OF MEDIA OF MONTENEGRO (SMCG) Address Ulica Njegoseva 7/2, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro President Radomir Krackovic – rajok_pg@yahoo.com and sindikatmedija@usscg.me Phone +382 20 232 315 / +382 287 8021 Email sindikatmedija@usscg.me Website Twitter http://www.sindikatmedija.me @sindikatmedija  

North Macedonia

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ASSOCIATION OF JOURNALISTS OF MACEDONIA (ZNM) Address Gradski Zid, blok 13 1000 Skopje North Macedonia President Mladen Chadikovski Phone +389 (0)2 3298 139 Email contact@znm.org.mk Contact Person Dragan Sekulovski – dsekulovski@znm.org.mk Website http://www.znm.org.mk TRADE UNION OF MACEDONIAN JOURNALISTS AND MEDIA WORKERS (SSNM) Address Blvd. Kliment Ohridski 58 b 2/3 1000 Skopje North Macedonia President Contact person Pavle Belovski (President) Darko Duridanski (Project Manager) – darkoduridanski@gmail.com Phone +389 77 723 574 / +389 2 2671 201 Email ssnm.info@gmail.com Website Twitter Facebook Instagram https://ssnm.org.mk/vesti @SSNM_info https://www.facebook.com/Sindikatnanovinari @ssnm.info  

Luxembourg

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ASSOCIATION LUXEMBOURGEOISE DES JOURNALISTES PROFESSIONNELS (ALJP) Address 52, avenue de la Gare, L-1610 Luxembourg Staff Sidney Wiltgen (President) – swiltgen@tageblatt.lu Luc Caregari (Vice-President) – luc.caregari@reporter.lu, luccaregari@gmail.com Sandra Schmit (Vice-Président) Rosa Clemente (General Secretary) Roger Infalt (Honorary Treasurer) – rinfalt@pt.lu Phone +352 691 161 525 / + 352 22 23 11 Email info@journalist.lu Website Twitter www.journalist.lu @AljpLuxemb

Latvia

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  LATVIA UNION OF JOURNALISTS Address Kr. Valdemāra iela 118-211, 1013 Riga President Juris Paiders – jpaiders@inbox.lv Phone +371 292 06 974 / +371 672 11 433 Website http://www.zurnalistusavieniba.lv LATVIA ASSOCIATION OF JOURNALISTS (Latvijas Žurnālistu asociācija) Address Strēlnieku iela 4 Rīga, LV – 1010 Phone +371 294 03 080 Email zurnalisti.nvo@gmail.com Contact Person Anastasija Tetarenko-Supe (Chair) zurnaleti.nvo@gmail.com Website  www.latvijaszurnalisti.lv Twitter @zurnalistilv  

Italy

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FEDERAZIONE NAZIONALE DELLA STAMPA ITALIANA (FNSI) Address 349 Corso Vittorio Emanuele 000186 Roma Italy Staff Vittorio di Trapani (President) Alessandra Costante (General Secretary) Phone +39 06 680081 Email esteri.fnsi@fnsi.it Contact Person Anna del Freo (member of the EFJ Steering Committee) – anna.delfreo@ilsole24ore.com Website Twitter www.fnsi.it @FnsiSocial

Iceland

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    Icelandic Union of Journalists (Blaðamannafélag Íslands) Address Sidumúla 23 108 Reykjavik Iceland Chairperson Sigríður Dögg Auðunsdóttir – sigridur@press.is Phone +354 55 391 55 Email press@press.is Secretary General Freyja Steingrímsdóttir – freyja@press.is Website www.press.is

Hungary

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      HUNGARIAN PRESS UNION Address Sajtószakszervezet (Hungarian Press Union) Budapest 1115 Bartók Béla út 152/c.fszt Hungary Staff Eva F. Kováts (President) M. Lengyel László (Vice-President) – mlengyellaszlo@gmail.com / +36 30 211 3243 László Tripolszky (Co-chair) Zsuzsa Merza (Secretary in charge of Economic Affairs) Árpád Gyöngyösi (Secretary in charge of Foreign Affairs) Phone +36 1 317 16 53 Email iroda@sajtoszakszervezet.hu Website http://www.sajtoszakszervezet.hu/      MUOSZ – Association of Hungarian Journalists Address Vörösmarty u. 47/a Budapest 1064 Hungary Staff Ilona Kocsi (President) Éva Keleti (Honorary President) Mária Gönczi (Vice President) Ferenc Vicsek (Vice President) József László (Chairman of Delegation Assembly,…

Greece

  Journalists’ Union of Athens Daily Newspapers – JUADN Address Akadimias 20 10671 Athens Greece Staff Maria Antoniadou (President), Ariadni (Aria) Agatsa (1st Vice President), George Gavalas (2nd Vice President),  Stavros Kapakos (General Secretary), Makis Diogos (Treasurer), Machi Nikolara (Special Affairs Secretary) Phone + 30 210 36 75 509 Email info@esiea.gr / pr@esiea.gr Contact Person Mary Sapounioti – msapounioti@esiea.gr Dori Ralli – dralli@esiea.gr Website  http://www.esiea.gr/   Journalists’ Union of Macedonia and Thrace – ESIEMTH Address Stratigou Kallari 5 546 22 Thessaloniki Greece Staff Ioannis Voitsidis (President); Fotini Stefanopoulou (Vice President); Irini Tsarouha (Secretary General), Antonis Repanas (Treasurer), Romanos Kontogiannidis (Building…

Germany

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Deutsche Journalistinnen und Journalisten Union (dju) in ver.di Address Paula-Thiede-Ufer 10 10179 Berlin Germany Mail Delivery Address: Bona-Peiser-Weg 4 10179 Berlin Germany Staff Peter Freitag (Vice-Chairmen); Lars Hansen (Vice-Chairmen) Phone +49 30 69 56 23 22 Email dju@verdi.de Contact Person Danica Bensmail (General Secretary) – Danica.Bensmail@verdi.de Website Twitter https://dju.verdi.de/ @_verdi Deutscher Journalisten-Verband Address Bennauerstrasse, 60 53115 Bonn I Germany President Mika Beuster Phone +49 228 201 720 Email djv@djv.de Contact Person Timo Conraths – conraths@djv.de Website Twitter www.djv.de @DJVde

Georgia

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  INDEPENDENT ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIAN JOURNALISTS (IAGJ) Address 17 Mtskheta Str., Stbilisi, Georgia President Zviad Pochkhua Phone 995 96 52 52 995 599 077 051 E-mail IAGJ@journalist.ge Facebook https://www.facebook.com/JournalistsAssociation/ Website https://journalist.ge

France

Syndicat National des Journalistes – SNJ Address 33, Rue du Louvre S75002 Paris France Staff Agnès Briançon-Marjollet, secrétaire générale Antoine Chuzeville, secrétaire général Phone +33 1 42 36 84 23 Email snj@snj.fr Contact Person Siège du SNJ : snj(at)snj.fr Website Twitter Instagram www.snj.fr @SNJ_national @snj_national_journalistes Union Fédérale des Journalistes – CFDT Address 47-49 Avenue Simon Bolivar 75950 Paris Cedex 19 France Staff Elise Descamps (Secrétaire Générale) Phone +33 1 56 41 54 20 Email journalistes@f3c.cfdt.fr Website Twitter https://cfdt-journalistes.fr/  @USJCFDT   Syndicat National des Journalistes – CGT Address 263, Rue de Paris – Case 570 F-93514 Montreuil Cedex Staff Pablo Aiquel (Secrétaire général)…

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