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read more“Where is the sense of urgency?” Civil society coalition calls out delays in justice for Daphne Caruana Galizia
Five years ago today, investigative reporter Daphne Caruana Galizia was brutally assassinated in a car bomb attack in Malta. Our thoughts are with her family, friends and colleagues. Together with them, we continue to fight for justice.
read moreEP debate on Greece raises in remembrance week for Daphne Caruana Galizia
Press freedom debates and talks about the protection of journalists in Europe intensified again during the week when journalists, institutions and media outlets throughout Europe remember the assassination of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.
read moreA distortion of reality created by Russian propaganda
Photo: Piotr Iłowiecki By Wouter De Leeuw, intern at AEJ Belgium Echoes of Russian propaganda are everywhere to be found. During the last plenary session of the European Parliament, MEPs raised the alarm over the impact that narratives of Russian-controlled channels...
read moreThe European Press Prize organises their first Community Event
Photo: European Press Prize By Wouter De Leeuw, intern at AEJ Belgium The first Community Event of the European Press Prize was organised on Sunday (9 October) in Athens. It brought together academics, judges, media partners and the whole journalists’ community around...
read moreInternational Press Freedom Groups Condemn Turkey Disinformation Bill
Law designed to criminalise free flow of information Twenty-two international media freedom, freedom of expression and journalists’ organisations call on Members of Parliament (MPs) to vote against the bill on “disinformation and fake news,” which was submitted to...
read moreAEJ Belgium Autumn Networking Cocktail
📆 It's back! AEJ Belgium will be presenting its traditional Autumn Networking Cocktail for EU correspondents, journalists, media professionals, European affairs experts, European officials, MEPs and peers on Friday 14 October at The Press Club Brussels Europe....
read moreFrench liberal MEP demands sanctions against British journalist
By Wouter De Leeuw, intern at AEJ Belgium During the EP press briefing, French MEP Nathalie Loiseau (from Renew Europe) voiced concerns over hostile recent communications from the Kremlin towards Ukraine and the West. Moscow, she said, is trying to make Russians and...
read moreEuropean Media Freedom Act breaks significant new ground
Joint statement by media freedom groups The undersigned journalists’, media freedom, and human rights organisations welcome the European Commission's initiative to strengthen the free and pluralistic media system and the commitment to protect journalists and editorial...
read moreReflecting on my Internship with the AEJ Belgium – Danica Van der Merwe
I spent the months from February to June with the AEJ. During those months, I discovered passions I never knew were there, I met people whose stories inspired me, I learned more about my new home: Europe and I discovered the magic of networking. I am South African...
read moreJoint statement on the European Media Freedom Act
AEJ Belgium and other 16 organisations call for an ambitious European Media Freedom Act
read moreWhy transforming news is critical to building a better world
Journalism is being called to meet a historic moment.
read moreAdil Izemrane on the shift needed regarding refugees
Adil Izemrane spoke with the AEJ about his work in refugee camps.
read moreThe human side of refugees highlighted in LUX film nominee FLEE
FLEE was the first movie of 3 LUX film nominees that were screened at the Press Club Brussels Europe.
read moreAntelopes and tigers
AEJ’s Hungarian Section about the critical press situation.
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Audience blown away by power of theatre journalist’s tragic end
“They Blew Her Up” is a powerful play about business and politics getting too friendly, and the deadly consequences for a journalist who exposes a state run by corruption.
read moreRadio Gold Europe du 09.05.2022 - Avec ROLF FALTER Aujourd’hui une émission spéciale à l’occasion du 9 mai, Jour de L’Europe. En effet, chaque année, le 9 mai, la Journée de l’Europe célèbre la paix et l'unité en Europe. Cette date marque l’anniversaire de la...
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Herman Grech on his play about Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder: They Blew Her Up: “There was the right climate to kill a journalist”
Herman Grech speaks about the different elements of his newest play: ‘They Blew Her Up’ which will be staged in Brussels in May.
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‘They Blew Her Up’ is coming to Brussels in May
A play about the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia is to be performed in Brussels in May 2022, with support from the Association of European Journalists. Find more information in the links below, available in English, French and Dutch. Buy your tickets at the link...
read moreEmilie Vanderhulst Et c’est reparti en cette année 2022 pour une nouvelle série de portraits de correspondants basés à Bruxelles qui couvrent les Affaires Européennes ! Aujourd’hui nous recevons Emilie Vanderhulst, journaliste à BXFM104 radio et l’Agence Europe. Avec...
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