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Hungary violated EU state aid rules: a letter to the Commission

26/02/2021

The MFRR partners sent a new complaint to the EU Commissioner for Competition, asking for action against the deteriorating environment for media freedom las other countries like Poland are following the path established by Hungary

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Austria: new threats to investigative journalism

26/02/2021

Controversial plans floated by the governing Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) that would impose tough criminal penalties on journalists for quoting from leaked documents should be scrapped immediately, the Vienna-based International Press institute (IPI) said today

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European Cross-border Grants

25/02/2021

Journalismfound.eu is launching the next grant: cross-border teams of professional journalists can apply for a grant to cover working time and/or expenses for their investigation

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Media4Europe Summit: towards a healthy European news media sector?

25/02/2021

Wednesday 3rd March, 9:30 – 13:30: the Media4Europe Summit is the launching event of the second edition of the Stars4Media exchange and training programme, co-funded by the EU

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EU Initiative: Include Hate Speech and Hate Crimes in the list of EU crimes

24/02/2021

The EU Commission is asking stakeholders to provide their feedbak on the scale, nature and impact of the types of hate speech and hate crime under consideration. Deadline 20 April

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Serbia: impunity for crimes against journalists

24/02/2021

A report analysing court cases for crimes against journalists , published on Tuesday by the Belgrade-based Slavko Curuvija Foundation and Centre for Judicial Research, says that on average, only one in ten criminal complaints about threats to or attacks on journalists results in a court verdict

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Media and artistic freedom under attack: Europe has to act

23/02/2021

The General Secretary of the European Federation of Journalists Ricardo Gutiérrez gave the keynote speech today at the Socialists & Democrats online event on media freedom and artistic freedom. He called on MEPs to push member state governments to adopt concrete measures to protect journalists

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EVENT – Call to action: Whistleblower protection across the EU

22/02/2021

In 2019 the European Union adopted a ground-breaking Directive to ensure comprehensive and coherent protection of whistleblowers across Europe. Join us to learn about why the transposition of this EU Directive matters to you!

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MFRR letter to Charles Michel: time for EU Member States to act to protect journalists

22/02/2021

The Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) sent a letter to the President of the European Council, Charles Michel in expressing serious concern about the sharp decline in freedom of the press in the European Union

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Stars4Media Second Edition

19/02/2021

Developed by the media and for the media, and co-funded by the EU, Stars4Media is supporting collaborative initiatives developed by at least two media organisations from two different EU countries. These initiatives should contribute to innovation in new editorial products and formats, emerging technologies or other innovations at the organisational level

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