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Call for Editorial Team of the European Youth Event 2018 Report

The EYE Report. 100 Ideas for tomorrow’s Europe.   Important notice: We do not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process. If you have any questions concerning persons or companies claiming to be recruiting on behalf of the EYE and requesting the payment of a fee, please contact eye-report@ep.europa.eu.   Posts: 5 Specialists […] The post Call for Editorial Team of the European Youth Event 2018 Report appeared first on European Youth Press.

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Call for Chief Editors of the European Youth Event 2018 Report

The EYE Report. 100 Ideas for tomorrow’s Europe.   Important notice: We do not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process. If you have any questions concerning persons or companies claiming to be recruiting on behalf of the EYE and requesting the payment of a fee, please contact eye-report@ep.europa.eu.   Posts: 2 […] The post Call for Chief Editors of the European Youth Event 2018 Report appeared first on European Youth Press.

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CEI SEEMO Award to journalist from Moldova and Ukraine

For covering many cases about corruption in their countries. Ossigeno was in the international jury From CEI – The Central European Initiative (CEI) and the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), in special partnership with the Media Program South East Europe of Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), have announced the winners of the “CEI SEEMO Award for

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

Catalonia crisis threatens independence of Spain’s public TV crews

"The situation in Spain is very polarised but it is a mistake to blame the media for that. The media is just reflecting what is happening in society," says Ricardo Gutiérrez, secretary general of the European Federation of Journalists. An interview on the Catalonian crisis.   Catalanian journalists suffer exceptional situation What effect is the Catalonian crisis having on the journalists? What's worrying is that journalists - Catalonian journalists and journalists working for national media in Madrid - are both facing violence from civil society, from citizens. Journalists in the street are facing this. In some cases there are physical assaults. Most of the…

Source: European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)

Ossigeno’s meeting at Malta University on December 6

Taking stock – with professors, journalists and the Secretary of the European Federation of Journalists – of pressures on journalists in the aftermath of the killing of Daphne Caruana Galizia “The Assault on Journalism: taking stock of pressures on journalists in the aftermath of the killing of Daphne Caruana Galizia”: this is the title of

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

To die of journalism. The example of Daphne Caruana Galizia in Malta

Two testimonies in Bari at the second edition of Women Journalists of the Mediterranean, dedicated to the reporter killed in an attack in October Daphne Caruana Galicia, the Maltese journalist killed in an assassination on October 16, “was very courageous and suffered threats and abuse for many years; twice her home has been the object

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

UNESCO encourages Minniti: he take the first step in Europe

This is the opinion expressed by the newsletter on the implementation of the UN Action Plan on the protection of journalists and against impunity The creation of a Coordination Centre for the Protection of Press Freedom, announced in Rome, on November 15 , 2017, by the Minister of Interior Marco Minniti, is considered by UNESCO

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

“Die Zeit”: about why now Petra Reski talks about mafia only in her novels

Christof Siemes explains how a journalist has decided to face the restrictions that the German law imposes on reporting Christof Siemes, Die Zeit – “I am not afraid about mafia, but about cowardice of honest people”, Petra Reski writes in Bei aller Liebe (“With all the love”), her latest novel about mafia’s intrigues in Italy

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione

Europe’s top court backs Russian newspaper portraying an official as Osama bin Laden

By Emil Weber The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on 21st November backed a Russian newspaper for its sarcastic portrayal of an administrative official as Osama bin Laden. The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg (photo: Nicoleon, Cour européenne des droits de l'homme, CC BY-SA 4.0) A local newspaper, Zemlyaki, published two articles in 2004 concerning the activities of the head of the Kstovo District Administration. In the first article, a member of the local council criticised the head of the administration’s spending and property management. The newspaper compared it to a fable implying that its hero “was a fool”.…

Source: European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)

Journalists. 10 attacks noted by Ossigeno between november 1st and 17th 2017

Between November 1st and 17th, 2017, the Observatory has verified attacks that restricted press freedom against 10 journalists and other information operators. The 10 names were added to the Table of names of the people who suffered attacks. The full list is available on the Observatory’s website (see more). It contains links that let you

Source: O2 in English – Ossigeno Informazione