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Media and COVID-19: the risk of restrictions on media freedom

The Council of Europe and media freedom international organisations call on European States to defend independent journalistic work and not to exploit the Coronavirus crisis to further limit free access to information

Source: Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News

Turkey, an international call to end advertising ban on Evrensel

Together with other 23 international media freedom organisations, OBCT calls on the General Director of BIK to swiftly lift the advertising ban currently imposed on Evrensel, an independent newspaper now risking an economic collapse. Here the text of the call

Source: Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News

Apply! International Youth Summer School in Reykjavik

Deadline: March 10   Youth Time International Movement is officially inviting journalists and young media enthusiasts to apply for the International Youth Summer School 2020, which will take place in Reykjavik, Iceland from the 25th to the 30th of June, 2020. The Summer School is organized in partnership with the University of Iceland and City […] The post Apply! International Youth Summer School in Reykjavik appeared first on European Youth Press.

Source: European Youth Press

Apply! International Youth Summer School in Reykjavik

Deadline: March 10   Youth Time International Movement is officially inviting journalists and young media enthusiasts to apply for the International Youth Summer School 2020, which will take place in Reykjavik, Iceland from the 25th to the 30th of June, 2020. The Summer School is organized in partnership with the University of Iceland and City […] The post Apply! International Youth Summer School in Reykjavik appeared first on European Youth Press.

Source: European Youth Press

EU funds a Rapid Response Mechanism to defend media freedom

OBC Transeuropa, together with the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom and other partners, start Rapid Response Mechanism to support independent journalism. The project is co-funded by the European Commission

Source: Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News

Ukraine: from press freedom to censorship risks

Last January the Ukrainian Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sports presented a bill in order to change the media and disinformation law. The proposal, however, has raised criticism from the opposition, journalists, and media experts, who see their right to freedom of opinion threatened

Source: Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News

Erasmus+ International Volunteer Youth Awards is open for submissions!

Deadline: February 29   Erasmus+ INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER YOUTH AWARDS is open for submissions! Nominate in the following categories: THE MOST INSPIRING VOLUNTEERING STORY IN YOUTH FIELD THE MOST IMPACTFUL VOLUNTEERING YOUTH INITIATIVE or PROJECT THE BEST VOLUNTEERING RECOGNITION TOOL OF THE YEAR ✔ The Prize is part of a wider project “Voluntary Youth Work Recognition for […] The post Erasmus+ International Volunteer Youth Awards is open for submissions! appeared first on European Youth Press.

Source: European Youth Press

Erasmus+ International Volunteer Youth Awards is open for submissions!

Deadline: February 29   Erasmus+ INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER YOUTH AWARDS is open for submissions! Nominate in the following categories: THE MOST INSPIRING VOLUNTEERING STORY IN YOUTH FIELD THE MOST IMPACTFUL VOLUNTEERING YOUTH INITIATIVE or PROJECT THE BEST VOLUNTEERING RECOGNITION TOOL OF THE YEAR ✔ The Prize is part of a wider project “Voluntary Youth Work Recognition for […] The post Erasmus+ International Volunteer Youth Awards is open for submissions! appeared first on European Youth Press.

Source: European Youth Press

Antonio Megalizzi, in love with Europe

The Antonio Megalizzi Foundation was inaugurated in Trento on February 13th-14th. The ceremony was attended by President of the European Parliament David Sassoli, who outlined the challenges faced by the Union, the community in which Antonio strongly believed

Source: Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News

Trento: inauguration of the Antonio Megalizzi Foundation

The Antonio Megalizzi Foundation, dedicated to the young man from Trentino who died in December 2018 during a terrorist attack in Strasbourg, is being inaugurated in Trento on February 13th and 14th

Source: Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News