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Representatives of the Committee to Protect Journalists, the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom, the International Press Institute, PEN International, and Reporters Without Borders are in Malta because it's one year since the Daphne Caruana Galizia murder. On Monday they met with Prime Minister Joseph Muscat. This is their statement.
ECPMF representative Flutura Kusari with her colleagues from IPI, PEN, Reporters Without Borders and CPJ in Valletta (photo: private)
We are in Malta as representatives of an international freedom of expression mission, comprised of the Committee to Protect Journalists, the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom, the International…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Join us! It's been one year since the Daphne Caruana Galizia murder and we want to commemorate this strong and brave journalist with a vigil in Berlin.
Vigil forDaphne Caruana Galizia
On 16 October 2017, at 14.59 pm Daphne Caruana Galizia was murdered by a car bomb in Malta. The 53 year old investigative journalist has been disclosing and calling out corruption in her home country up into highest government circles for decades. One year after, it is still unclear who is responsible for the murder and who ordered it.On Tuesday, the ECPMF and the German journalist union Deutscher Journalisten-Verband (DJV) invite you to join us for a vigil outside…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
From October 10th to November 30th, Wikipedia users can take part in the II edition of the Wiki4MediaFreedom contest
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Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News
From October 10th to November 30th, Wikipedia users can take part in the II edition of the Wiki4MediaFreedom contest
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Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso - ECPMF News
By Jane Whyatt
Investigative reporters filming a car showroom at Wuppertal in western Germany have been attacked and beaten up by two masked men.
Logo of the Akte TV show
The fifty year old camera operator had to be treated in hospital for a broken wrist after the attack, which happened in broad daylight at lunchtime on 9. October. Reporting for the Sat1 private TV channel, the crew had approached the office of the car dealer on Hatzfelder Strasse, a major road to the north of the city.
The reporter and sound operator were not injured, but the attackers snatched the video camera,…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Last week, the European Parliament adopted the revised text of the the Audiovisual Media Services Directive, which governs EU-wide coordination of national legislation on all audiovisual media. The revised directive, which aims to better to reflect the digital age, is expected to come into force by the end of the year and once adopted, member States will have 21 months […]
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Media Policy Project
Three days after the murder of Bulgarian TV journalist Viktoria Marinova the Bulgarian police have arrested a suspect. Also, the Interior Ministry has promised an investigation into the suspected misuse of EU funds, which was the subject of Marinova's last show.
Viktoria Marinova vigil in Sofia, Monday evening (photo: Francesco Martino)
Bulgarian media are reporting the arrest of a suspect. The man is allegedly of Romanian nationality but also carrying a Moldavian passport. No other information is available at the moment.
The arrest and inquiry follow enormous international pressure on the Bulgarian authorities. It built up after the news broke that Marinova was…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Three days after the murder of Bulgarian TV journalist Viktoria Marinova the Bulgarian police have arrested and released a suspect. Since Tuesday evening Bulgarian media is reporting on an arrest in Germany. The local police haven't confirmed it yet.
Viktoria Marinova vigil in Sofia, Monday evening (photo: Francesco Martino)
Radio Free Europe describes the new suspect being of Romanian nationality who fled to Germany where his mother lives. Also, Marinova's mobile phone was obviously found in the suspect's apartment in the Bulgarian town of Ruse where Marinova was murdered.
The arrests and inquiry follow enormous international pressure on the Bulgarian authorities. It…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
This year’s winner of the Media Foundation of Sparkasse Leipzig’s Prize for the Freedom and Future of the Media is Polish journalist Tomasz Piątek. At the press conference on 8 October 2018, he sketched a dark portrait of press freedom in his home country. But he ended with a more hopeful message.
Polish journalist Tomasz Piątek at the press conference in Leipzig, Germany (Photo: ECPMF)
On Monday evening, for the eighteenth time, the Media Foundation of Sparkasse Leipzig awarded its Prize for the Freedom and Future of the Media. This year, unlike previous years, there's only one winner: Polish journalist and…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)
Der polnische Journalist Tomasz Piątek ist der diesjährige Gewinner des Preises für die Freiheit und Zukunft der Medien der Medienstiftung der Sparkasse Leipzig. Auf der Pressekonferenz am 8. Oktober zeichnete er ein düsteres Bild der Pressefreiheit in Polen. Doch es bestehe Hoffnung.
Tomasz Piątek auf der Pressekonferenz der Medienstiftung in Leipzig (photo: ECPMF)
Zum 18. Mal vergibt die Medienstiftung der Sparkasse Leipzig am Montagabend den Preis für die Freiheit und Zukunft der Medien. Der diesjährige, anders als in den Vorjahren einzige Gewinner, ist der polnische Journalist und Autor Tomasz Piątek, dessen Recherchen über die engen Verbindungen von Politik, Geheimdiensten und Kriminalität die polnische…
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)