CoE member states call for stronger journalist protections

Marking International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, 11 member states of the Council of Europe have made a collective call for states everywhere to strengthen protections for journalists.The statement on 2 November 2024 from the "Group of Friends" […]

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Alternatives for Germany

What are the alternatives for Germany – and Europe?Recent unprecedented election gains in regional elections in eastern Germany for the right-wing Alternative für Deutschland party have shocked Germany’s political establishment and observers around Europe.But should they really be a surprise […]

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Russian missile attack on Kyiv – photo courtesy Sergiy Tomilenko, Secretary National Union of Journalists of Ukraine

The AEJ UK

The AEJ UK is part of a professional network of journalists and specialists active across Europe, independent of any institutional or political group and recognised by the Council of Europe, the OSCE and UNESCO. We connect the newsmakers who shape our political and economic world with journalists, broadcasters and writers on European affairs. Meetings are open to journalists, academics and Europe specialists […]

Ukraine – a strategic review

The AEJ UK will get an updated view of Ukraine in a lunchtime meeting on November 28.Olena Sotnyk, an advisor to Ukraine's deputy prime minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration and senior representative in […]

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Gaza journalists win world press freedom prize

UNESCO has recognised the unique suffering and fearless reporting of journalists in Gaza by awarding them the annual Guillermo-Cano World Press Freedom Prize. UNESCO says more than 100 journalists and media workers have been killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza since 7 October, and nearly all the rest have been injured, displaced or bereaved.From the start […]

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