UK government resumes funding for UNRWA in Gaza

The new Labour government has overturned a suspension in UK funding for relief agency UNRWA in Gaza and will provide £21 million in new support.Funding was frozen in January after Israel claimed 12 UNRWA staff were involved in the […]

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Julian Assange freed from UK prison

WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange has been released from the UK's Belmarsh high security prison and is back home free in Australia after making a plea deal with the United States justice department.He pleaded guilty in a US court in […]

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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 […]

Alternatives for Germany

What are the alternatives for Germany – and Europe?On October 15 the AEJ UK will host East German-born author Katja Hoyer who will examine how radical parties of both the left and right are […]

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Ukraine – a strategic review

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

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The Fosse Way – Roman Britain today

The latest book from AEJ UK member Rick Thompson traces the history of the famous Roman road, The Fosse Way, that spears 230 miles straight through the centre of England. A Year on the […]

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Media Freedom


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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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Ukraine analysis