The UK government has tightened its sanctions rules against Russia in the wake of revelations by openDemocracy that the UK Treasury gave sanctioned Russian warlord […]
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AEJ UK donates to Ukrainian journalists
The AEJ UK has donated more than 1500 Euros to Ukrainian journalists in response to an appeal for members’ contributions agreed at the annual members’ […]
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War in Europe, war on journalism
This year’s annual Council of Europe report on the safety of journalists documents a record high number of attacks on journalists and a continued degradation […]
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Ukraine – one year on
Leading European media freedom organisations including the Association of European Journalists marked the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with a joint statement, reminding […]
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Media freedom and disinformation in Ukraine – March 1
The president of Ukraine’s National Union of Journalists Sergiy Tomilenko joined an online panel on March 1 about how the Ukrainian crisis is reported and […]
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Russia’s disintegrating neighbourhood
Thomas de Waal, senior fellow with Carnegie Europe, brought his expertise on Russia, Eastern Europe and the Caucasus to an AEJ UK lunch on November […]
Read moreReporting the war in Ukraine
The war in Ukraine has turned Ukrainian journalists into war reporters. At a workshop of the University of Sheffield’s Centre for Media Freedom hosted by the […]
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Holding Russia accountable
International human rights lawyer Aarif Abraham argues that the only legal way to make Russia accountable for a crime of aggression in the Ukraine is […]
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Ukraine eastern offensive historic?
One of Britain’s pre-eminent military analysts says a rapid and surprise Ukraine advance in the northeastern Donbas region is historic. Ukraine in early September claimed […]
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Reflections on Mikhail Gorbachev
The death of former Russian president Mikhail Gorbachev on August 30 2022 of course sparked strongly mixed reaction around the world. And perhaps unsurprisingly reopened […]
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Putin on stage
Vladimir Putin has been a player on the world stage for some time – now he’s on London’s theatre stage. The AEJ’s Anthony Robinson, former […]
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Sanctions on Russia – an assessment
International economic strategist and sanctions expert Timothy Ash assessed the impact of international sanctions on Russia’s ability to prosecute the war in Ukraine at an […]
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Sanctions on Russia – reflections after Timothy Ash
A commentary from Anthony Robinson, AEJ member and former FT eastern Europe and Russia correspondent 5 July 2022 Everybody got it wrong. Most Western […]
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Changing attitudes?
Besides the focus on media, the AEJ’s day-long seminar on the effects of the war in Ukraine on Europe exposed some changing attitudes in Europe […]
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Media, politics and war
The bell tolling for the near death of journalism but hope too in legal victories, the use of new techologies, and support for investigative journalism […]
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