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January 8, 2024

EU COURT RULING ON BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REGISTERS: ONE YEAR ON, NEED FOR HARMONISED APPROACH IS CLEAR

In 13 countries, civil society and journalists encounter obstacles or are completely unable to access information regarding companies’ real owners   For exactly a year now, journalists and civil society...

Ukraine: More media targeted by Russian strikes around the New Year

Russia launched two massive attacks in Ukraine between 29 December 2023 and 2 January 2024, which injured three journalists and damaged four newsrooms. The International and European Federation of Journalists...

Turkey: Editor Furkan Karabay arrested following an article on the trial of judiciary members charged with corruption

Furkan Karabay, editor for the independent news website Gerçek Gündem (“The Real Agenda”), was taken into custody by the Istanbul police on 28 December 2023, following an article on the...

108 journalists spent New Year’s Eve in prison in Europe

108 journalists spent New Year’s Eve in prison, according to a count by organisations affiliated to the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and the Council of Europe’s Platform for the...

120 journalists and media workers killed in 2023, says IFJ

120 journalists and media workers, including 11 women, have been killed in 2023, announced the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) on 31 December. Four of them lost their lives in...

Poland: the government put public service media in a state of liquidation

The European and International Federations of Journalists (EFJ-IFJ) are concerned about the political battle between the majority and opposition parties in Poland over the control of public service media. The...