Date/Time
Date(s) - 05/03/2025
10:00 - 12:00
Location
Brussels
Categories
THIS EVENT WILL BE HELD AT THE RESIDENCE PALACE
On Wednesday 5 March 2025, the Platform to Promote the Protection of Journalism and Safety of Journalists
will publish its annual assessement “Europe Press Freedom Report :
Confronting Political Pressure, Disinformation, and the Erosion of Media Independence“.
The report is written by the Platform’s Partner Organisations, a coalition of fifteen press freedom NGOs and journalists associations. Based on the alerts published on the platform in 2024, it takes stock of key areas of law, policy and practices affecting media freedom and safety of journalists in Europe and identifies actions required to improve effective protection of journalists.
PRESS CONFERENCE:
In person:
The report’s findings will be presented during a press conference which will take place from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Residence Palace (room Maelbeek), 155 rue de la Loi in Brussels, Belgium. The press conference will take place in English.
No prior registration required.
In parallel, on 5 March a presentation of the report will take place in London at the UK Media Freedom Forum from 10.10 to 11.30 GMT.
Online participation:
The event will aslo be live streamed on this page and on the Council of Europe Youtube channel.
To participate online you are invited to register on this Zoom event: https://coe-int.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_idDeQCn9TJ2XEpkp6sV4vw
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Panelists:
Platform’s partner organisations representatives
Guests speakers:
Ms. Lia CHAKHUNASHVILI, Executive Director, Georgian Charter of Journalistic Ethics
Mr. Dinko GRUHONJIĆ, Journalist and Head of the Voivodine Association of Journalists
Ms. Olga RUDENKO, Chief Editor of the Kyiv Independent
Ms. Corine VELLA, Head of Media Relations, The Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation
