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Brexit as a podcast:
Cutting through the fog in the Channel
In his weekly podcast "Fog in the Channel", European journalist Stefan de Vries looks at how the Continent will survive isolation as the UK sets sail.
19 January 2019 –
VoxEurop
Press freedom:
RSF condemn the “erosion of the European model”
On the 25th of April, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) published their World Press Freedom Index for 2018. Europe hasn’t escaped the global trend of “growing animosity towards journalists”, condemned by the Paris-based NGO.
27 April 2018 –
VoxEurop
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Personal-data privacy:
New EU rules are ‘a giant step, given the current situation’
For the researcher Olivier Ertzscheid, author of the New Declaration of Independence of Cyberspace, the forthcoming European General Data Protection Regulation is an important step forward for internet users.
23 April 2018 –
VoxEurop
4
Social media:
Facebook’s expanding lobbying in Brussels
Facebook has been intensifying its lobbying efforts within European institutions since 2013.
13 April 2018 –
VoxEurop
3
Net neutrality:
Defending an open and free internet
Recent legislation in the United States has restricted the country’s so-called “net neutrality”, allowing internet service providers to privilege customers who can afford to pay for faster data traffic. Will this decision affect net neutrality in the EU and the Balkans?
11 April 2018 –
Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa
(Trento)
1
Charlie Hebdo vs. Mediapart:
French Left divided over Islam and secularism
The satirical weekly and the investigative journalism website are at daggers drawn on how French society should handle secularism and Islam's place in it. It is a controversy that reflects the hardening confrontation within the French Left — to which they both belong.
23 November 2017 –
VoxEurop
1
Data journalism:
Why and how we created the European Data Journalism Network
How a group of media outlets joined forces to set up a collaborative platform to cover European affairs in the era of post-truth and alternative facts.
6 November 2017 –
VoxEurop
11
Freedom of the press:
Europe is not so safe for journalists
Although journalists work in a relatively safe environment in Europe, and especially in EU countries, they sometimes pay the highest price for doing their job, as the recent murder of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia showed.
24 October 2017 –
VoxEurop
The European Data Journalism Network
4
Tallinn digital summit:
Europe still digitally divided
Europeans are more and more connected to the internet, but there still are huge gaps between regions and countries.
29 September 2017 –
VoxEurop
3
Data journalism:
A new tool for understanding Europe
Starting from today we are publishing stories within the European data journalism network, the data-driven journalism platform that has been set up by a consortium […]
25 August 2017 –
VoxEurop
92
EU news coverage:
Can an Erasmus for journalists improve reporting on Europe?
One of the EU’s most successful initiatives, the Erasmus student exchange programme can be replicated for young and talented journalists and communications experts. It would foster innovation sharing and, ultimately, a better coverage of European affairs, says its initiator, Euractiv’s founder Christophe Leclercq.
20 June 2017 –
VoxEurop
Notebook
2
Right to information:
Whistleblowers need protection
They put in danger their private and professional lives to reveal the embezzlement and irregularities they discover in their workplaces, yet whistleblowers do not enjoy the protection they deserve. But now things in Europe are starting to shift.
19 June 2017 –
VoxEurop
1
Swaying elections through the internet:
A few lessons for Germany from the Macron campaign hack
The methods used by Emmanuel Macron’s presidential campaign team to defend itself against hackers may provide useful lessons for other political parties in Europe, notably during Germany’s general election in September.
15 May 2017 –
EUobserver.com
(Brussels)
2
Media freedom:
Even Europe is no comfort place for journalists
The Council of Europe published on 21 April the results of the first large-scale survey of journalists across Europe. More than two-thirds of the 940 […]
27 April 2017 –
VoxEurop
Notebook
1
Russia and the French presidential election:
The Kremlin interference
By flooding French social media with fake news and openly supporting far-right leader Marine Le Pen, the Kremlin is weighing in for the most anti-EU candidate in the 23 April runoff.
21 April 2017 –
EUobserver.com
(Brussels)
2
The EU and the media:
Does Europe really need a broadcasting service?
Is the goal of a European public sphere best served by the creation of a supranational public service broadcaster, as has recently been proposed? Roman Léandre Schmidt and Carl Henrik Fredriksson are sceptical: rather than creating an artificial flagship, the EU must provide incentives for existing outlets to Europeanize their operations.
9 April 2017 –
Eurozine
(Vienna)
7
Elections in France and Germany:
Fake news debunkers get ready for the vote
Anti-fake news projects have sprouted up in France and Germany, but who checks the fact-checkers and what can they really achieve?
5 April 2017 –
EUobserver.com
(Brussels)
49
AEJ debate on the future of Europe:
Voices from the European parliament on Brexit and beyond
A chorus of discordant voices rang out in the European Parliament in Brussels as AEJ journalists met with MEPs from all parts of Europe and all the political groups for two days of lively debates in the run-up to the UK’s delivery of its ‘Brexit letter’, on 29 March. The event took place as the EU sailed into unknown territory beyond its 60th birthday and the UK prepares its own lifeboat to disembark from the mother ship.
3 April 2017 –
VoxEurop
Notebook
1
Data journalism:
A new network for European data-driven news
We are pleased to announce a new data-driven endeavour that will support European journalists. In October 2017, the European Data Journalism Network – EDJNet will […]
31 March 2017 –
VoxEurop
Notebook
3
The EU and hate speech:
Targeting Russian TV channels
The tensions between the European Union and Russia are changing the ways in which the EU defines and combats hate-speech. Attention is growing on the role of Russian television in Eastern Europe.
14 March 2017 –
Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa
(Trento)
41
Media, fake news and propaganda:
It’s time for a European Broadcasting Service
As propaganda gets more attention on social media than real news and politics go more and more post-factual, the EU should get its own broadcasting channel to counter fake news and lies, draw Europe together and defend democracy.
24 February 2017 –
Der Spiegel
(Hamburg)
67
Brexit and the media:
A newspaper for the 48 percent
In just ten days, a weekly newspaper for the anti-Brexit voters has been launched in the United Kingdom. It aims at providing them "in-depth analysis of the Brexit process, its implications and progress as well as a celebration of European life and culture".
8 July 2016 –
VoxEurop
Notebook
7
Bulgaria and Migrants:
Dinko, the inglorious super-hero
One of the main TV stations in Bulgaria glorifies a man who hunts migrants and wants them 'dead'.
20 March 2016 –
Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa
(Trento)
3
Turkey’s crackdown on free press:
A hole in the news
7 March 2016 –
Jyllands-Posten
(Aarhus)
UK referendum:
Brexit – Also a challenge for Europe’s media
2016 will be marked by debates around what would follow a British exit from the EU, after the referendum announced by David Cameron. It is a discussion that does not simply affect British voters, but all Europeans, argues the head of the Euranet Plus news agency.
2 February 2016 –
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You recommend:
Advertising the EU
The cover of the latest issue of the German business weekly Wirtschaftswoche pays tribute to the European Union. The magazine asked nine important German advertising […]
23 May 2015 –
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Immigration in the UK:
‘The Romanians are coming’ sparks debate
A British documentary series on Romanians seeking work in the United Kingdom has sparked debate about how its subjects are depicted. Although the series’ directors […]
24 February 2015 –
VoxEurop
Notebook
54
Attack against Charlie Hebdo:
‘All is forgiven’
One week after a group of jihadists killed twelve people at its Paris office, including a number of its staff, satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo is […]
14 January 2015 –
VoxEurop
Charlie Hebdo
23
Turkish media crackdown:
‘Dark day for democracy’
“Thirty-one people – mostly high-ranked media personnel, directors and producers of popular television serials and police officers – were taken into custody by the police” […]
15 December 2014 –
VoxEurop
Zaman
1
Estonia:
The digital republic where everyone’s invited
A pioneer in electronic government, Estonia has introduced e-residency, giving foreigners access to a vast range of online services from anywhere in the world.
5 December 2014 –
VoxEurop
Eesti Päevaleht, The New York Times
31
Espionage:
Investigation into EU cyberattack leads to US and UK intelligence agencies
British and US intelligence agencies are suspected of being behind cyberattacks on the European Union and a Belgian telecom company, writes The Intercept. The site explains […]
27 November 2014 –
VoxEurop
The Intercept, De Volkskrant
22
Internet:
Hacker College
In Budapest, the “School of Hackers”, one of the branches of Kürt Academy – Hungary’s information security leader – trains “friendly pirates”, writes French daily […]
29 October 2014 –
VoxEurop
Libération
3
Hungary:
‘Zero tolerance is announced’
Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in Budapest on 28 October against plans for a new internet tax proposed at the beginning of the week […]
29 October 2014 –
VoxEurop
Népszabadság
14
European Commission:
‘Brussels gets its teeth into Google’
“The administrative changes in Brussels – a new Parliament and soon a new European Commission – don’t augur well for Google”, writes Het Financieele Dagblad. […]
6 October 2014 –
VoxEurop
Het Financieele Dagblad
Crisis in Ukraine:
‘Vladimir Putin advances his pawns in Ukraine’
Russian President Vladimir Putin ramped up his references to World War Two on 1 September to “justify his strategy against Kiev”, writes La Croix. For the […]
2 September 2014 –
VoxEurop
La Croix
25
Telecommunications:
‘Cheaper mobiles on holiday’
Roaming rates are to be lowered across the continent on 1 July for the third time since 2012 as a result of European Commission regulation, […]
1 July 2014 –
VoxEurop
Rzeczpospolita
Google vs. the EU:
Un-writing history: The ‘right’ to be forgotten
Google has announced it has taken steps to comply with the EU’s freshly minted 'right to be forgotten’. Is this a cause for celebration or […]
10 June 2014 –
VoxEurop
Notebook
3
Anti-trust:
‘Facebook asks Europe to “like” deal’
In an attempt to avoid a potential anti-trust review in Europe, “Facebook has asked European Union antitrust regulators to examine its $19 billion [€13,9 billion] […]
29 May 2014 –
VoxEurop
The Wall Street Journal Europe
2
Closure of Presseurop:
‘A window on the lives of Europeans is shut’
Launched in May 2009, Presseurop, in its present form, will close down on December 20 due to lack of funding. This marks the end of a journalistic experiment with a civic dimension, says the European press.
19 December 2013 –
Presseurop
84
Technology:
The EU and Microsoft’s 20-year marriage
Despite being strong advocates of competition, European institutions are bound to the US software giant through murky contracts. Any transition to "open source" software, which in theory they encourage, would be too complicated and too expensive, they claim.
17 December 2013 –
Mediapart
(Paris)
33
Syria kidnapping:
‘Last trace is SMS’
Two Swedish journalists — Paris-based reporter Magnus Falkehed and independent photographer Niclas Hammarström — “were kidnapped while leaving a combat zone” on November 23, on […]
27 November 2013 –
Presseurop
Dagens Nyheter
American eavesdropping:
Brussels warns US over European citizens’ data collection
The American government has improperly forced US technology companies to hand over European consumers’ data and must stop the practice or be forced to comply […]
26 November 2013 –
Presseurop
Financial Times
7
Czech Republic:
‘Babiš aims to reinforce his media influence’
Already the owner of the Czech Republic’s two main daily newspapers after his June acquisition of Mladá Fronta Dnes and Lidové noviny, billionaire politician Andrej […]
20 November 2013 –
Presseurop
Hospodářské Noviny
2
American eavesdropping:
‘Better protection for EU citizens’
The consequences of the revelations of the NSA's spying activities, were at the heart of talks between European Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding and US Attorney […]
19 November 2013 –
Presseurop
Luxemburger Wort
6
Lithuania:
‘Which generals does the soldier of justice obey?’
Judge Gediminas Viederis has sparked controversy in Lithuania by ordering a journalist from the Baltic News Service (BNS) to reveal his sources following the publication […]
12 November 2013 –
Presseurop
Lietuvos Rytas
European Council:
Data protection can wait
"Despite Edward Snowden's revelations [...] and the annoyance of the MEPs, who are demanding retaliatory measures against Washington, European Union member states continue to procrastinate," […]
29 October 2013 –
Presseurop
Le Monde
5
Post-PRISM:
Europe should create Web 3.0
In response to NSA eavesdropping and the massive collection of user data by internet giants, it is up to the EU to lay the foundations for the future worldwide web. Because only Europe can guarantee a “responsible, shared” environment in which individuals can manage the data that concerns them, points out a French philosopher.
23 October 2013 –
Le Monde
(Paris)
47
Italy:
‘Telecom goes to Spanish’
On September 23 Spanish telecom giant Telefónica struck a €800m deal to raise its share of Telco, the holding which controls Telecom Italia, Italy’s biggest […]
24 September 2013 –
Presseurop
Il Messaggero
46
Croatia:
Neelie Kroes to abolish ‘Croatian roaming’
The European Commissioner for Digital Agenda, Neelie Kroes, presented plans on September 11 for a single telecommunications market, which will be more than welcome in […]
16 September 2013 –
Presseurop
Poslovni Dnevnik
European Union:
A catatonic power
Whether it’s about coming up with a common position on the Syrian conflict or defending its conquests in the area of new technologies, Europe seems unable to respond to the challenges of the world. Is it still capable of a turn-around?
9 September 2013 –
Rue89
(Paris)
81
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