News and Press Releases

The EFJ-IFJ and European Authors urge MEPs to support the Copyright Directive

The European and International Federations of Journalists, together with affiliates from Belgium (AGJPB/AJP-VVJ), Cyprus (UCJ), Estonia (EUJ), Finland…

Protect your author’s rights: write to your MEP!

The International and European Federations of Journalists request all journalists in EU member states to write to their Members of the European…

Northern Ireland: two investigative journalists arrested for theft of confidential documents

Investigative journalists Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey were arrested on the morning of 31 August after police search was held in their houses and…

The IFJ and EFJ call on Members of the European Parliament to protect Authors’ Rights

The International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ and EFJ) today reiterated their support for the adoption of the Directive on Copyright…

EU: The neighbouring right will ensure "a fair and proportionate distribution of revenue between publishers and journalists"

España: FIP y CCOO piden la libertad del reportero Shawkan ante la Embajada de Egipto

El sindicato español Comisiones Obreras (CCOO) participó el pasado jueves en un acto de protesta ante la Embajada de Egipto en Madrid para pedir la…

EU: Journalists and press publishers agree on new wording on publishers' right

The International and the European Federation of journalists, the world and European largest organisations of journalists, have agreed with European…

EP vote on copyright directive: some ups and downs

Following months of debates and controversial discussions, the European Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) adopted today its position on a…

Ne touchez pas à nos droits d’auteurs, avertissent les journalistes avant le vote du Parlement Européen sur la directive sur les droits d’auteur

La Commission des affaires juridiques du Parlement Européen votera demain une directive historique qui pourrait avoir des effets positifs sur les…

Hands off our authors rights, say journalists ahead of EP vote on copyright directive

The European Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee will vote tomorrow on a landmark Directive that could have positive effects on journalists’ authors’…

World Book and Copyright Day: Enforce moral rights to fight misinformation

Everyone needs reliable information and ways to fight misinformation – and that requires sound protection of authors' moral rights, say the…

IFJ Voice April 2018 Editorial

Google’s "Digital News Initiative”, launched in March to strengthen the online paid press and to fight against disinformation, is just a new exercise…

No neighbouring right without remuneration for journalists, say federations of journalists

In a statement published today the International and the European Federations of Journalists (IFJ and EFJ) voice their concerns over the exclusion of…

IFJ/EFJ Statement on the proposed neighbouring right

On behalf of the International and the European Federation of Journalists, we would like to raise our concerns over the ongoing EU debate on the…

IFJ/EFJ statement on article 11 of the draft copyright Directive on copyright in the digital single market

The IFJ/EFJ are concerned about the rampant reproduction and making available of extracts or the entirety of journalists' and other creators' works…

Time to grant Spanish journalists full authors’ rights protection, says IFJ/EFJ

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