History lessons – and their limits and virtues – June 4
The AEJ UK will host eminent historian and commentator Michael Burleigh at a meeting on June 4.He will survey today’s heated rivalries between America, China, Russia and Europe, drawing on his lifelong writings about great power relationships and their […]
AEJ International debate on the Hungarian election
On April 13th, the AEJ International organised a Zoom-conference about the outcome of the Parliamentary elections in Hungary which also have a major European dimension. It was a defeat of an autocratic, corrupt, anti-European and pro-Russian regime established by […]
Media Freedom in 2025 – On the Tipping Point
Press freedom in Europe in 2025 was "under sustained pressure, driven by legal threats, attempts at media capture and transnational repression" notes the annual Media Freedom Report of the Council of Europe’s Safety of Journalists Platform.And "this pressure was […]
AEJ joins public call for BBC World Service to be “defended not defunded”
The AEJ and eight other organisations have called on UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper to end uncertainty over the government’s future funding of the BBC World Service. Current funding arrangements are due to run out at the end of […]
UK government ban on Palestine Action ruled unlawful
Three judges of the UK High Court have ruled that the government's ban of Palestine Action is illegal. The judgment on Friday 13 February 2026 agreed to a legal challenge from Palestine Action to the government's proscription on two […]
Will a “Far-Right France” lead to a far-right Europe?
Once a pariah, France's Rassemblement National (National Rally) is now the country's most popular party and looks on track to win the presidency in 2027 — or perhaps sooner. To examine this and the wider implications for other countries […]
The AEJ UK
The AEJ UK is part of a professional network of journalists and specialists active across Europe, independent of any institutional or political group and recognised by the Council of Europe, the OSCE and UNESCO. We connect the newsmakers who shape our political and economic world with journalists, broadcasters and writers on European affairs. Meetings are open to journalists, academics and Europe specialists […]
Spice Ports – beginnings of global trade
As U.S. President Donald Trump roiled the global trade order through 2025, the AEJ UK notes a timely book by AEJ member Nicholas Nugent on the beginnings of global sea trade to the West.The […]
Wilton Park’s Road
AEJ UK member Nick Hopkinson has launched his book about Wilton Park, an exploration of nearly 80 years of work and discussions that turned it into a leading international policy forum.The Policies and Power […]
UK-EU reset “good in parts but must do better” – an AEJ report
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer heralded a new era of closer cross-Channel ties coming from the accords announced at May's EU-UK Summit in London. But actual deals on trade, defence, energy and youth mobility […]
Media Freedom
Is Europe’s unique press freedom monitoring mechanism working?
By William Horsley, AEJ UK chairman A bold experimentThe Safety of Journalists Platform www.coe.int/fom is the world’s first continent-wide accountability mechanism for monitoring, reporting and protecting the safety of […]
Attacks on journalists rise in Europe
“Despite everything, I continue my journalistic work with the same passion and determination as ever. Yet I must admit that I have never felt more […]
Journalism under attack but remains a cornerstone of democracy
By AEJ Belgium member Julian HaleThreats to media independence (including the rise of disinformation and political pressure), the safety and security of journalists, the disruptive […]
News
Media freedom in Bulgaria undermined
The Association of Journalists has joined a coalition of international media freedom organisations to call on the government and public authorities of Bulgaria for urgent action on media reforms.A delegation of 9 partners in the Council of Europe’s Safety of Journalists Platform and the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) says media freedom in Bulgaria faces "entrenched […]
Northern Ireland police used unlawful powers to find journalist sources – report
A report into the Northern Ireland police has confirmed they have unlawfully used covert powers to try to uncover journalists’ sources – and found double the number of attempts previously admitted.The McCullough Review into surveillance practices in the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) found 21 attempts to identify eight reporters’ sources between 2011 and 2015 […]
AEJ International adds voice to criticism of Israeli attack
The president of the AEJ International has added his voice to a chorus of condemnation over a targeted Israeli attack on Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza on August 10.Two weeks later on 25 August, five more journalists – including one from Al Jazeera and others from Associated Press, Reuters, and Independent Arabia (the UK Independent' s […]
Ukraine analysis
A letter from Kyiv
Kateryna Popova recently returned to her native Ukraine after completing an MA in War Studies in London where she joined meetings of the AEJ UK. […]
Russian journalism in exile
What's it like for journalists who have fled Russia since Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022? And the many independent […]
Reporting 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 centre's […]
