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After the culture ministry last week unveiled its proposals to revise the conditions of access to press subsidies, proposing among other things, that aid to the press should be more conditional on the presence of at least one professional journalist in all editorial offices, representatives of the press have reacted to the proposals, with mixed feelings.  At the moment, the eligibility criteria for the press to receive subsidies does not require the presence of regular professional journalists in editorial offices. However, as “certain press titles have changed their economic model” and ...

Attacks against journalists and abusive arrests multiplied in France during the pandemic, according to the 2021 edition of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) world press freedom index published on Monday morning. Despite this, France kept its rank of 34 among the 180 countries surveyed. An increase in attacks against journalists and abusive arrests were also recorded in other European countries such as Germany, Italy, Poland and Greece. The report also revealed that journalists in 73 of the 180 countries surveyed saw their working conditions “severely hampered”, while journalists in 59 had ...

: SOFIA Bulgaria may withdraw the AstraZeneca vaccine due to lack of interest. Bulgarian Health Minister Kostadin Angelov announced on Monday that the country’s roll-out of the AstraZeneca vaccine may be discontinued due to lack of interest. Read more. /// Power struggle in the CDU/CSU. Germany’s ruling conservative parties disagreed publicly on Monday over who should be their candidate for chancellor in the 26 September federal election. What could follow is a power struggle for the position. Read more. /// PARIS French in favour of going ahead with regional elections in June. According...

A message from FACEBOOK: Facebook partnerships to fight against COVID-19:  Working together is more important than ever in the fight against COVID-19. In Spain, the World Bank is using Facebook’s Disease Prevention Maps to forecast needs for COVID-19 testing and hospital beds. Learn more about how we’re collaborating to keep communities safe and informed at about.fb.com/europe. In today’s news from the Capitals: PRAGUE | WARSAW | BRATISLAVA |  BUDAPEST Although the four Visegrad countries pledged to contribute a collective €3 million (€750 million each) to accelerate the develop...

SOFIA The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) is about to reject seven out of 10 of Bulgaria’s candidates for the European Delegated Prosecutor, a source from the EPPO told EURACTIV Bulgaria. The EPPO, led by Laura Kovesi, has notified the Bulgarian justice ministry that they have remarks about seven of the candidates the Bulgarian authorities proposed on 18 February. Read more. /// EU PRESIDENCY Portugal considers including unapproved vaccines on EU vaccination certificates. Portugal’s secretary of state for European affairs has acknowledged that vaccines not certified by the Eu...