Brussels Makes EUR 20.5 Million Available to Support Journalism and Press Freedom

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Words finance cross-border partnerships, media literacy and monitoring of violations of press freedom. Candidatures close on October 22.

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In a communication, the Commission states that these funds will be distributed through three programmes: the first, with EUR 14 million, aims to finance partnerships in the field of journalism, promoting collaboration between the media and the work of local and public media.

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The European Commission today made available EUR 20.5 million to support journalism and the media, with funds planned to encourage cross-border collaboration or strengthen a mechanism to assess violations of freedom of the press.