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Ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, Sergiy Tomilenko, president of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NUJU) looks back on a year of relentless work, in which NUJU has supported journalists on the ground and assesses the challenges they face as the war enters its second year. He highlights the crucial role of the IFJ and EFJ-backed Journalists’ Solidarity Centers in ensuring that local and international media can report on the conflict, and the imperative need for more funds to continue supporting Ukrainian journalists.
Finnish, Norwegian, Danish and Icelandic unions will quit global media federation in protest at 'corruptive activity,' including allowing Russian state media journalists in Ukraine to stay as members, Finnish union says
HELSINKI -Finnish, Norwegian, Danish and Icelandic unions will quit a global media federation on Tuesday in protest at corruptive activity, including allowing Russian state media journalists in. | January 31, 2023
"We call this corruptive activity," Hanne Aho, the chairwoman of the Union of Journalists in Finland, told Reuters, adding the four Nordic unions would resign from the IFJ on Tuesday. Leader of the Norwegian Union of Journalists, Dag Idar Tryggestad, said the unions had fought for years to put in place democratic rules on IFJ elections as well as transparency around decisions and spending.