Articles by Piotr Azia

About Piotr Azia
Piotr Azia, Polish-Italian, I feel more European than anything else. My contributions range from the media to culture, the environment and geopolitics – and any subject that may merit discussing from a liberal point of view. I also organise ELfR webinars – get in touch if you have a subject you’d like to discuss or see included in future
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EVN 60th anniversary

27/10/2021 Piotr Azia 0

The Eurovision News Exchange, the first one of its kind, was agreed upon by European broadcasters and started on 28 September 1961.
The EVN has been operating continuously for the last 60 years, meeting every challenge since that day, as it continues doing it now, in a news environment moving ever faster. The Eurovision News Exchange linking since 1961 the newsrooms of public TV members, exchanges on average 120 news items a day and operates three channels for live news transmissions, covering events around Europe and the world. […]

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Press freedom

16/10/2021 Piotr Azia 1

Press freedom preserves the freedom of expression, while it underpins other freedoms. It’s the watchdog that, when done right, drags into the open the dirty secrets of the rich, corrupt and and the powerful – the Panama papers and the latest Pandora papers bear witness to the skill of the rich and powerful to cover their tracks, but also of investigative journalists to follow their tracks and expose their crimes.
The only way to get high quality, accurate news and editorial content, is to keep paying for our media consumption – because it’s also the only way we can demand, as paying clients, quality and honesty in reporting. […]

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WG European Culture

17/12/2019 Piotr Azia 0

Group leader: Piotr Azia Culture is one our most distinctive features, what differentiates Europe from the rest of the world. For those who look for ways to feel offended: it doesn’t mean better or worse […]

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WG Women in politics

11/12/2019 Piotr Azia Comments Off on WG Women in politics

Our working group “Women in Politics” is about empowering women in every field, including finance, defence, culture, law, infrastructure, engineering, transport and business. Despite the fact, that the number of women raised recently in politics, […]

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WG Security & NATO

11/12/2019 Piotr Azia Comments Off on WG Security & NATO

Our working group Security & NATO is about Security as in our daily lives is key to our well-being and we will focus on how to guarantee the freedom and security of Europe through political […]

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WG Migration and Refugees

11/12/2019 Piotr Azia Comments Off on WG Migration and Refugees

Our working group Migration and Refugees is about making policy proposals and ideas that will make it easier for humans to move globally in a free, safe, and decent way.  The purpose of our working […]

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WG Media and Social Media

11/12/2019 Piotr Azia Comments Off on WG Media and Social Media

Our working group Media and Social Media intends to deal with the issues connected with both fields, which are closely interconnected at all levels, while also locked in a competition for resources and users. We […]

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WG LGBTQIA+

11/12/2019 Piotr Azia Comments Off on WG LGBTQIA+

LGBTQIA+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersexual and Allies) people experience multiple barriers. Legal equality in the world and focused on EU varies very strongly. Causing issues and supporting stigma in day-to-day activities of LGBTQIA+ […]

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WG Health

11/12/2019 Piotr Azia Comments Off on WG Health

The COVID-19 pandemic has influenced everyone of us massively and seemed to have changed our everyday’s life forever. Therefore one main aspect of our health working group will be of course the Covid-19 pandemic. How […]