Journalists Who Cover EU rule of law

Alexandra Brzozowski

Brussels, Belgium

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Brussels-based journalist covering EU foreign, security and defence policy since 2017. Regional expertise in the EU’s neighbourhood with on-the-ground reporting from Europe's (far) East, including the Eastern Partnership—particularly Russia’s war on Ukraine from Brussels, Kyiv, and beyond— the ...

Amanda Coakley

London, United Kingdom

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Amanda Coakley is an award-winning journalist covering central and eastern Europe, and a Europe’s Futures Fellow at the IWM in Vienna. 

Her work has been published in national and international outlets including Foreign Policy, TIME, The Irish Times, Prospect Magazine, The Independent, New ...

Michael Colborne

Prague, Czech Republic

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Michael Colborne is a Canadian freelance journalist covering all things central and eastern Europe. His words and pictures have been published in Coda Story, CBC, Sydney Morning Herald, Al Jazeera, Open Democracy, National Post and other places. 

Before moving into journalism Michael spent eight ...

Alex Duval Smith

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire

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Alex Duval Smith is now in Dakar, Senegal. She is working for the BBC but happy to provide advice. 
 She is one of the most experienced journalists covering Africa, having reported from most countries on the continent in the past 15 years.

Miroslava Germanova

Bratislava, Slovakia

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Miroslava Germanova is a journalist based in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Tim Gosling

Prague, Czech Republic

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Tim Gosling is a journalist, editor and analyst based in the Czech Republic. He covers politics, business, current affairs and football across Central & Eastern Europe. Regular bylines for Al Jazeera, Deutsche Welle, Foreign Policy, Politico, The Times. He provides political and economic analysis ...

Jakub Janas

Brussels, Belgium

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Accomplished professional with over 10 years of experience leading complex media production projects and engaging senior stakeholders across Europe.

My passion lies at the intersection of content and commerce. I use deep market intelligence in Finance, Tech/AI, and EU Affairs to create ...

Dariusz Kalan

Warsaw, Poland

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I'm a Warsaw-based journalist, media producer, fixer and translator working in Central Europe and the Western Balkans, most recently reporting exclusively for Der Spiegel.

As a reporter based in various locations—spanning Warsaw, Bratislava, Budapest, and Sarajevo—I have covered nearly all major ...

Burcu Karakas

İstanbul, Turkey

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Burcu Karakas is a journalist based in İstanbul, Turkey.

Nicholas Noe

Bayrut, Lebanon

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Nicholas Noe recently served as Regional Organizing Director for Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign in Michigan where he managed the Get Out The Vote (GOTV) operation for the crucial areas of Wayne County and Dearborn City. Previous to this, Mr. Noe lived in Beirut (2004-2016) and in Tunis (2012-2014) ...

Malene Nørby Pedersen

Copenhagen, Denmark

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Malene Nørby Pedersen is a journalist based in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Natalia Ojewska

Warsaw, Poland

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Freelance journalist covering humanitarian crises, international justice, politics, human rights and underreported social issues in Africa and Easter Europe. 
Regular reporter & contributor to The Wall Street Journal. 

My work has also been featured in: BBC, Euronews, Al Jazeera English, The ...

Erkan Pehlivan

Frankfurt, Germany

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Erkan Pehlivan is a freelance journalist based in Frankfurt, Germany.

Many years of case reporting experience, with a network of contacts in EU, Turkey, Balkans, MENA, think tanks...
Particularly familiar German, EU and Turkey policy.

Human rights, abductions, turkish intelligence MIT, Islam ...

Lidija Pisker

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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A freelance journalist covering society, culture, travel and everything in between. I have worked with The Guardian, BBC, Euronews, Open Democracy, France 24, the Equal Times, and Radio Free Europe.

Zoran Popovici

Brussels, Belgium

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Zoran Popovici is a video and photo journalist based in Brussels, Belgium.

Jelena Prtoric

Zagreb, Croatia

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Jelena Prtoric is a journalist based in Zagreb, Croatie.

Maria Psara

Brussel, Belgium

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MARIA PSARA is a journalist based in Brussel, Belgium.

Lili Rutai

Budapest, Hungary

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Lili Rutai is a Hungarian journalist and podcaster with bylines in The Guardian, The Times, The Observer, Al Jazeera, Foreign Policy and more. She's reported on politics and social issues from Hungary, Ukraine, Romania and Poland. She has experience in investigative journalism and OSINT, and speaks ...

David Strom

St. Louis, United States of America

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David Strom is one of the leading experts on network and Internet technologies and has written and spoken extensively on topics such as VOIP, convergence, email, cloud computing, network management, Internet applications, wireless and Web services for more than 25 years. Please ignore the cited ...

Edward Szekeres

Bratislava, Slovakia

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Edward Szekeres is a freelance journalist based in Bratislava, Slovakia. Well-versed in fixing, feature writing, interviewing and breaking news.

Koen Verhelst

Brussels, Belgium

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Koen Verhelst is a journalist based in Brussels, covering EU topics for Politico. His main focus is trade policy, including EU-China relations, U.S. tariffs and Russia sanctions.

He was previously stationed in Riga for over 8 years, covering the Nordics and the Baltics.

Eszter Zalan

Brussels, Belgium

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist working for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit. Before immersing herself into the "EU bubble", Eszter reported on conflict and war zones from Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, Egypt and other places ...