During the weekend of 23-25 February, the European Newsroom (enr) accompanied European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on another visit to Ukraine. On Saturday, February 24, it had been exactly two years since the Russian invasion in February 2022.
On December 5, the European Newsroom interviewed the European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen ahead of the EU-China summit on December 7. Besides trade, the EU officials plan to also address China-Russia relations, sanctioned MEPs and the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East.
On 27 November, the European Newsroom (enr) hosted its final workshop of 2023. Facilitated by dpa, the one-day workshop revolved around the creation of video and photojournalistic pieces solely produced with smartphones. Seven journalists from enr member agencies participated.
One week ahead of 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), European Commissioner for Climate Action Wopke Hoekstra spoke to the European Newsroom on the sidelines of the European Parliament plenary session in Strasbourg, France.
Over the last weekend, the European Newsroom (enr) joined European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen once again on her sixth visit to the Ukrainian capital Kyiv since the beginning of the Russian invasion in February 2022. Dpa’s Michael Fischer, Sven Käuler and Philipp von Ditfurth were on the ground reporting for the enr-pool.
On October 30, the European Newsroom hosted a full-day online workshop on artificial intelligence, facilitated by dpa. Participants learned about deepfakes, technological possibilities of AI and how it may impact their journalistic work.