The European Scholarships for Journalists – the edition of 2017-2018 commenced with its first stage of professional training, offered to the winning journalists between 23-26th of November, in Pănicel – Brașov.

This training programme was tutored by European relations specialists and the agenda of this event covered discussion points which have enabled the scholars to advance their knowledge in EU issues.

A few of the topics that were covered were:

  • Cross-border issues in the EU
  • The economy, a delight
  • The Presidency of Romania at the EU Council in 2019
  • A journalist in Brussels
  • Romania, the law of justice and the Mechanism for Cooperation and Verification
  • Brexit seen from their side
  • The Economy of the future
  • The digital world and the EU agenda
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