European Commission - Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology

12/19/2025 | News release | Distributed by Public on 12/19/2025 06:30

Four media consortia receive support to provide independent journalism to young Europeans

Following the fifth open call for proposals for youth media in 2024, four media projects will produce and distribute innovative, thought-provoking content around current affairs for young Europeans.

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Similar to previous years, the fifth call for proposals sought project proposals offering young Europeans online spaces with curated content, allowing them to compare perspectives from across Europe and discover how their interests link to interests of youngsters in other countries, as well as to relevant EU initiatives.

The four selected projects started recently and will last 14 months. Projects operate with full editorial independence.

SPHERA Movement

SPHERA Movement builds on previous experience gained in SPHERA, co-funded in previous editions of this call for proposals. It gathers 10 media organisations (Médianes, Europod, Dinamo, Arty Farty, Street Press, El Salto Diario, Krytyka Polityczna, VDNews.tv, 444.hu and Popaganda.gr) to produce content and events for age group 16-30 in at least 7 languages (English, French, Spanish, Polish, Italian, Hungarian and Greek).

The project will receive up to €1.66 million.

ENTR - what's next? A European Content Creator Network

ENTR also builds on the experience gained in previous grants. It gathers Deutsche Welle, France Médias Monde, RFI Romania, G4media (RO), RTP Portugal, Ringier Axel Springer Polska, Are We Europe NL, Dir.BG, Central Médiacsoport and the Bonn Institute to produce content for age group 18-34 in 10 languages (English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Bulgarian, Dutch, Slovak and Hungarian).

The project will receive up to €3.17 million.

More information about the project and access to its channels on ENTR website.

Perspectives 3

Perspectives brings together Goethe Institut and 6 media partners to produce daily cross-border stories for age group 18-30 in 10 languages (English, German, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Estonian, Ukrainian and Russian) in Jádu Magazine, Kultura Liberalna, Revue Prostor, Kapitál Noviny, Nara.LT and Narvamus and other media outlets in Eastern Europe.

The project will receive up to €1.44 million.

More information about the project on the Perspectives website.

GenEU

GenEU gathers Telex (HU), OKO.Press (PL), Gen, știri and GenZette (RO), AFP (FR), Dossier (AT), El Orden Mundial (ES), CSM (HU) and DCN Global Greece to produce content and events for age group 16-26 in 7 languages (Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, French, German, Spanish, and English).

The project will receive up to €2.71 million.

The consortium will soon publish more information about their project on their websites.

Related information

All grant agreements contain an editorial charter to ensure editorial independence.

Find more information on other grants to news media.

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For the fifth time, the European Commission will support the production of daily, thought-provoking and trustworthy content on current affairs from across Europe for and by young Europeans.

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