09.06.2026 Training Course for Journalists of the Veneto Region

On Tuesday, 9 June 2026, from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., the Training Course for Journalists of the Veneto Region entitled “Communicating Europe Today” will take place in Venice. The event is organized by the Order of Journalists of Veneto in collaboration with the Council of Europe Venice Office, Europe Direct Venezia Veneto of the Municipality of Venice, and the international magazine ATLANTIS published by Mazzanti Publishing House.

=> Open admission for accredited journalists and members of the public, subject to seat availability.

PROGRAMME

9:00 a.m. – Registration

9:15 a.m.

• Welcome address by the Order of Journalists of Veneto
• Welcome and introduction by Francesca Vianello, Europe Direct Venezia Veneto, Municipality of Venice
• Opening remarks by Mario Schwetz, Director of the Italian Office of the Council of Europe

Part I

10:00 a.m. The Role of Journalists in Reporting on European and Global Political Affairs
Tiziano Graziottin, Journalist and Director of the School of Journalism of the Order of Journalists of Veneto

10:45 a.m. The Founding Treaties of the European Union, Its Future Developments and Strategic Perspectives
Arduino Paniccia, Columnist, Professor of Strategy at the University of Trieste and Gorizia, and Director of the ASCE School of Economic Competition

Presented and moderated by Carlo Mazzanti, Editor-in-Chief of Atlantis, the International Affairs Magazine

11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. – Coffee Break

Part II

12:00 p.m. Reporting from a European Perspective
Giuseppe Zaffuto, Head of the Media Research Unit, Council of Europe

12:45 p.m. Questions and Discussion

Presented and moderated by Andrea Mazzanti, Co-Editor-in-Chief of Atlantis, the International Affairs Magazine

1:30 p.m. Closing Remarks

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