&nbsp;Follow the Money won the 2025 Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism for exposing the hidden financial networks enabling Russia’s sanction-evading oil trade. The&nbsp;<a data-analytics-event-attached="true" href="https://www.ftm.eu/articles/who-is-behind-the-russian-shadow-fleet?share=wge64Sf2j4nGxIjYIzKSgLJ/fUMpaOz82IYM45YI3McuEe5azfrap36CM9vWEYo%3D" rel="noopener" target="_blank">investigation</a>, coordinated by the platform for investigative journalism “Follow the Money” in collaboration with media from Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Italy, Norway, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, revealed how Western shipowners earned over 6 billion dollars selling 230 aging tankers to Russia's shadow fleet.

&nbsp;The Prize rewards on a yearly basis outstanding journalism that promotes or defends the core principles and values of the European Union, such as human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, rule of law, and human rights.&nbsp;

The award ceremony takes place each year around 16 October, the date Daphne Caruana Galizia was assassinated. The prize and the €20 000 prize money demonstrate the European Parliament’s strong support for investigative journalism and the importance of a free press.

Over the last few years, Parliament has warned about attempts both in the EU and beyond to undermine media pluralism. Parliament has repeatedly&nbsp;denounced attempts to limit media freedom, and especially attacks against journalists, in any form and wherever they may come from. MEPs were instrumental in the effort that culminated in March 2024 in the&nbsp;European Media Freedom Act, which protects media freedom and journalists' safety and independence. They also pushed for years for rules to tackle malicious litigation, aiming to protect journalists and civil society from strategic lawsuits seeking to silence critical voices, and the EU’s&nbsp;anti-SLAPP directive&nbsp;was finally approved in February 2024.&nbsp;

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Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism

Award Ceremony celebrating the winner of the 1st edition of the Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism

Award Ceremony celebrating the winner of the first edition of the Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism: extracts from the ceremony and statements

Press Conference of Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism

Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism: extracts from the press conference on the launch of a website and call for submissions

Infoclip: Freedom of the press - illustration shots of the City of Valletta (Malta) and statements by the chief editors of the newspapers Daphne Caruana Galizia worked for

Ceremony of the Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism 2025: announcement by Dafydd AB IAGO, President of IPA and speech by Birte SCHOHAUS, on behalf of the authors of The Shadow Fleet Secrets, Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize 2025 laureates

Ceremony of the Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism 2025: speech by Juliane HIELSCHER, Member of the prize jury and President of the Berlin Press Club

Ceremony of the Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism 2025: speech by Roberta METSOLA, EP President

Ceremony of the Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism 2025: statement by one of the authors of The Shadow Fleet Secrets, Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism 2025 Laureates and extracts from the ceremony

Ceremony of the Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism 2025: opening statement by Pina PICIERNO (S&D, IT), EP Vice-President

Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize 2025 ceremony

"Heroes of our time: Highlights from the Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize Seminar" (short version)

The Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism 2023

The Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism

Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize 2025 Award ceremony

Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism: Award Ceremony

"Heroes of our time: Highlights from the Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize Seminar" (long version)

Delayed justice and rule of law backsliding in Malta, eight years after Daphne’s assassination: closing statement by Henna VIRKKUNEN, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy

Delayed justice and rule of law backsliding in Malta, eight years after Daphne’s assassination: MEPs debate

Delayed justice and rule of law backsliding in Malta, eight years after Daphne’s assassination: opening statement by Henna VIRKKUNEN, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy

Ceremony of the Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism 2024: announcement of the winner and speech by 2024 laureate, Lost in Europe

Ceremony of the Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism 2024: Opening speech by the Roberta METSOLA, EP President

Ceremony of the Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism 2024: Welcoming words by Pina PICIERNO, Vice-President of the European Parliament

Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism 2024: extracts from the ceremony and statement by the laureate

Statement by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, on the 7th anniversary of Daphne Caruana Galizia assassination

Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism 2023: extracts from the ceremony; and statement by the laureate

Ceremony of the Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism 2023: welcome by Pina PICIERNO (S&D, IT), EP Vice-President, and opening speech by Roberta METSOLA, EP President

Introductory remark by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, on the sixth year anniversary of the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia

Award Ceremony of the Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism 2022: Announcement of 2022 winner - Clément Di Roma and Carol Valade for their documentary “The Central African Republic under Russian influence”

Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism 2022: extracts from the ceremony in presence of Roberta METSOLA, EP President

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