EU information society and media commissioner Viviane Reding (R) and the editor-in-chief of the German magazine Stern, Hans Ulrich Jorges (L), who is the initiator of the European Charter on Freedom of the Press, give a  press conference at EU headquarters in Brussels on June 9, 2009. The charter was signed on May 25 by 48 European journalists from 19 countries to protect the press from government interference and insure journalists access to sources of information. Getty Images logo Getty Images 6 months ago

EU information society and media commissioner Viviane Reding (R) and the editor-in-chief of the German magazine Stern, Hans Ulrich Jorges (L), who is the initiator of the European Charter on Freedom of the Press, give a press conference at EU headquarters in Brussels on June 9, 2009. The charter was signed on May 25 by 48 European journalists from 19 countries to protect the press from government interference and insure journalists access to sources of information.