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At the European Newspaper Publishers’ Association (ENPA) Board and General Assembly meeting on May 20 in Brussels, a new Board was appointed for the next 2 years. ENPA President, Mr. Francois le Hodey (Belgium) and Vice-Presidents, Mr. Jean-Pierre de Kerraoul (France), Mr. Pierpaolo Camadini (Italy), and Mr. Boguslaw Chrabota (Poland) as well as ENPA Treasurer Mr. Gerald Grünberger (Austria) were all re-elected, whereas Mr. Matthias Ditzen-Blanke (Germany) was newly elected as Board member and Vice-President. Ms. Stoyana Georgieva (Bulgaria) was in turn newly elected as ENPA Board as well as Executive Committee member.
The list of (re-)elected Board members per country (full members) is as follows:
- Austria: Mr. Alexander Mitteräcker
- Belgium: Mr. François le Hodey
- Bulgaria: Ms. Stoyana Georgieva
- Croatia: Ms. Bojana Božanić
- Czech Republic: Mr. Marek Petr
- France: Mr. Jean-Pierre de Kerraoul
- Germany: Mr. Matthias Ditzen-Blanke
- Greece: Mr. Nikos Chatzinikolaou
- Italy: Mr. Pierpaolo Camadini
- Poland: Mr. Boguslaw Chrabota
- Slovakia: Ms. Eva Pauliakova
- Switzerland: Mr. Roman Bretschger
Mr. Valdo Lehari (Germany), who served two terms as ENPA President and had for long been serving as Vice-President but did not stand for re-election, was elected Honorary President of ENPA.
The Board and General Assembly also welcomed Editpress Luxembourg S.A., a leading media and publishing group, as a new ENPA member.
Mr. José Guimarães, who had been serving as Acting Executive Director since July 2025, was confirmed in the role of Executive Director.
The European Newspaper Publishers’ Association (ENPA) is the largest representative body of newspaper publishers across Europe. ENPA advocates for 14 national associations across 14 European countries, and is a principal interlocutor to the EU institutions and a key driver of media policy debates in the European Union.
