Access to background discussions: "Tagesspiegel" fails with urgent request against the BND.

1. DJV criticizes court ruling on background interviews (djv.de, Claudine Hengstenberg-Photiadis) The German Journalists' Association (DJV) criticizes the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) for systematically excluding certain media outlets, such as the "Tagesspiegel," from background interviews. The editorial team's attempt to enforce access to these interviews through expedited proceedings before the Federal Administrative Court was unsuccessf…

The Federal Administrative Court decides that the media have no right to participate in background talks by federal authorities. In the urgent proceedings against the BND, the -Tagesspiegel (Tagesspiegel) had tried to force access. DJV boss Mika Beuster criticizes the decision to select the press representatives in a transparent manner by the BND, reminding of the exclusion of renowned media from his press conferences. The BND asserts that it ha…