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These rights help support other fundamental freedoms like freedom of speech, press, and privacy. </p> </div> <div class="box"> <h2 id="id-contact-our-press-team">Contact our Press Team</h2> <p class="press space15"> Please direct enquiries to <a href="mailto:press@fsfe.org">press@fsfe.org</a>, or by post to: </p> <address> Free Software Foundation Europe e.V.<br> Schönhauser Allee 6/7<br> 10119 Berlin<br> Germany </address> <p> Phone: +49 30 609 899 268<br> Mobile: +49 157 92 34 72 12 </p> <p> Please note that the above contact details are for media enquiries only. For general enquiries, please see our <a href="/about/contact.uk.html">contact information</a>. </p> <div style="text-align:center; margin:2em;"> <a href="//lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/press-release" class="press btn press btn-success">Subscribe to our Press Releases</a> <a href="//mastodon.social/@fsfe" class="press btn press btn-info">Follow @fsfe</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-50-50"> <div class="box first"> <h2 id="id-about-fsfe">About FSFE</h2> <p> <img src="/about/graphics/stars.png" style="height: 150px; float: left; margin: 10px;"> The Free Software Foundation Europe is a charity that empowers users to control technology. Software is deeply involved in all aspects of our lives; and it is important that this technology empowers rather than restricts us. </p> <p> Since its foundation in 2001, the FSFE has been working every single day to further Free Software in Europe and beyond. With our concrete activities, based upon the three pillars of our work, we focus on protecting and extending user rights. Some of our actions run for many years, some are aimed at short-term developments, but all are part of our mission: empower users to control technology. </p> <p> You can find our goals defined in our <a href="/about/mission.uk.html">mission statement</a>, as well as the methods we use to achieve them. </p> </div> <div class="box"> <h2 id="id-latest-news"> <a href="/news/news.uk.html" class="feed">Latest News</a> </h2> <dl id="press-releases"> <a href="/news/2024/news-20241108-01.uk.html"><img src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/original/c8/24/f1c508abf5d52667b820f9313a95.png" alt="Collague with pictures from Bram Moolenaar."></a><dt>2024-11-08</dt> <dd><a href="/news/2024/news-20241108-01.uk.html">Vim developer Bram Moolenaar posthumously receives the European SFS Award</a></dd> <dt>2024-10-27</dt> <dd><a href="/news/2024/news-20241027-01.uk.html">Winners of the 2024 Youth Hacking 4 Freedom Announced</a></dd> <dt>2024-10-02</dt> <dd><a href="/news/2024/news-20241002-01.uk.html">Premiere of the "Ada & Zangemann" movie on Ada Lovelace Day</a></dd> </dl> </div> </div> <div> <h2 id="id-more-from-the-newsroom">More from the Newsroom</h2> <div class="box-pressicons"> <span class="icon pressicon"> <a href="//media.fsfe.org"><img src="/graphics/icons/video.png" alt="Videos from the FSFE and our events"> <br>Media</a> </span> <span class="icon pressicon"> <a href="//pics.fsfe.org"><img src="/graphics/icons/pictures.png" alt="Pictures from our work"> <br>Pictures</a> </span> <span class="icon pressicon"> <a href="/news/podcast.uk.html"><img src="/graphics/icons/podcast.png" alt="Our Podcast"> <br>Podcast</a> </span> <span class="icon pressicon"> <a href="/news/newsletter.uk.html"><img src="/graphics/icons/newsletter.png" alt="The Newsletter archive"> <br>Newsletter</a> </span> <span class="icon pressicon"> <a href="/about/graphics/graphics.uk.html"><img src="/graphics/icons/logo.png" alt="Our logo"> <br>Logo</a> </span> </div> </div> </div></main><aside id="followup" class="join"><h2>Stay informed</h2> <div><p>The best way to keep up to date is to subscribe to our <a href="/press/press.uk.html">press releases</a> or <a href="/news/index.uk.html">news updates</a>. 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