All roads lead to Limassol, the premier resort centre in Cyprus, where the 7th Annual Fetisov Journalism Awards will take place on 22 April 2026.
This year’s awards have had a record number of entries, around 500 submissions, and the jury have made their choice of the winners in the world’s richest prize for reporters around the world.
In 2025, 293 entries were accepted, including:
- Excellence in Environmental Journalism – 89
- Contribution to Civil Rights – 97
- Outstanding Contribution to Peace – 25
- Outstanding Investigative Reporting – 82
But the winners remain a secret and will only be announced at the gala ceremony to be held at the Parklane Resort and Spa in the presence of Cypriot media leaders and public figures, as well as some distinguished editors and journalists from around the world.
The ceremony will be preceded by an international meeting of FJA media experts and other leaders from European and global journalism who will discuss the latest trends and developments in news media. Their debate comes at a time of conflict and turbulence in the global social, economic and political landscape, when the challenges facing independent media have never been greater.
"There has rarely been such a testing time for reporting the truth," said Aidan White, the FJA General Director. "But our winners show that journalism is robustly challenging propaganda, hate-speech and social injustice with brilliant examples of reporting – speaking truth to power and telling stories that the public need to know."
The FJA jury has selected 12 winners from the final shortlist of 33 entries for awards in four categories – investigative journalism and excellence in reporting on conflict, civil liberties and the environment.
The winners to be revealed at the awards ceremony will share a prize pot of 520,000 Swiss Francs (more than $600,000 dollars).
The Awards continue to expand their global reach, with 82 countries represented in 2025. Since 2019, a total of 145 countries have been represented in the competition.
"This has been a challenging year for everyone in the news business," said White, "but journalists and their supporters, including the FJA, are determined to do their job, even in difficult circumstances."
"In Cyprus we shall pay tribute to the world's best reporting. It is a moment of celebration not just for those on the spot, but for everyone who values independent journalism as a guarantor of democracy, human rights and freedom the world over."