The European Audiovisual Observatory, part of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, has a new Director as of the 1st of July.

Dr. Susanne Nikoltchev, currently Head of the Observatory’s Department for Legal Information, was elected to the post of Executive Director.

Nikoltchev, an international media lawyer specialised in audiovisual legislation and member of the bars in Germany and Washington D.C., has headed the Observatory’s Legal Department since 1998. She stated that she was looking forward to “helping the Observatory rise to its future challenges in an increasingly global, technology driven and complex audiovisual landscape”.