Fujifilm award for best press photographers in Europe

The Fujifilm Euro Press Professional Awards, which honors the best press photographers in Europe, were presented in Bratislava. The winners in the four categories Digital Photo Composing, Night Life, Sport and Wildlife came from Lithuania, Germany, Denmark and Latvia. Jvan Baranowski was the only Swiss photographer to receive an award in the Wildlife category. The jury, which was made up of photo editors and photographers, judged the photographs on their expressiveness, composition and technical quality. The national winners were chosen in a preliminary round in February. They each won CHF 3,500 and qualified for the European finals in Bratislava. The Swiss winners were Christian Ammann (Zurich, Digital Photo Composing category), Mischa Christen (Ebikon, Night Life), Denis Balibouse (Lausanne, Sport) and Jvan Baranowski (Zurich, Wildlife).
The following winners of the European prize each received a prize worth 10,000 euros:
Digital Photo Composing: Evaldas Ivanauskas, Lithuania
Night Life: Gerald Förster, Germany
Sport: Niels Hougaard, Denmark
Wildlife: Andris Egilits, Latvia