Government accused of trying to undermine independent media with move to replace public broadcaster and its director-generalJournalists in Slovakia are protesting against a government move to overhaul the country’s public broadcaster, warning that the populist prime minister, Robert Fico, and his allies are undermining media freedom.On Thursday, many journalists wore black, a day after Slovakia’s government approved a controversial draft law that would replace the public broadcaster RTVS, remove its director-general and allow a council partly selected by a ministry to appoint a new chief. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/25/we-want-to-work-freely-slovakian-journalists-protest-against-rtvs-plans
Author : Lili Bayer
Publish date : 2024-04-25 13:48:28
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‘We want to work freely’: Slovakian journalists protest against RTVS plans
