Slovenia - Government pressure on public broadcasting

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is very disturbed by the government's illegal and arbitrary dismissal of four members of the state-owned broadcaster RTV Slovenija's supervisory board. Appointed for four-year terms by the previous social-democratic government in January 2010, they were fired by the current conservative government last week. “Their dismissal is contrary to the letter and spirit of the law and constitutes unacceptable political interference in RTV's operations,” Reporters Without (...)

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