Romania - ActiveWatch and Reporters Without Borders protest against the amendments brought by the Romanian Government to the Insolvency Law

Reporters without borders

ActiveWatch and Reporters Without Borders condemn the Romanian Government's decision to adopt in a total lack of transparency a bill whose provisions threaten press freedom and the public's right to information. By supporting this legislation, the Government opened a new chapter in the history of political and economic control of the media institutions in Romania. On the 2nd of October, the Romanian Government adopted an Emergency Ordinance on procedures for preventing insolvency, which (...)

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