Freedom of the Press 2007: Slovakia
27 March 2008
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Journalists and media freedom groups call for the urgent withdrawal of a proposed legislation allowing political control over public-service media in Slovakia.
In addition to hindering the detection of corruption, the proposed changes would make Slovakia the only state where whistleblowing does not trigger protection unless the government agrees that exposing its own corruption is a ‘necessity’.
PM Fico’s new governing coalition is creating deep unease among Slovakia’s journalists about the future for media freedoms and public service journalism.