Romania

(IPI/IFEX) – The following is a press release by the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an IPI affiliate: Vienna, 30 December 2003 NEW ATTACK AGAINST JOURNALIST IN ROMANIA The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in South East Europe and an affiliate of the […]

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has condemned the brutal attack on Ino Ardelean, who covers local politics and corruption cases for the daily “Evenimentul Zilei” in the western city of Timisoara. Ardelean was attacked by thugs on the evening of 3 December 2003 as he was going home and was beaten until he lost consciousness. He was […]

(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – The following is a declaration signed by participants at a 27 to 28 June 2003 conference on “Defamation in South East Europe”, organised by ARTICLE 19, the Romanian Helsinki Committee and the Center for Independent Journalism: Declaration We, the participants (1) of the conference on ‘Defamation in South East Europe’, organised by […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 28 March 2003 CPJ press release: ROMANIA: Body of missing journalist found New York, March 28, 2003-The body of Iosif Costinas, a 62-year-old journalist for the independent daily Timisoara, was discovered last week by police in a forest in western Romania. Costinas disappeared in June 2002. Police spokesman Cornel […]

(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – The following is a 30 October 2002 ARTICLE 19 letter to Romanian President Ion Iliescu, raising the organisation’s concerns with a proposed amendment to Article 10 of Romania’s draft law on the Rompres National News Agency. It is followed by a statement outlining the relevant international standards on protection of sources: 30 […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is an 11 September 2002 CPJ press release: ROMANIA: CPJ monitoring case of missing journalist New York, September 11, 2002-The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is concerned that Iosif Costinas, a 62 year-old reporter for the Romanian independent daily Timisoara, has been missing since early June. Costinas’ journalism focused on highly […]

(IPI/IFEX) – In a 14 August 2002 letter to Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase, IPI and its affiliate, the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), expressed their concern about the media situation in Romania. According to the information before SEEMO, Iosif Bebe Costinas, an investigative reporter for the daily “Timisoara”, has been missing since 7 […]

(RSF/IFEX) – On 9 August 2002, RSF protested the intimidation campaign targeting journalist Silvia Vranceanu, of the opposition daily newspaper “Evenimentul Zilei”. “It is intolerable that an opposition journalist is personally targeted because of what her newspaper publishes, especially when her private life is affected,” RSF Secretary-General Robert Ménard said in a letter to Prime […]

(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – The following is a 6 June 2002 ARTICLE 19 letter to the Romanian authorities calling for full and considered reform of the defamation provisions in Romania’s Penal Code: 6th June 2002 Members of the Romanian Parliament Dear Members of Parliament, ARTICLE 19, the Global Campaign for Free Expression, welcomes the fact that […]

(RSF/IFEX) – On 30 May 2002, RSF urged Romanian President Ion Iliescu and Prime Minister Adrian Nastase to end the authorities’ orchestrated attacks on national and foreign media. The authorities accuse media organisations of giving the country a bad image and waging a “news war” against Romania. “This fierce anti-media campaign is tarnishing Romania’s image […]

(WAN/IFEX) – The following is a WAN and World Editors Forum (WEF) joint letter to President Ion Iliescu and Prime Minister Adrian Nastase: His Excellency Ion Iliescu President of Romania Email: ioniliescu@presidency.ro The Right Honourable Adrian Nastase Prime Minister of Romania Email: webmaster@gov.ro 24 May 2002 Your Excellency, Dear Prime Minister, We are writing on […]

(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) -The following is an ARTICLE 19 press release: ROMANIA ADOPTS SECRECY LAW UNDER NATO PRESSURE ARTICLE 19 today published an analysis (1) of the Romanian Law for the Protection of Classified Information. The Romanian Senate voted to adopt the Law on 8 April, 2002, without considering amendments proposed by two parliamentary committees and […]

(WAN/IFEX) – In a 25 January 2002 letter to Prime Minister Adrian Nastase, WAN and the World Editors Forum (WEF) expressed serious concern at the jailing and prosecution of Ovidiu Cristian Iane. According to reports, on 17 January three police officers arrived at the computer company which Iane jointly owns, saying that they were paying […]

(RSF/IFEX) – In letters to Constanza Mayor Nadu Mazare, Romanian Democratic Party President Traian Basescu and Prime Minister Adrian Nastase, dated 18 January 2002, RSF expressed outrage over the hampering of the distribution of the national daily “Jurnalul National”‘s 16 January edition, and Democratic party members’ expulsion of journalists from the newspaper’s local bureau on […]

(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – The following is a correction by ARTICLE 19 and the IFEX Clearing House: ARTICLE 19 and the IFEX Clearing House would like to apologize for a misunderstanding on a recent alert, which the IFEX Clearing House titled: ARTICLE 19 expresses concern over lack of Criminal Code reform. ARTICLE 19 would like to […]

(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – In a 31 May 2001 letter to Prime Minister Göran Persson, ARTICLE 19, the Global Campaign for Free Expression, noted that it is currently working in conjunction with the Centre for Independent Journalism and the Romania Helsinki Committee as part of its Democracy in Practice Project. This project is taking place in […]