As Europe celebrated the European Parliament's landslide vote in favour of the European Media Freedom Act, which extends protections to journalists and the editorial independence of public broadcasters, in Slovakia, Prime Minister Robert Fico's government made a move which directly contradicts some of its provisions.| www.euractiv.com
Despite recent amendments to the bill, the new structure would lead to the politicization of the broadcaster in breach of the European Media Freedom Act.| ipi.media