The European Commission has questioned press freedom in Romania and highlighted it as one of the most serious failings in this year’s progress report on Romanian EU membership.
According to the BBC, the draft report on Romania criticises attempts to curb media freedom, as well as looking at the widespread corruption in the country.
The report emphasises that economic pressure has been put on the press as well as noting cases of physical attacks against journalists.
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