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The controversial draft legislation entails renaming the current Radio and Slovakia (RTVS) and altering management selection procedures to enable the removal of the current general director (Photo: Jorge Franganillo)

Slovakia risks fresh EU scrutiny with controversial state media bill

Slovakia is risking a fresh rift with EU institutions as a controversial bill on public service media heads for government approval on Wednesday (24 April) — raising suspicions about Hungary-inspired policies on media and democracy. 

The proposal follows a series of institutional changes, primarily in criminal justice, introduced by Slovak prime mini...

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Lucia Virostkova is a freelance journalist and assistant professor at the department of journalism of Comenius University in Bratislava. She has worked for the public TV and radio and published with several Slovak newspapers.

The controversial draft legislation entails renaming the current Radio and Slovakia (RTVS) and altering management selection procedures to enable the removal of the current general director (Photo: Jorge Franganillo)

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Author Bio

Lucia Virostkova is a freelance journalist and assistant professor at the department of journalism of Comenius University in Bratislava. She has worked for the public TV and radio and published with several Slovak newspapers.

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