News
- Jun- 2022 -9 June
Searches in a case of “war spreading”. The Comrat press reports that it is the editor of the Gagauznews portal
The Prosecutor’s Office for Combating Organised Crime and Special Cases (PCCOCS) together with officers of the Internal Protection and Anti-Corruption Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (SPIA) and employees…
- 8 June
Amnesty International classifies lawsuit filed on behalf of BelaPAN editorial staff from Belarus as “fabricated”
The Minsk Regional Court from Belarus began on Monday June 6 to examine the case against the BelaPAN news agency in which the editor-chief Irina Levasina, former director Dmitry Novojilov,…
- 8 June
The Armenian Parliament has adopted a draft law allowing state authorities to revoke journalists’ accreditations
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) stated on May 31 that Armenian President Vahagn Haciaturian should refrain from ratifying amendments to a draft law allowing state authorities to revoke journalistic…
- 7 June
BC: Some TV broadcasters refuse to publish sources of funding, citing commercial secrecy
Some TV channels in the Republic of Moldova did not indicate their sources of funding and investments in their annual reports to the Broadcasting Council, arguing that they refused on…
- 7 June
NTV Moldova Fined 18 000 Lei and Publicly Warned Twice, Including for the May 9 Reports
The Broadcasting Council (BC) fined NTV Moldova 18 000 lei and twice publicly warned the TV channel at the meeting of June 3, including for inaccuracies in the reports on…
- 6 June
Latvia prohibits broadcasting of all TV channels registered in Russia
The National Electronic Mass Media Council (NEPLP) of Latvia prohibited on Monday June 6 the broadcasting of the last 80 TV channels from the Russian Federation that could still be…
- 3 June
The Parliament Votes Amendments on Countering Audiovisual Misinformation in the Final Reading. Opinions
The deputies voted the amendments to the Code of Audiovisual Media Services aimed at countering misinformation in the final reading. These include prohibiting the rebroadcast of programs from the countries…
- May- 2022 -27 May
The BC Sanctions Four TV Channels for Insufficiency of Local Products and Broadcasts in Romanian
The Broadcasting Council fined four TV channels for breaching the provisions on broadcasting quotas for local audiovisual programs and broadcasts in Romanian. The decision was taken at the meeting on…
- 27 May
The Ombudsman Reacts to the Restriction of Journalists’ Access to the Court Where the Case of Igor Dodon Was Examined
Ombudsman Ceslav Panico has expressed concern about restricting journalists’ access to the Chisinau Court, Ciocana Sector, on May 26, where the case of Igor Dodon, ex-President of the Republic of…
- 27 May
The IPI Expresses Concern over the Draft Law Giving Prosecutors the Right to Ban Foreign Press in Russia
In a public appeal, the International Press Institute (IPI) expresses concern about the approval of the draft law giving the prosecution the possibility to “close, censor, or block” institutions’ websites…
