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Journalists Should Enjoy Special Status, Ministry to Form Working Group

Journalists Should Enjoy Special Status, Ministry to Form Working Group

Bratislava, May 21 (TASR) – The protection provided to journalists when performing their work needs to be strengthened by means of legislation, Culture Minister Lubica Lassakova, representatives of publishing houses and editors-in-chief concurred at a meeting on Monday. “There’s no legally binding definition of the term ‘journalist’ at the moment,

TASR Launches Special Series on Correct Use of Slovak Language

TASR Launches Special Series on Correct Use of Slovak Language

Bratislava, May 9 (TASR) – As of Thursday the News Agency of the Slovak Republic (TASR) will launch a series of practical advice on the use of the official Slovak language, TASR general director Vladimir Puchala announced on Wednesday. “We’ll provide practical advice on avoiding mistakes when using the official

Reznik Rejects Questioning of Expertise and Moral Credit of Management

Reznik Rejects Questioning of Expertise and Moral Credit of Management

Bratislava, May 4 (TASR) – Public broadcaster RTVS is free and is fulfilling its public-service mission, members of the RTVS management headed by director general Jaroslav Reznik stressed at a press conference on Friday. “There is no cleansing, no normalisation threats in RTVS. RTVS belongs to all viewers and listeners,” emphasised

Reznik: No Political Power Influences RTVS Broadcasting

Reznik: No Political Power Influences RTVS Broadcasting

Bratislava, May 3 (TASR) – No political power has been interfering with the work of the Radio and Television Slovakia (RTVS) public broadcaster, and it never will, stated RTVS general director Jaroslav Reznik at a session of the parliamentary culture and media committee on Thursday. “At the same time I stress

Kiska: I Watch Situation in RTVS with Serious Concern

Kiska: I Watch Situation in RTVS with Serious Concern

Bratislava, May 3 (TASR) – Slovak President Andrej Kiska in connection with World Press Freedom Day, which falls on May 3, wrote on Facebook that it is with great concern that he is watching the current situation in the public broadcaster RTVS. Kiska considers the alleged censorship and groundless dismissing of

Lassakova: Slovakia Best Within V4 Group in Press Freedom Ranking

Lassakova: Slovakia Best Within V4 Group in Press Freedom Ranking

Bratislava, April 25 (TASR) – The murder of investigative journalist Jan Kuciak has significantly contributed to Slovakia’s year-on-year drop by ten places in the Reporters without Borders (RSF) 2018 World Press Freedom Index, stated Culture Minister Lubica Lassakova (Smer-SD) after the Cabinet session on Wednesday. “The tragic event that happened

RTVS Management: Junior News Service Team Chooses to Build Barricade

RTVS Management: Junior News Service Team Chooses to Build Barricade

Bratislava, April 4 (TASR) – The RTVS management views the open letter by dissatisfied RTVS editors and reporters as an unwillingness to accept the efforts made by the new news service management to produce objective, balanced, impartial news, stated RTVS general director Jaroslav Reznik, head of the news service Vahram Chuguryan