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IRIS 2014-8:1/4 European Court of Human Rights: Roşiianu v. Romania

The European Court of Human Rights has again reiterated that collecting information and guaranteeing access to documents held by public authorities is a crucial right for journalists in order to be able to report on matters of public interest, helping to implement the right of the public to be properly informed on such matters. In the case of Ioan Romeo Roşiianu, a presenter of a regional television programme, the Court came to the conclusion that the Romanian authorities had violated Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights by refusing access to documents of a public nature, which...

IRIS 2014-7:1/32 [RO] Modification of the Cinematography Emergency Decree rejected

The Chamber of Deputies (lower Chamber of the Romanian Parliament) on 3 June 2014 rejected the Draft Law on the modification of the Ordonanţa Guvernului nr. 39/2005 privind cinematografia (Government Emergency Decree no. 39/2005 with regard to the cinematography). The decision of the Chamber of Deputies is final. The Draft Law had been rejected by the upper Chamber, the Senate, on 6 November 2013 (see IRIS 2003-2/23).   According to the rejected Draft Law, the public television, Societatea Română de televiziune - TVR, would have paid only 4% of its advertising revenues to the Cinematography Fund...

IRIS 2014-7:1/31 [RO] Intended laws for hearing and speech impaired people

The Chamber of Deputies (lower Chamber of the Romanian Parliament) on 3 June 2014 rejected two Draft Laws on the use of sign language. The upper Chamber, the Senate, had rejected the Draft Laws on 6 November 2013. However, two other Draft Laws on the same subject are currently under debate (see IRIS 2012-8/34 and IRIS 2014-2/31). The initiators warned that there are more than 25,000 hearing impaired persons in Romania. The first Draft Law (Pl-x nr. 493/2013), backed by 6 Liberal MPs, intended to decide on the use of Romanian sign language or of sign language through an authorised official interpreter....

IRIS 2014-7:1/30 [RO] New modification of the Public Audiovisual Services Law

The Legea nr. 71/2014 pentru modificarea şi completarea Legii nr. 41/1994 privind organizarea şi funcţionarea Societăţii Române de Radiodifuziune şi Societăţii Române de Televiziune (Law no. 71/2014 with regard to the modification and completion of Law no. 41/1994 on the organization and operation of the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Corporation and of the Romanian Television Corporation) was published in the Official Journal of Romania, no. 398, of 29 May 2014, Part I. The Law is meant to help the financing of the production and broadcasting of programmes abroad by the Societatea Română de Radiodifuziune...

IRIS 2014-7:1/29 [RO] Modification of the Audiovisual Law

The Senate (upper Chamber of the Romanian Parliament) on 3 June 2014 approved the Draft Law on the modification of Art. 86 of the Legea Audiovizualului nr. 504/2002 cu modificările şi completările ulterioare (Audiovisual Law no. 504/2002 with further modifications and completions). The decision of the Senate is final. The Draft Law has been approved by the lower Chamber (the Chamber of Deputies) on 11 February 2014 (see IRIS 2010-1/36, IRIS 2011-4/31, IRIS 2011-7/37, IRIS 2013-3/26, IRIS 2013-6/27, IRIS 2014-1/37 and IRIS 2014-2/31). According to the Draft Law, the modification of Art. 86 is meant...