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The applicant, Gabriel Andreescu, is a well-known human rights activist in Romania. He was among those who campaigned for the introduction of Law No. 187, which gives all Romanian citizens the right to inspect the personal files held on them by the Securitate (the former Romanian intelligence service and secret police). The law also allows access to information of public interest relating to persons in public office who may have been Securitate agents or collaborators. A public agency, the Consiliul Naţional pentru Studierea Arhivelor Securităţii (National Council for the Study of the Archives...

As stated by the Autoritatea Naţională pentru Reglementare şi Administrare în Comunicaţii (National Authority for Administration and Regulation in Communications - ANCOM) on 2 August 2010, 228 providers have been authorised according to a new Decision on the General Authorisation Regime for the Provision of Electronic Communications Networks and Services (Decision no. 338/2010). In order to remain active on the market, providers need to complete again the general authorisation procedure, by no later than 31 December 2010. Otherwise, they will automatically lose their capacity as providers. The...

On 27 July 2010 the Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului (National Council for Electronic Media - CNA) imposed sanctions on 10 TV stations and one radio station broadcasting in Romania for having broken the Audiovisual Code rules when covering the death of a Romanian star, the singer Mădălina Manole, who committed suicide on 14 July 2010. The CNA considered the broadcasters had broken the Codul de reglementare a conţinutului audiovivzual (Regulatory Code for Audiovisual Content) rules with regard to the protection of children, human dignity and of the right to one’s own image, in news programmes...

Despite the economic crisis, some segments of the Romanian electronic communications market continued to grow last year, according to the Statistical Data Report for 2009, presented by a high level representative of the Autoritatea Naţională pentru Administrare şi Reglementare în Comunicaţii (National Authority for Administration and Regulation in Communications, ANCOM) on 27 May 2010. As of 31 December 2009, the paid audiovisual programme re-broadcasting services sector counted 5,82 million subscribers, around 3% more than at the end of 2008. The penetration rate per household reached 79.4% (77.1%...

The Centrul Naţional al Cinematografiei (National Cinematography Centre - CNC) announced the results of its session concerning subsidies for cinematography projects for the period from 1 July to 31 December 2010 (organising of or attending domestic or international film festivals or fairs, support for cultural or cinematography education programmes, publishing of specialised works on cinematography, and other activities; see IRIS 2010-5: 1/34 and IRIS 2010-2: 1/30). The CNC granted subsidies for 21 projects and rejected 29 projects. The total amount of the subsidies is RON 1,896,290 (around EUR...