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For the first time in the history of Romania, on 19 May 2007, a referendum was held on the question of deposing the President. Immediately after the Romanian parliament’s decision of 19 April 2007 to suspend the country’s President, the Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului (National Audiovisual Council - CNA) expressed in a press release (Comunicat de presă al CNA din 20 aprilie 2007) its concerns about the way in which the political events associated with this suspension were being portrayed on radio and television . It stated that incorrect information and erroneous views on the constitutional...

The remit of the Autoritatea Naţională pentru Reglementare în Comunicaţii şi Tehnologia Informaţiei (National Regulatory Authority for Communication and Information Technology in Romania - ANCRTI) includes keeping check on whether individual market participants in this sector are in compliance with the basic regulations contained in the Government Order No. 34 dated 30^th January 2002 on access to electronic communication networks, to the pertinent infrastructure and to its inter-networking. The ANRCTI accordingly operates as the anti-cartel authority in the communications and IT field....

New regulations have recently been adopted, amending Decision No. 187 of 3 April 2006 on the Regulatory Code for Audiovisual Content. The new Decision No. 194 (Decizia nr. 194 din 22 februarie 2007 pentru modificarea Deciziei nr. 187 din 3 aprilie 2006 privind Codul de reglementare a conţinutului audiovizual), adopted by the Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului (National Audiovisual Council - CNA) on 22 February 2007, includes a redistribution of the proportion of broadcast transmission time that must be allocated to members of the government and opposition parties. Certain groups of people will,...

According to a joint press release, the media companies Ringier and Dogan intend to join forces in Romania and invest jointly in the television broadcaster Kanal D Romania, whose main shareholder is Dogan Media International SA. According to the agreements reached so far, Ringier will acquire 25% of the shares. The television channel Kanal D Romania was due to start broadcasting on 18 February 2007. While Dogan Yayin Holding is the largest media entertainment group in Turkey and is developing its activities outside that country, Swiss media group Ringier is responsible for more than 100 publications...

On 1 January 2007, Decision No. 401 of 26 June 2006 of the Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului (Romanian Broadcasting Regulatory Authority - CNA) on the transmission of local programmes entered into force (Decizia Nr. 401 din 26 iunie 2006 privind difuzarea programelor locale de radiodifuziune), replacing Decision No. 654 of 22 November 2005 (Decizia Consiliului Naţional al Audiovizualului 654 din 22 noiembrie 2005 privind difuzarea programelor locale şi a programelor retransmise cu modificările ulterioare, publicată în Monitorul Oficial al României, Partea I, Nr. 1081 din 30 noiembrie 2005 ;...