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The fourth Codul Penal (Romanian Criminal Code), currently in draft form, will be the subject of a public debate in the next few weeks. The draft has been criticised because, amongst other things, it puts slander, an offence usually committed by the media, on an equal footing with libel, even though libel is a more serious crime. The Romanian Minister of Justice explained that the Justice Ministry was not trying to restrict media freedoms or to punish journalists more severely by amending the Criminal Code in this way. Therefore, as an amendment to the current draft, fines for libel will be fixed...

On 27 November 2002, Legea cinematografiei Nr. 630 din 27 noiembrie 2002, a new Film Act, was adopted. The Act aims "to regulate the organisation, financing and implementation of activities in the cinematographic sector and in the management of related cultural assets" (Art. 1 of the Act). The term "cinematography" refers in the Act to the preparation, production, financing, marketing and screening of films as well as to the cinema sector. The Act's objectives include: to support Romanian film producers, to encourage private initiative in the field of domestic film production and co-productions...

At the proposal of the Consiliul Nat ional al Audiovi, zualului (National Audiovisual Council), the Government adopted the Evenimentele de important a majora (list of , events of particular significance) at its session on 16 January. The list includes the George Enescu international music festival, the Olympic Summer and Winter Games, football's European Championships and World Cup and the Romanian football team's qualification matches for those tournaments. These important events may be broadcast exclusively, provided a majority of TV viewers (at least 70% of the population, based on the results...

The South Eastern Europe Cinema Network (SEE) was set up in 2000 on the initiative of the Greek Film Centre (a state-owned organisation attached to the Greek Ministry of Culture). It promotes and supports the national film industry of eleven Southeast European states (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Croatia, “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, Turkey, Cyprus). The aim is to provide support for the development, production and advertising of the member states’ films both within and outside the network. A support fund for co-productions...

In a Bill submitted to Parliament on 27 November 2002, the Government proposed harsh penalties for crimes involving the use of information technologies. Persons, for example, who gain unauthorised access to the computerised transmission of data that is not meant for the public or who receive electromagnetic transmissions originating from a system designed for confidential information will be liable to prison sentences of one to seven years. The Bill also stipulates that persons who alter, erase or transfer data without permission, or who unlawfully obstruct the access of authorised persons to...