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On 12 December 2001, the Romanian Parliament dismissed the Consiliul de Administratie (administrative board) for public-service broadcasting. In a joint parliamentary decision agreed at a joint session, the Senate and the House of Representatives rejected the administrative board's report for the year 2000 because of alleged irregularities. The decision was taken on the basis of a report by a committee of experts. Under Article 46.7 of Act no. 41/1994 on the organisation and functioning of Romanian radio and television corporations, the rejection of the annual report leads automatically to the...

In early December 2001, the Romanian supervisory authority for the electronic media, the Consiliul National al Audiovizualului (CNA), criticised a mobile telephone advertisement and, in a communiqué, condemned its makers for disparaging the image of Father Christmas. The TV commercial, which was produced in Romania by a mobile phone company publicising a special offer for the month of December, depicted three Father Christmases who, as "kung fu experts", fought with each other for the chance to hang their own mobile phone on the Christmas tree. After a few blows were traded, the "strongest" of...

The Consiliul National al Audiovizualului (CNA), the body responsible for monitoring the electronic media, has announced that it will be submitting an interview programme broadcast on public radio for expert analysis. It is alleged that the programme breached programming guidelines. This move follows an interview conducted by a journalist with a senator representing an extremist and ultra-nationalist opposition party. Even in the early stages of the interview, the senator had repeatedly accused Romania of supporting Islamic groups in 1995 and criticised the current government. Since the senator...

The proposal for an Act designed to guarantee public access to information has been approved by the new Cabinet and media representatives. A corresponding bill, drafted in collaboration with opposition party representatives by the new Ministry for Public Information, which was created in early 2001, was submitted to Parliament. The Bill was examined and approved by Parliament in mid-April and will now be debated by the Senate over the next few weeks. The Act on free access to information of public interest is designed to regulate how every citizen should enjoy equal access to such information....

On 21 September, a new chairperson was appointed to the Consiliul National al Audiovizualului (National Audiovisual Council - CNA). At the beginning of the autumn, the CNA was mainly dealing with specific regulations and supervision of broadcasting time and programmes devoted by Romanian broadcasters to the election campaign. The basis for its work was the D.C.N.A nr. 240 privind conditiile de prezentare si duratele programelor destinate campaniei electorale pentru alegerea Camerei Deputatilor si a Senatului si pentru alegerea Presedintelui României (CNA Decision no.240 on conditions for the broadcast...