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The Supreme Administrative Court of the Czech Republic banned advertising of a dietary supplement in a ruling of 29 January 2009. The Czech Advertising Regulations Act prohibits advertising that claims that dietary supplements are able to cure or prevent human illnesses. Liability for advertising lies with the contractor. The Broadcasting Council is responsible for regulating television advertising. The company Mediarex Communications and Consulting s.r.o. had commissioned television advertising of the dietary supplement Preventan akut . In the advertising, the product was described as having...

The way in which media covered a case of ill-treatment of two students by the police was one of the reasons that led the Assize Court of Nicosia to dismiss charges against the suspects as this interfered with the course of justice in many ways. Negative publicity, abuse of the suspects, violations of their rights and of the principle of a fair trial by the media were some of the findings mentioned in the verdict. The decision caused a public outcry and criticism of the courts, as well as a clash between the Attorney General and the Court. The case is based on an incident between two students and...

The Supreme Court of Cyprus decided that the broadcasting of an advertisement by a parapsychologist claiming that she could solve a number of problems, such as stress at work, alcoholism, domestic violence, love relations and others, breaches the law. The Court was concerned with an appeal of SIGMA TV against a decision of the Radio Television Authority (RTA) to impose a fine of CYP 2,000 (EUR 3,400) on the channel for transmitting the advertisement in question. In December 2004 an anonymous viewer complained to the RTA that SIGMA TV advertised the services of a ‘psychologist by intuition’ claiming...

The Supreme Court (Revisional Jurisdiction) decided on 5 November 2008 that “The Radio Television Authority (CRTA) is obliged to request the views of the Radio Television Advisory Committee before issuing its verdict only where such an action is imposed by the Law and not in all cases or on all issues ”. The requirement to seek advice was not deemed compulsory in the case examined (Case Dias Publishing House LTD v. Radio Television Authority, Appeal no. 54/2006) and the appeal was dismissed by the five-member, with one justice dissenting. The case was brought to the Supreme Court by the Dias Publishing...

The government of the Republic of Cyprus publicised initial decisions on the introduction of terrestrial digital television on the island. According to informations released on 3 October 2008 by the Ministers of Interior and of Communications and Works, plans are on the way in order to meet the European Union deadline of complete digitalisation by 2012. Thus, all analogue broadcasts will cease in the course of 2011. Analogue and digital programmes will coexist for a couple of years. Two terrestrial digital platforms are to be created; one will be leased to the public broadcaster Cyprus Broadcasting...