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In its decision (1901/2014), which was published on 23 May 2014, the Assembly of the Council of State - Supreme Administrative Court of Greece (the Συμβούλιο της Επικρατείας) ruled that a co-ministerial decision ordering the shutdown of the national public broadcaster (ERT SA) in June 2013 (see IRIS 2013-6/24) was lawful. By a narrow majority (15 in favour and 10 against), the Court held that Article 15 of the Constitution does not necessitate the establishment of a public broadcasting entity and that the legislator is entitled, taking into account the financial capacity of the State, to choose...

The 67^th Cannes Festival provided an occasion for French cinema to develop its presence outside its national borders. Two conventions aimed at promoting French cinema worldwide were signed on 18 May 2014 by Aurélie Filippetti, Minister for Culture, and Fleur Pellerin, Secretary of State with responsibility for foreign trade. The first, signed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development and the Centre national de la cinématographie et de l'image animée (National Centre of Cinematography - CNC), in conjunction with the Institut Français and Unifrance Film, involves...

In June and September 2013, two co-ministerial decisions were published containing the date of the definitive national switch-off of analogue signals (1 October 2014) and the dates of switch-off for each of the thirteen allotments throughout the country. These dates for switchover were decided after public consultation organized by the telecoms regulator, EETT. This consultation also concerned a tender that is to be held in the coming weeks concerning the rights of use of four frequencies for national television stations as well as one frequency for each of the thirteen allotments for regional...

On 19 July 2013, Act no. 4173 on New Greek Radio, Internet and Television was adopted by the Greek Parliament. The act establishes a new public service broadcaster to replace the former public service broadcaster ERT, which was shut down by the government on 11 June 2013 (see IRIS 2013-6/24). This law is very similar to the one drafted one year ago by a special committee of experts presided over by N. Alivizatos, professor of Constitutional Law in the Athens Faculty of Law (see IRIS 2012-5/25). A Supervisory Council has been established to ensure that the new public service broadcaster is independent...

On 11 June 2013, the Greek government decided to close down the public service broadcaster "Elliniki Radiofonia Tilieorasi S. A." (a company owned by the Greek State and employing more than 2600 employees). On the same evening, Simos Kedikoglou, spokesman and deputy-minister responsible for the media, characterised ERT as a "typical example of unique lack of transparency and incredible waste" and attributed its sudden close to the fact that there was no room for delay. At 23:10h, all three national channels of ERT went black and seven national radio channels were turned off. Many reactions to this...