Slovakian courts violated a publisher’s rights to freedom of expression and information when they ordered it to issue a correction and pay compensation over reports of a high-ranking police official’s alleged drunken public behaviour, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. A seven-judge panel on Tuesday unanimously overruled a decision against Bratislava-based multimedia publishing […]

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) calls for nominations for the 2011 Dr. Erhard Busek – SEEMO Award for Better Understanding in South, Eastern and Central Europe. Eligible to be nominated are journalists, editors, media executives, media experts, writers or journalism trainers in South Eastern Europe, who have contributed to promoting better understanding in […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) said today that it is encouraged by Slovak authorities’ progress in honouring their commitment to revise the country’s controversial 2008 press law. An IPI delegation met Friday in Bratislava with Slovak Minister of Culture Daniel Krajcer, who said his government was proposing legislation that would change the “right to reply” […]

Slovakian Prime Minister Iveta Radičová addressed international journalists and media experts on the final day of IPI’s 60th World Congress in Bratislava, Slovakia, on Tuesday, hosted by IPI Board Member Pavol Múdry – who is also a board member of the SITA-Slovak News Agency and the IPI Slovak National Committee. Talking about the media in […]