Committee Debates Media Situation, Calls for Freedom of Opinion

Ljubljana, 11 December - The parliamentary Committee for Culture, Education and Sports on Tuesday carried out an exhaustive debate on the media situation in Slovenia. In its decisions, it called on the Ministry of Culture to analyse the implementation of media legislation and voiced support to ethics-based journalism.

Ljubljana LDS deputy Jozef Skolc at a debate on the state of the media in parliament. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
LDS deputy Jozef Skolc at a debate on the state of the media in parliament.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Peter Jancic, the head of the new Association of Journalists and Columnists, at a debate on the state of the media in parliament. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Peter Jancic, the head of the new Association of Journalists and Columnists, at a debate on the state of the media in parliament.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana MP Branko Grims, the head of the Culture, Education and Sport Committee, at a debate on the state of the media. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
MP Branko Grims, the head of the Culture, Education and Sport Committee, at a debate on the state of the media.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Gregor Repovz, the head of the Association of Slovenian Journalists, at a debate on the state of the media in parliament. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Gregor Repovz, the head of the Association of Slovenian Journalists, at a debate on the state of the media in parliament.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Peter Jancic, the head of the new Association of Journalists and Columnists, at a debate on the state of the media in parliament. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Peter Jancic, the head of the new Association of Journalists and Columnists, at a debate on the state of the media in parliament.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

The rest of this news item is available to subscribers.
The news item consists of 2.330 characters (without spaces) or 440 words words.

Buy the news item. Price: 2 tokens; on account: 0 tokens.

gj/sm
© STA, 2007