Committee calls for sufficient funding of RTV Slovenija and STA

Ljubljana, 16 July - The parliamentary Culture Committee decided in the early hours of the morning that the media legislation changes planned by the government should guarantee that public broadcaster RTV Slovenija and the STA are autonomous and receive sufficient funding. It also called for substantial public consultation on the changes.

Ljubljana Culture Minister Vasko Simoniti walks by a protest at which several hundred people, mostly employees in media, gathered in front of Parliament House as the Culture Committee debated controversial changes to three media laws that critics say undermine public media. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

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Culture Minister Vasko Simoniti walks by a protest at which several hundred people, mostly employees in media, gathered in front of Parliament House as the Culture Committee debated controversial changes to three media laws that critics say undermine public media.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

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