Court allows new governing body to take over at public broadcaster

The Constitutional Court has revoked its earlier decision to stay key parts of the amended RTV Slovenija Act that was upheld in the November 2022 referendum, decreeing for the governing council of the public broadcaster to be inaugurated within seven days after the court's decision is published in the Official Gazette.

The decision, announced on 26 May, was backed by four of the nine judges serving on the Constitutional Court, one voted against, while two did not cast their vote. Two other judges had earlier been recused from the case, one after the decision to stay parts of the...