Broadcasting

RTV Slovenija management surprised at announced strike

Ljubljana – The management of public broadcaster RTV Slovenija is surprised at yesterday’s announcement of a strike by the in-house trade unions, arguing that a number of proposals had been offered to implement the strike demands during the talks in the wake of the 23 May token strike.

RTV Slovenija journalists to go on strike on Monday

Ljubljana – Journalists at public broadcaster RTV Slovenija will go on strike on Monday after their 23 May strike and subsequent talks with the management brought no progress on their strike demands.

The strike will take place between 2pm and 11pm, and a rally will be held at 7pm in Republic Square, across the street from the National Assembly.

Election blackout sets in

Ljubljana – A blackout period set in on Saturday prior to the general election on Sunday. All political propaganda designed to convince voters to back any party or candidate is banned until polls close at 7pm on Sunday.

Calls mounting for resignations over yesterday’s TV election debate

Ljubljana – Calls for the resignation of the director general of public broadcaster RTV Slovenija and TV Slovenija editor-in-chief are mounting after Thursday’s election debate turned sour with several opposition leaders leaving after some of the participants accusing each other of past mistakes and after the host seemed to lost control of debate.

No conclusions as MPs debate situation at RTV Slovenija

Ljubljana – The centre-left opposition failed to muster support for a series of resolutions they proposed in response to what they see as political pressure on editorial independence and autonomy of the public broadcaster, as the relevant parliamentary committee discussed the situation at RTV Slovenija for four hours on Friday.

Abazovic: "I do not see a problem in holding new elections"

When asked by journalists why he is late in proposing prime ministers for the composition of the new government, Montenegrin Deputy Prime Minister and GP URA leader said last night that the process of selecting prime minister and government formation is not easy in any country, calling on his colleagues to give ideas for solving the political crisis in the country, RTCG reports.

Prominent Belgrade journalist Dusan Masic passed away

It is unknown at this time what caused the BBC journalist's death.
Masic started working as a journalist in 1989, at the then Youth Radio B92. From an associate journalist, through an assembly reporter and a war reporter, in the mid-1990s he became one of the recognizable voices of B92 and the editor of the B92 Radio news program.

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