OSCE criticizes Slovakian media law

Slovakia's government is planning a new media law, which – according to OSCE media commissioner Miklós Haraszti – breaks some basic democratic rules. According to the new law, for example, the minister of culture may investigate an article's "believability" and fine an editorial board for "abuses." The government seems unimpressed by the OSCE criticism. Marián Leško says it all reminds him of the days when autocratic Prime Minister Vladimir Meciar was in power: "Neither subaltern officials nor the Minister of Culture can easily ignore the opinion of the OSCE's media commissioner. This is an OSCE emissary who checks that press freedom is protected in member states. And Slovakia has pledged to cooperate. … If the Fico administration simply ignores the OSCE statement, then it's just like the old Mečiar days. A government that damages the state."

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