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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lili Bayer

Slovakian journalists wear black to protest media overhaul

Robert Fico in a suit walking outdoors
Robert Fico has faced criticism at home and abroad for targeting independent media. He has repeatedly portrayed RTVS as biased. Photograph: Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP/Getty Images

Journalists in Slovakia are protesting against a government move to overhaul the country’s public broadcaster, warning that the populist prime minister, Robert Fico, and his allies are undermining media freedom.

On Thursday, many journalists wore black, a day after Slovakia’s government approved a controversial draft law that would replace the public broadcaster RTVS, remove its director general and allow a council partly selected by a ministry to appoint a new chief.

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