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Press freedom 2010

SEEMO Press Release: Hungary Ruling Party Announces Postponement of Media Package Elements Criticised by Journalists Vienna, 2 July 2010   Hungary's ruling party Fidesz on Monday announced a decision to delay a vote on a number of media bills which critics have warned constitute a throwback to state control in the former Soviet satellite state.  Hungary's parliament was due to vote on Monday on the proposed creation of a powerful Media Council - strongly criticised by opposition politicians and journalists - which would operate within a new authority created through the fusion of the national radio and television authority (ORTT) and the telecom authority (NHH), and whose head would be appointed by the country's prime minister. The four other members would be appointed by a parliamentary committee, through a two-thirds majority vote in the absence of consensus, thus ensuring ruling party control of the body. According to Hungarian national news agency MTI the two Fidesz party MPs who announced the delay said it was prompted by inconsistencies in the bills' order of presentation. They also said more time was needed to hear out suggestions by media professionals before a final vote. Fidesz deputy Andras Cser-Palkovics said that the section of the media law package dealing with regulation of public media would be put to a final vote by 19 July 2010, MTI reported. A portion of the package dealing with Internet regulation and print media content had already been postponed to the end of the summer.  Media professionals and opposition MPs had suggested that Hungary's ruling party - which presides over a two-thirds majority in Parliament - was trying to rush the bill through, without respecting the usual consultative procedure.  IPI Press Freedom Manager Anthony Mills said: "While we welcome the postponement, albeit it only for a few weeks, of some of the most worrisome elements of the proposed media package, we reiterate our call for the full withdrawal of the package in its current form. Any media reform initiative should preserve the independence of Hungary's media and should be implemented only after consultation with all of the key stakeholders." to the top

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Klan Kosova Television Journalist and Cameraman Attacked in Kosovo Two Ukrainian TV Stations Have Licences Revoked, Could Face Criminal Charges Over 700 Turkish Journalists Currently Facing Laws Suits, with Threat of Prison Worrying Media Developments in Greece Ukrainian Corruption Reporter Still Missing, Feared Dead President Reportedly Takes over Investigation as Interior Minister Admits Journalist's Disappearance Could Be Linked to His Work

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