Greece
Media law raises concernsPosted Jul 20 2007
A new law on the concentration and licensing of media enterprises was passed by the Greek parliament on July 5. The International Press Institute and the South East Europe Media Organization called on Greek President Karolos Papoulias not to sign the piece of legislation.
“In the opinion of both our organizations, the media law contains a number of provisions regarding language, employment and finances that hinder potential local and regional media from obtaining licenses for news and music radio stations,” IPI stated in its public statement. “The result is a law that is designed solely to maintain the present restrictive media environment and further shrink any opportunity for the expression of minority points of view.”
IPI and SEEMO urged Papoulias to withhold signing the law and to take time to consider the law's impact over the summer.
Source: http://www.freemedia.at/cms/ipi/statements_detail.html?ctxid=CH0055&docid=CMS1183724933739&year=2007.