Romania’s parliament abolishes broadcasting fees

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Euro|Topics relaunched their website during 2016. Features published before that date are still available via an archive website (see related url hyperlinks0Romanians pay just under €17 a year for their public broadcasters. In mid-October 2016 the parliament passed a law abolishing the fees as of 1 January 2017. Head of state Klaus Iohannis, who has yet to sign the bill into law, announced on the 2 November 2016 that there would be a public debate on the issue. Is Romania's public broadcasting programme worth protecting?

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Politico, 26.10.16: Romanian lawmakers cancel public broadcaster fees http://www.politico.eu/article/romanian-lawmakers-cancel-public-broadcaster-fees-klaus-iohannis-dacian-ciolos-european-broadcasting-union/

Council of Europe: Platform for the Protection of Journalism, 21.10.16: Romania to Eliminate Public Broadcast Fee (with updates) https://www.coe.int/en/web/media-freedom/all-alerts/-/soj/alert/20186162

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