Despite local and international outcry, the Greek conservative government passed a new Act on 5 July which aims to regulate the country’s electronic media landscape. Only MPs from the ruling New Democracy party voted for the new law which restricts all small radio stations including minority language radio. All three opposition parties opposed it.
In particular, the new law forces all radio stations that wish to have a new licence – currently all the present ones have to be replaced - to broadcast using Greek as the primary language of the programme. This restriction applies almost solely to the several radio stations that broadcast in Turkish in the region of western Thraki, as well as to any potential Macedonian or Vlach minority radio that plans to broadcast in the future.
Read the full story at Eurolang.net
(Source: R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)
