“Fico is taking away our freedom.” Thousands of people protested against changes in RTVS

The opposition movement organized a protest against the government's actions.

Slovaks fear increased control over the media by the authorities.

A few thousand people came to the demonstration today in Bratislava, organized by the strongest opposition movement Progressive Slovakia, which claims that the government of Prime Minister Robert Fico wants to control the public broadcaster Slovak Radio and Television (RTVS). The cabinet has already approved a new law on television and radio, which, for example, assumes that the current manager of RTVS will end his term in office prematurely. A …

“We will throw under their feet every log that will be at hand,” SP chairman Michal Šimečka said about the RTVS interference.