FILE PHOTO: Slovakia's newly appointed Prime Minister Robert Fico attends the new cabinet's inauguration, at the Presidential Palace in Bratislava, Slovakia, October 25, 2023. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa/File Photo
(Reuters) - Slovak government's plans to cut funding to state broadcaster RTVS and divide the group into radio and television units will undermine its independence and threaten media freedom, a group of press freedom organisations said on Wednesday.
In an open letter to Slovakia's president, lawmakers and copied to the culture minister, the groups said that new Prime Minister Robert Fico has declared an intention to impose control over RTVS and the funding plans hit press freedom progress.
