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    <link>http://www.ifex.org/romania/</link>
    <description>Romania</description>
    <language>en</language>
    <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:40:36 GMT</pubDate>
    <lastBuildDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:40:36 GMT</lastBuildDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Romania - Journalists assaulted while covering anti-government protests]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2012/01/19/bucharest_violence/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Protesters and policemen allegedly assaulted the reporters as the peaceful protests degenerated into violence.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2012/01/19/bucharest_violence/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Romania - Media are no threat to security, says IFJ in response to National Defence Strategy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2010/06/25/defence_strategy/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The European group of the IFJ urged parliament to respect the role of media in democracy and amend the document adopted by the Supreme Defence Council.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2010/06/25/defence_strategy/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Romania - IFJ demands immediate withdrawal and revision of draft law on public broadcasting]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2010/06/03/draft_law/</link>
      <description><![CDATA["This law, if adopted, would increase political interference in public radio and television, while weakening the voice of professional journalists and civil society groups," said IFJ.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2010/06/03/draft_law/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Romania - IFJ backs journalists in row over prime minister's attack on media]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2010/04/13/call_for_media_boycott/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Emil Boc reportedly wrestled the microphone from a Realitatea TV reporter and then publicly accused the network of "misinforming and distorting Romanian reality".]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2010/04/13/call_for_media_boycott/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Romania -  Call for withdrawal of Civil Code modifications said to infringe on access to information, press freedom]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2009/03/17/call_for_withdrawal_of_civil_code/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is a 16 March 2009 media release by the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), an IFJ regional group:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:45:31 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2009/03/17/call_for_withdrawal_of_civil_code/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Romania - Football officials incite players to hurt, abuse journalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2008/09/17/football_officials_incite_players/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is a 16 September 2008 IFJ media release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:21:36 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2008/09/17/football_officials_incite_players/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Romania - GOOD NEWS QUOTA RULED UNCONSTITUTIONAL]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2008/07/16/good_news_quota_ruled_unconstitutional/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Good news for Romanians - the constitutional court blocked a government move demanding that the media broadcast positive and negative news in equal proportions.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:20:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2008/07/16/good_news_quota_ruled_unconstitutional/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Romania - 50 PERCENT OF NEWS MUST BE POSITIVE, SAYS DRAFT LAW]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2008/07/02/50_percent_of_news_must_be_positive/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Apparently, no news is not enough good news in Romania. Last week, the Romanian Senate adopted a law that forces radio and television stations to air positive and negative news "in an equal proportion," report the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and Romania's Media Monitoring Agency (MMA).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:50:35 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2008/07/02/50_percent_of_news_must_be_positive/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Romania - Senate adopts law calling for "equality" in the transmission of good and bad news by radio and television stations]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2008/07/02/senate_adopts_law_calling_for_equality/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is a 27 June 2008 media release from the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), an IFJ regional group:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:17:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2008/07/02/senate_adopts_law_calling_for_equality/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Romania - POLITICIANS THE MAIN PERPETRATOR OF ATTACKS ON PRESS IN ROMANIA, SAYS REPORT]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2008/05/20/politicians_the_main_perpetrator/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Romanian President Traian B&amp;#259;sescu was the "undisputed champion&quot; of insults and attacks against journalists in 2007, says a new report by Romania's Media Monitoring Agency (MMA).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 15:49:36 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2008/05/20/politicians_the_main_perpetrator/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Romania - Journalist detained briefly, questioned by police for covering arrest of protestors]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2008/04/04/journalist_detained_briefly_questioned/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(IPI/IFEX) - The following is a press release by the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an IPI affiliate:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:44:39 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2008/04/04/journalist_detained_briefly_questioned/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Romania - RSF'S SIGNAL FOR EUROPE 2008 - PRESS FREEDOM AWARD]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2008/02/19/rsf_s_signal_for_europe_2008_press/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Reporters Without Borders - Austria invites journalists from Bulgaria and Romania to apply for this year's "A Signal for Europe&quot; press freedom awards, worth a total of 15,000 Euros (US$22,100).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:38:15 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2008/02/19/rsf_s_signal_for_europe_2008_press/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Romania - Journalists' safety endangered by president's "abusive and offensive behaviour," says IFJ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2007/05/24/journalists_safety_endangered_by/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is a 22 May 2007 IFJ media release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2007 11:27:07 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2007/05/24/journalists_safety_endangered_by/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Romania - Constitutional Court strikes down law decriminalising defamation]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2007/01/25/constitutional_court_strikes_down/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is an IFJ media release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2007 15:54:35 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2007/01/25/constitutional_court_strikes_down/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Romania - Justice minister publicly impugns journalist being tried for "using confidential information", questions his right to criticise]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2007/01/18/justice_minister_publicly_impugns/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is a 17 January 2007 IFJ media release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:35:59 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2007/01/18/justice_minister_publicly_impugns/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Romania - MEDIA FAILING TO PROMOTE TOLERANCE ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2006/10/04/media_failing_to_promote_tolerance/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Romania's media touts itself as an important player in the fight against corruption, but when it comes to promoting tolerance, it plays to the prejudices of its consumers and does a poor job of fighting racist attitudes, argues the head of the European Roma Grassroots Organisation in a recent issue of "Index on Censorship&quot;.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Oct 2006 12:56:16 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2006/10/04/media_failing_to_promote_tolerance/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Romania - Government closes down Foreign Ministry spoof website]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2006/07/21/government_closes_down_foreign/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has voiced surprise that a foreign ministry spoof website launched by two journalists of the daily newspaper "Ziua&quot; ("The Day&quot;) was closed down at the government's request on 15 June 2006 by the privately-owned host company CHML, which also gave the authorities information about the journalists, in violation of personal confidentiality laws.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Jul 2006 17:02:45 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2006/07/21/government_closes_down_foreign/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Romania - Secrecy charge against journalists "unacceptable intimidation" says IFJ/EFJ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2006/03/03/secrecy_charge_against_journalists/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is a 2 March 2006 IFJ media release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Mar 2006 16:51:32 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2006/03/03/secrecy_charge_against_journalists/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Romania - Six other journalists now under investigation in military leak; SEEMO protests pressuring of media ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2006/02/23/six_other_journalists_now_under/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(IPI/IFEX) - The following is a letter by the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an IPI affiliate:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2006 15:41:12 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2006/02/23/six_other_journalists_now_under/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Romania - One journalist indicted, another freed on secrets charge]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2006/02/23/one_journalist_indicted_another/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a 22 February 2006 CPJ press release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2006 15:18:40 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2006/02/23/one_journalist_indicted_another/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Romania - Journalist arrested for not revealing source of classified document leak]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2006/02/17/journalist_arrested_for_not_revealing/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a CPJ press release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2006 20:14:54 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2006/02/17/journalist_arrested_for_not_revealing/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Romania - IFJ protests sudden changes to national radio and television law reinforcing political control of public broadcasting]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2005/07/01/ifj_protests_sudden_changes_to/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is an IFJ media release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2005 15:35:45 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2005/07/01/ifj_protests_sudden_changes_to/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Romania - ROMANIA MOVES TO CURB STATE INTERFERENCE IN MEDIA]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2005/06/01/romania_moves_to_curb_state_interference/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Romanian government has adopted legislative amendments aimed at discouraging official interference in the media and improving transparency, report the Open Society Institute (OSI) Justice Initiative and the Center for Independent Journalism (CIJ).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2005 15:28:56 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2005/06/01/romania_moves_to_curb_state_interference/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Romania - Prosecutor's Office reveals journalists' kidnapping may have been orchestrated by guide]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2005/05/31/prosecutor_s_office_reveals_journalists/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - RSF has expressed outrage over revelations by the Bucharest Prosecutor's Office that the kidnapping of three Romanian journalists in Iraq may have been orchestrated by their Iraqi guide and a businessman.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2005 15:12:05 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2005/05/31/prosecutor_s_office_reveals_journalists/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Romania - Intelligence services admit to tapping phones of two journalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2005/01/28/intelligence_services_admit_to/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - RSF has expressed concern over revelations of a secret service decision to tap the phones of two Romanian journalists working for foreign media and said to be suspected of "espionage&quot;.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2005 14:20:54 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2005/01/28/intelligence_services_admit_to/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Romania - Press independence threatened on eve of presidential runoff]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2004/12/09/press_independence_threatened_on/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - After monitoring media coverage of the presidential election campaign from 21 October to 28 November 2004, RSF and the Media Monitoring Agency (MMA), a Romanian press freedom organisation, have concluded that Romania's print media were freer and more critical of the ruling party candidate, while state broadcasters allegedly censored and manipulated coverage. The organisations issued their findings five days before the runoff scheduled for 12 December.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2004 16:39:24 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2004/12/09/press_independence_threatened_on/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Romania - Latest issue of satirical weekly disappears from newsstands]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2004/11/26/latest_issue_of_satirical_weekly/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - On the mornings of 24 and 25 November 2004, almost half the print-run of the latest issue of the satirical weekly "Academia Catavencu&quot; disappeared from newsstands. The copies were allegedly removed by members of the ruling Democratic Socialist Party (PSD).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2004 12:05:36 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2004/11/26/latest_issue_of_satirical_weekly/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Romania - Local authorities target journalist from daily "Ziarul de Vrancea"]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2004/11/09/local_authorities_target_journalist/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - A journalist covering the presidential elections for a local daily in Focsani, northeast of the capital, Bucharest, was subjected to harassment by three officials in the space of a few hours on 6 November 2004.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2004 16:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2004/11/09/local_authorities_target_journalist/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Romania - IFJ concerned over evidence that multinational media owners are interfering in subsidiaries' editorial policies]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2004/09/17/ifj_concerned_over_evidence_that/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is an IFJ press release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2004 15:36:04 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2004/09/17/ifj_concerned_over_evidence_that/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Romania - SEEMO concerned over interference by media owners in media outlets' editorial policies]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2004/09/15/seemo_concerned_over_interference/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(IPI/IFEX) - The following is a press release by the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an IPI affiliate:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2004 14:32:59 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2004/09/15/seemo_concerned_over_interference/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Romania - Two journalists attacked]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2004/09/09/two_journalists_attacked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(IPI/IFEX) - The following is a letter by the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an IPI affiliate:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2004 12:21:49 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2004/09/09/two_journalists_attacked/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Romania - OLD HABITS DIE HARD: RSF REPORT]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2004/05/12/old_habits_die_hard_rsf_report/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Fourteen years after the fall of former Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu's regime and the reintroduction of democracy, press freedom is still fragile, says Reporters Withou Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF). The organisation issued a report on the country last week following an investigative mission to Romania in late March 2004.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2004 18:14:25 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2004/05/12/old_habits_die_hard_rsf_report/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Romania - RSF issues report on press freedom in Romania]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2004/04/30/rsf_issues_report_on_press_freedom/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - The following is a 29 April 2004 RSF press release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2004 11:20:13 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/romania/2004/04/30/rsf_issues_report_on_press_freedom/</guid>
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