OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media meets with Chargé d'affaires of Romania Emilia Mazuru
On 24 February 2021, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM), Teresa Ribeiro, met with Emilia Mazuru, Chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Romania to the International Organizations in Vienna and discussed the current state of media freedom in Romania and the wider OSCE region.
Ribeiro and Mazuru discussed such issues as free access to information under the current pandemic, the need to preserve the independence and sustainability of public service media in Romania and avoiding applying criminal law to journalists and other media workers.
Ribeiro expressed her interest in receiving further information related to the effect on media freedom of the provisions of a Presidential decree aimed at combating disinformation in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
During the conversation, Mazuru informed the Representative about recent developments regarding media regulation in Romania. She also underlined the support of the national authorities both to media freedom and to the mandate of the RFoM.