Marinakis meets with OSCE representative for Media freedom, Braathu

Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister and Government Spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis met with the typical of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation successful Europe (OSCE) Ambassador Jan Braathu.

During the meeting, assorted issues concerning the extortion of journalism arsenic a assemblage were addressed.

Marinakis emphasised the advancements made by Greece regarding the regularisation of instrumentality and media freedom. He outlined 5 initiatives undertaken by the Greek authorities that person been acknowledged arsenic bully practices by the OSCE and featured successful its online toolkit. These are the Memorandum of Understanding, the Task Force connected the Safety of Journalists, the constitution of the International Centre for the Safety of Journalists successful Thessaloniki, the instrumentality connected the enactment of nationalist assemblage administrations (applicable to Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation, ERT, and the Athens–Macedonian News Agency, ANA-MPA), and the signing of a Collective Labour Agreement for journalists employed by nationalist institutions.

He besides highlighted the affirmative remarks successful the existent year’s European Commission Rule of Law Report connected Greece, which records the adoption of legislative and non-legislative measures that heighten transparency successful ownership and objectivity successful each forms of authorities assistance to media enterprises and fortify the extortion of journalists and different media professionals. Many of the provisions of the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) are already being implemented, and the European Commission’s study connected the regularisation of instrumentality successful Greece has been adopted.

At the aforesaid time, Marinakis highlighted that the draught instrumentality concerning the modernisation of nationalist tv is presently undergoing nationalist consultation, alongside efforts to integrate further provisions of the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) into Greek legislation. He besides stressed that the draught instrumentality for the last licensing of determination channels has been approved by the Council of Ministers and is being launched, portion successful the adjacent aboriginal a akin process volition beryllium carried retired for vigor stations.

Furthermore, notation was made of a caller aviator programme aimed astatine cultivating captious readers. This inaugural is being promoted by the General Secretariat of Communication and Information, successful collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports, and the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. The programme aims to foster quality literacy successful schools, combat fake news, and fortify captious reasoning and literacy.

Jan Braathu congratulated the Greek authorities connected its initiatives, stressing that the organisation would beryllium some adjuvant and a beardown protagonist successful this process. He further pointed retired that the enactment being done demonstrates the government’s willingness and determination. He emphasised the value of the Collective Labour Agreement for journalists moving successful nationalist outlets, which is already successful force, and expressed the anticipation that this illustration would beryllium followed by the backstage media to guarantee harmless moving conditions for their journalists.

Braathu noted that Greece has made important advancement successful enhancing the information of journalists done a bid of capacity-building and grooming activities, arsenic good arsenic done legislative steps, for example, measures against SLAPPs, to guarantee media freedom. He besides encouraged the authorities to proceed connected this affirmative way to support journalists, who are an indispensable pillar of democracy.

Earlier, Braathu besides met with the Secretary-General of Communication and Information Dimitris Kirmikiroglou.