On 11 April, seven leading Slovakian dailies – SME, Pravda, Hospodarske, Noviny, Novy Cas, Plus 1 Den and Uj Szo published issues with nothing on the front page apart from a black-bordered editorial criticising the country’s new media law.
A similar protest was staged on 7 March. The new law gives the culture ministry direct control over media coverage of a range of subjects deemed ‘sensitive’. It also gives automatic right of response to anyone who thinks they have been defamed or insulted.
