On June 13th in the live stream on zukunft.ORF.at and on July 3rd on ORF III and on ORF ON
Vienna (OTS) – Beata Belogová, editor-in-chief of the Slovak daily newspaper “SME”, warns: “If hatred explodes in public, it can no longer be controlled and we are all in danger.” In fact, the situation in our neighboring country Slovakia after the assassination attempt on Prime Minister Robert Fico is worrying: attacks on media freedom are increasing. The government has announced the dissolution of the public broadcaster RTVS. Is the independence of the media really threatened in parts of Europe?
Discussing this in the ORF DialogForum with the title “European media under pressure”:
Panel 1 at 1 p.m.:
Lucia Virostková, Universität Bratislava
Tessa Szyszkowitz, “Falter”
Fritz Hausjell, Reporters Without Borders
Panel 2 at 2 p.m.:
Beata Belogová, slowakische Tageszeitung “SME”
Daniela Kraus, press club Concordia
Renate Schroeder, European Federation of Journalists
Also conversations with:
Ernst Gelegs, ORF Hungary
Cornelia Vospernik, ORF Italien
The discussion event will be streamed live on zukunft.ORF.at on Thursday, June 13, 2024, from 1 p.m., can be seen on ORF III on Wednesday, July 3, at 11:35 p.m. and will then be available on ORF ON.
The ORF DialogForum is an ORF initiative to stimulate conversation with its audience, Austrian institutions, organizations and groups in society.