Press freedom curtailed as Moldova shuts down TV station

Freedom of expression suffered another blow in Moldova as the authorities pulled the plug on TVR1. The Romanian-language TV station says the shutdown is illegal and it has a valid license to broadcast until 2011. In neighboring Transdniestria, Western channels are freely available and no TV stations have been restricted from broadcasting.

 

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Thursday, 11 January 2007