Premier Interrupts Communication with Selected Media

Bratislava, November 20 (TASR) - Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) has interrupted communication with selected media until they start fulfilling their duty stemming from the law, the Government Office's press department informed TASR on Monday, adding that this concerns private television channel Markiza, Dennik N and SME dailies and news website Aktuality. Fico claimed that he respects that the law obliges public authorities to provide the media with information about their activities. He stated that the purpose of this obligation is to guarantee the provision of true, comprehensive and timely information to the public. However, according to Fico, the above media since the first hours of the new government's formation haven't fulfilled their obligation to inform the public about the activities of public authorities in a truthful, comprehensive and timely manner. "This applies especially to the Slovak Government and its premier," he said, adding that the given media display hostile political attitudes based primarily on publishing false, incomplete information or on the concealment of information. ko/df