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Media: Are there positive measures for promoting or restrictions for minority and lesser used language in the media?

Code:
RED119
Key Area:
Public Life, Culture, Sport & Media
Strand(s):
Discrimination, Equality
24/02/2012 - 22:19
Short Answer

Both restrictions and positive measures.

Qualitative Info

Restrictions are imposed by the Law 3592/2007, which provides that the main broadcasting language for radio programmes should be Greek.

At the level of positive measures, there are some good practices:

The Athens Muncipal Radio special frequency for foreign audience is a notable example. Air 104.4 FM was created in 2004 in the occasion of the Olympic games and in order to cover the needs of Olympic games visitors. However, it stayed after the games and soon became an information and entertaining network in English, Russian, Albanian, German, Spanish, Italian, Arab, French, Chinese, Bulgarian, Polish, Romanian and Phlippinos languages.

Another example is the Radio Friendship (Filia), part of the national broadcasting ERT, has programmes in 12 languages.

 

Data
Groups affected/interested Migrants, Linguistic minorities
Type (R/D)
Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas Media
External Url http://www.athina984.gr/1044fm; http://tvradio.ert.gr/radio/index.asp?id=18
Situation(s)
Library