A bill submitted to parliament by Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico in late 2007 is garnering criticism for curbing press freedom.

Slovakia’s opposition parties have threatened to block ratification of the EU’s new Lisbon Treaty in resistance to the proposed law, which would allow the culture ministry to force newspapers to cease “socially harmful” coverage of subjects such as war, religion, drug use, sexual orientation and violence.

In an interview with the Slovak Spectator, Miklos Haraszti, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe representative on freedom of the media, stated that in passing this law, Slovakia would be violating its commitments to the OSCE and be subject to “constant criticism”.
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