Romania

1 September 2010

Over 6,000 journalists and media workers have lost jobs since downturn

Since the start of the economic crisis, up to 6000 journalists and media workers in Romania have lost their jobs, journalists are being forced to renounce their contracts in favour of royalty payments, and the main journalists union in the country is fighting over 50 cases against illegal and indiscriminate dismissals. "Romanian journalism is under siege from the country's economic woes and...

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