Information Note on the Court’s case-law 231

July 2019

Július Pereszlényi-Servis TV-Video v. Slovakia (communicated case) - 25175/15

Article 14

Discrimination

Television station fined for broadcasting Hungarian programme without being translated into or subtitled in Slovak in breach of domestic law: communicated

Article 10

Article 10-1

Freedom of expression

The applicant company, a private regional television st ation operating in a Slovak region where 70-80% of the population belongs to the Hungarian minority, was fined EUR 165 by the National Broadcasting Council for having broadcast a TV programme including an interview in Hungarian that was not translated into or subtitled in Slovak, in breach of the relevant provisions of the Act on Broadcasting and Retransmission and of the Act on the State Language as in force at the material time. The Supreme Court confirmed the decision of the National Broadcasting Council . Under the relevant legislation, broadcasting in Hungarian had to be translated into or subtitled in Slovak while there was no corresponding obligation to subtitle or translate Slovak broadcasting into Hungarian.

Communicated under Articles 6, 10 and 14 of the Convention.

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