Indicator in all countries

Media: Are there positive measures for promoting or restrictions for Migrant and minority media?

• Austria

  There are several initiatives to promote migrant and minority media, however representation of minorities and migrants is quite poor.

• Bulgaria

  There are no restrictions for migrant/minority media.

• Cyprus

  No such measures

• Denmark

  No.

• Finland

  Yes, there are positive measures for migrant and minority media.

• France

  The representatives of the written press signed the Diversity Charter in 2011. There are also some positive measures for promoting media in regional languages

• Germany

  There are single positive measures for promoting and no restrictions for migrant and minority media.

• Greece

  There are no positive measures for promoting migrant and minority media.

• Hungary

  No.

• Ireland

  The national broadcaster, RTÉ, is obliged by its remit to refrain from bias and reflect regional, cultural and political diversity of Ireland. It is also compelled by the Broadcasting Act 2001 to ‘relflect the cultural diversity of Ireland.’

• Italy

  there are not positive measures

• Poland

  Public media (radio and tv) are required to account for the needs of minorities, including broadcasting information programmes in minority languages.

• Portugal

  The Observatório da Imigração (OI) [Immigration Observatory] promoted a study on the organisational dynamic of ethnic communication media in Portugal and on the ethnic communication media present in the country. The Plano para a Integração de Imigrantes [Plan for Immigrant Integration] adopts several measures concerning the media area of intervention, including promoting cultural and religious diversity in the media.

• Romania

  Yes, there are positive measures.

• Slovenia

  Yes, but range of positive measures vary substantially from minorities that are considered for traditional to those considered for "new" or "immigrant" communities.

• Spain

  No data.

• Sweden

  Yes.