Bad news for Romania good news bill

Bad news for Romania's good news bill: it has been declared unconstitutional by the Romanian constitutional court. In a refreshing victory for common sense, particularly bearing in mind that this is the same court that declared decriminalising defamation unconstitutional, the Court ruled that the bill violates broadcasters' right to freedom of expression.

Good and bad must be equal on Romanian TV

And this fresh in from lala-land, the Romanian Senate has apparently adopted a law requiring broadcasters to transmit equal portions of good and bad news. Apparently because negative news has an "extraordinarily harmful and irreversible impact on health." Well, there you go...