On Thursday, Romania's National Audio-Visual Council (CNA) approved a request from the TVR public broadcaster for the introduction in the time slots of TVR 3, TVR International, TVR Cluj and TVR Iasi channels of a special programme dedicated to refugees by taking over the broadcasts of TVR and other television channels from Ukraine.
Broadcast by satellite, they will generally be information programmes that do not affect the programmes of those channels, Agerpres.ro informs.
"It is very important that TVR makes a gesture to support migrants by airing information about what is happening at home in their language," said Cristina Pocora, a CNA member, and the decision of public television was welcomed by Monica Gubernat, meeting chair, Agerpres.ro informs.
CNA member Valentin Jucan recommended that cable programmes providers be asked to broadcast certain programmes as well.
"And here I mean especially those who can broadcast at the border area. We could ask them if they are willing to do such a thing. Or at least some programmes for children in Ukrainian, because there are a lot of children at the border, and that is an issue that has even been raised by the authorities who are organising these refugee camps," Jucan said.
Monica Gubernat said the recommendation was being considered.
"You know very well that we are in contact with the Ukrainian authorities, we are now forwarding the legal provisions to them, so as to facilitate this rebroadcasting thing. But the cable companies will work according to the law," she added.
She also announced that Radio Romania also took over by streaming the programmes of the public radio station of Ukraine for rebroadcasting AGERPRES.