Irina Radu Elected Acting General Manager of the Romanian Public Television

28-09-2015

Irina Radu Elected Acting General Manager of the Romanian Public Television

By Iulia Blaga

Irina Radu photo: Adrian Stoicoviciu, mediafax.ro

BUCHAREST: Irina Radu was confirmed by the Romanian Parliament as acting general manager of the Romanian public broadcaster (SRTV) after the rejection of the activity report on 2014 and thus the dissolution of the Council of Administration led by the former general manager Stelian Tănase.

Radu promised to make sure that all employees are paid. "The laws need to be changed and we have to convince the Government that we need help", she also said to the Romanian press. Irina Radu is the former Programme Manager of SRTV. She was also manager of the TVR1 channel (2004-2006) and acting manager of the TVR2 channel.

Political parties are now expected to propose new members for the Council of Administration, which will appoint its new general manager.

Romanian public television which runs several channels (TVR 1, TVR 2, TVR 3, TVR HD, TVR News, TVR i, TVR Moldova and five territorial studios) had a fiscal debt of approximately 103.5m EUR/457 m RON in July 2015 accumulated since 2005.

Following the blocking of its accounts by the National Agency for Fiscal Administration on 20 July 2015, the Council of Administration decided to close TVR News on 1 August 2015. The former management of SRTV has also proposed a law to de-politicize its Council of Administration by inviting representatives of various media institutions.

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