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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8710

20 May 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 35 / 50
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/luxembourg/press

19/05/2004 (Agence Europe) - The Luxembourg Parliament adopted on 13 May a new press law that the European Federation of Journalists considers as a "victory for press freedom". The new law, which was arduously discussed over the past six months at the Grand Duchy parliament, has replaced a legislation going back 135 years. The text adopted mentions among other things the right to quote and the right to protect journalistic sources and thus follows the recommendations of the European Court of...

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