Dennik N complains to Constitutional Court about Government ban

On Monday the newspaper Dennik N complained to the Constitutional Court concerning the Government's recent decision to ban all communications with the daily. The Cabinet decided to cut all communications with Dennik N on May 6, citing long-term tendentious reporting on the activities of the Government. "This dispute isn't really about us as a publishing house and newspaper. It's more about whether the state will respect people's right to information, whether discrimination based on expressed opinion is taking place, and last but not least, whether the Government and the state can afford to violate the Constitution and laws wantonly", said Dennik N publisher Lukas Fila.
The newspaper is pushing for an injunction whereby the Government would be banned from applying its decision in practice until the Court rules on the matter. This would give the daily access to information from the Government.