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Political Parties Enter Official Campaign Season
Saturday 22 May 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, May 22 (TASR) - Slovakia's official 2010 election campaign - the airing of advertising spots - kicked off Saturday with eighteen political parties (including six parliamentary ones) registered for the June 12 event.
The state-run Slovak Television (STV) and Slovak Radio (SRo) have by law to provide up to 10 hours of total airtime for all parties to present their self-financed publicity spots, and another 10 hours for election debates, both public media officials confirmed for TASR.
STV will run their election broadcasting on two channels 1 and 2, with political adverts run on both and debates on 2, says its spokesman Peter Susko.
According to SRo news programme director Anna Samelova, the competing parties will be able to present themselves not only on Radio Slovensko but also on its spin off channels Radio, Regina, Radio Slovakia International, Radio FM and Radio Patria.
Dropping 48-hour moratorium in parliamentary elections for the first time, the campaign will be held until and include the election day.
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