The Greek National Council for Radio and Television (NCRTV) issued on Thursday clarifications regarding the coverage of the Europarliament elections.

According to the Directive, which aims at the implementation of regulations effective between Friday, April 25 and Sunday, May 25, 2014, broadcasters during all kinds of news shows which directly or indirectly refer to May 25 Europarliament elections must abide by the principles of objectivity, impartiality and proportional equality while presenting the parties’ positions.

The Council has referred to the regulation on the allocation of advertising time according to the quota specified for each party and the news shows time given the parties so as to present their campaign.

No advertising messages, rallies and other events organized by parties, pre-elections debates or results estimates can be broadcast from midnight of Friday, May 23, 2014 until 19.00 on Sunday, May 25, 2014. The only exception is the statements by political leaders during the electoral procedure.

The same time ban applies to opinion and exit polls.