A Romanian journalist accused of writing anti-Semitic articles received a two- year suspended prison sentence, according to local media reports. A Bucharest court ruled that Mihai Bogdan Antonescu, 35, had written anti-Semitic articles in 1997 and 1998 in a weekly newspaper where he was deputy editor in chief. One article he wrote called members of the government “dirty Jews” and Gypsies.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
