The Slovakian parliament on Thursday approved a government plan to overhaul the country’s public broadcaster RTVS, following months of protests from opposition parties and RTVS employees. All 78 members of parliament from the three social democratic and nationalist governing parties voted in favour of the controversial law. The opposition members of parliament left the chamber in protest, boycotting the vote. RTVS is to be replaced by a new broadcaster called STVR starting from July 1. The plan to overhaul the public broadcaster RTVS had been widely criticized by opposition politicians, journa…