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Work on amendments to media laws begins
Belgrade,
12 September 2008
The Serbian Ministry of Culture stated today that the working group in charge of amendments to laws on media held its first meeting yesterday at which it was observed that the strategic aim should be to harmonise Serbian media regulations with European standards.
According to a statement issued by the Culture Ministry, members of the working group said that this is a process which should unfold simultaneously with Serbia’s EU integration.
It was decided at the session that work on amendments to the Law on Broadcasting should begin immediately in order to build a legal framework for digitalising frequencies, to secure independence and transparency in the work of the Republic Broadcasting Agency and to harmonise the law with other laws and the Constitution.
Before the working group presents proposed amendments for public debate, meetings will be held with the Republic Broadcasting Agency, the media industry, public services, journalists’ associations and other interested parties.
A public debate will begin in September on the law on illegal media concentration, which was drafted at the beginning of this year.
The working group stated that amendments to the Broadcasting Law and the new law on illegal media concentration should create conditions for essential changes and then preparations will begin for drafting the law on media.
The working group consists of lawyer Vladimir Vodinelic, journalist Rade Veljanovski, lawyer Milos Zivkovic, lawyer Slobodan Kremenjak, spokesperson of the Serbian Supreme Court Vesna Dabic, Assistant Minister of Culture Dragan Kanjic, Assistant Minister for Telecommunication and Information Society Jelena Surculija and representative of the Information Secretariat of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina Dubravka Valic, concludes the statement.
It was decided at the session that work on amendments to the Law on Broadcasting should begin immediately in order to build a legal framework for digitalising frequencies, to secure independence and transparency in the work of the Republic Broadcasting Agency and to harmonise the law with other laws and the Constitution.
Before the working group presents proposed amendments for public debate, meetings will be held with the Republic Broadcasting Agency, the media industry, public services, journalists’ associations and other interested parties.
A public debate will begin in September on the law on illegal media concentration, which was drafted at the beginning of this year.
The working group stated that amendments to the Broadcasting Law and the new law on illegal media concentration should create conditions for essential changes and then preparations will begin for drafting the law on media.
The working group consists of lawyer Vladimir Vodinelic, journalist Rade Veljanovski, lawyer Milos Zivkovic, lawyer Slobodan Kremenjak, spokesperson of the Serbian Supreme Court Vesna Dabic, Assistant Minister of Culture Dragan Kanjic, Assistant Minister for Telecommunication and Information Society Jelena Surculija and representative of the Information Secretariat of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina Dubravka Valic, concludes the statement.
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