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UPDATE - SERBIA

 

20 July 2006

 

Broadcast Act amended a third time

 

SOURCE: Association of Independent Electronic Media (ANEM)

 

**Updates IFEX alert of 19 July 2006; for further information on previous amendments to the Broadcast Act, see alerts of 24 and 3 August and 22 July 2005, 22 October, 31 August, 20 July and 11 June 2004**

 

(ANEM/IFEX) - The following is a press release of the Southeast European Network of Private Broadcasters (SEENAPB), of which ANEM is a member:

 

SERBIA CHANGES BROADCAST ACT FOR THE THIRD TIME

 

Sarajevo, July 20, 2006 - The Southeast European Network of Private Broadcasters (SEENAPB) expresses serious concern at the manner in which the Serbian Parliament yesterday urgently adopted a third set of amendments to the Broadcast Act, which concern the scope of activity of the Republican Broadcasting Agency and the manner in which its decisions are implemented.

 

The Serbian Broadcast Act has already been amended twice in haste, without public discussion and the consent of the broadcasting community. SEENAPB strongly opposes such practices and warns that it raises serious doubt as to the good intentions of the law-makers, especially as the Serbian Ministry of Culture did not approve of the amendments.

 

SEENAPB believes that the broadcast field in Serbia has to be regulated by objectively taking into consideration all parameters, decisions and regulations, based on consultations with broadcasters and the general public.

 

Therefore, SEENAPB supports the efforts of its member, ANEM, to secure sound conditions for the work of the electronic media in Serbia, harmonize media legislation with that of the international community, with consideration for the voice of the involved stakeholders and media organizations, as well as the general public.

 

Goran Gavrilov

President of SEENAPB

 

For further information, contact Chairperson Sasa Mirkovic or Coordinator Sibina Golubovic at ANEM, 13a Marsala Birjuzova Street, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia, tel/fax: +381 11 2622 467 / 3286 355, e-mail: anem@anem.org.yu, Internet: http://www.anem.org.yu; or Goran Gabrilov, President, SEENAPB Secretariat, Zagrebacka 20/3, 71 000 Sarajevo, BiH, Tel./Fax: + 387 33 715 940, e-mail: seenapb@seenapb.ba

 

The information contained in this update is the sole responsibility of ANEM. In citing this material for broadcast or publication, please credit ANEM.

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