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On 16 October 2006 the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia ( Constitutions tiesa ) adopted the judgement on the constitutionality of the independent status of the National Broadcasting Council. The judgement was adopted following the review of the application submitted by twenty members of the Latvian Parliament ( Saeima ). The members of the Parliament disputed certain provisions of the Radio and Television Act ( Radio un televīzijas likums ) adopted on 24 August 1995, claiming that they are contrary to the Constitution ( Satversme ) of the Republic of Latvia, namely, to Article 58...

At the end of a six-month EU twinning project, funded to the tune of EUR 90,000 by the European Commission with the purpose of improving the supervision of broadcasting in Latvia, representatives of the Nacionālā Radio un Televīzijas Padome (National Broadcasting Council - NRTP ) and its German partner, the Landesanstalt für Kommunikation Baden-Württemberg (Baden-Württemberg Communications Authority - LFK ), discussed their interpretation of the legal framework with representatives of Latvian broadcasting in Riga on 22 August 2006. The interpretation guidelines concern the protection of minors,...

The European Commission has endorsed Latvian public funding plans intended to increase broadband access in remote regions. The aim of the initiative is to bring broadband communications within reach of citizens and businesses in order to help them reap the economic benefits of the information society. EC Treaty state aid rules allow subsidies for the development of certain economic activities or of certain economic areas on condition that there is no overall negative effect on competition (Article 87(3)c). The Commission concluded that the aid intended to support these plans is not likely to cause...

The Austrian Film Institute in Vienna and the Latvian Film Centre (Nacionālais kino centrs) signed a co-funding agreement on independent cinema film production on 22 May 2006. The parties’ intention in reaching the agreement is to co-operate on and mutually support film projects that are culturally, economically and in terms of content in the particular interests of both countries and are co-funded by Austrian and Latvian film-makers. Under paragraph 1 of the agreement, the Centre and the Austrian Film Institute will contribute to the cost of a co-production up to a maximum of EUR 250,000 per...

On 9 March 2006 the Saeima (Parliament of the Republic of Latvia) adopted in the second reading a draft law, prohibiting any political advertising in electronic media within 90 days before the elections to the Saeima and the European Parliament. Initially it was proposed that political advertising within 90 days before the elections should be prohibited in all the media. However, at the sitting of 9 March 2006 Saeima decided that the prohibition with respect to the printed media should be deleted from the draft. Thus, the prohibition would apply only to radio, television, and outdoor advertisements....