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On 5 March 2003, the Broadcasting Council of the Republic of Macedonia adopted a Recommendation on the Protection of Minors from Harmful Radio and Television Content. The recommendation's provisions cover issues such as transmission times, presentation of violence, pornography, sexuality and nudity, and the use of explicit language and profanities. Watersheds and warning symbols to be shown before the start of a programme are designed to protect minors. Broadcasters are urged to use the recommendation to develop self-regulatory standards and set up control mechanisms for monitoring the application...

The South Eastern Europe Cinema Network (SEE) was set up in 2000 on the initiative of the Greek Film Centre (a state-owned organisation attached to the Greek Ministry of Culture). It promotes and supports the national film industry of eleven Southeast European states (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Croatia, “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, Turkey, Cyprus). The aim is to provide support for the development, production and advertising of the member states’ films both within and outside the network. A support fund for co-productions...

The Broadcasting Council of the Republic of Macedonia, aiming to assist the electronic media in the implementation of Articles 8 and 31 of the Law on Pursuit of Broadcasting Activity, on its session held on 23 May 2001, has adopted a "Recommendation for the manner of covering tensions, state of war and other forms of armed conflicts". This Recommendation is given with regard to the complex political and security situation and the created tensions in the social relations of the Republic of Macedonia and it is coming from the principles of freedom of expression as under Article 10 of the European...

The Broadcasting Council of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is an independent regulatory body that represents the interests of the citizens in the broadcasting area. It was established by the Law on Broadcasting, which entered into force 8 May 1997, and it commenced its work on 5 September 1997. The Broadcasting Council is comprised of 9 members with different professional backgrounds, and it is charged with (I) discussing issues relating to broadcasting activity, (II) developing proposals for granting and rejecting concessions for broadcasting, (III) monitoring of the implementation...

By decision of 30 October 1997, the Council of the European Union approved the conclusion of a partnership and co-operation agreement between the European Communities and the Russian Federation. As usual, the Agreement contains provisions concerning intellectual property (Article 54 and Appendix 10), providing that Russia will continue to improve the protection of intellectual, industrial and commercial property rights in order to guarantee, within a period of five years from the date on which the agreement comes into force, a level of protection similar to that which exists in the Community, and...