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The Broadcasting Council of the Republic of Macedonia has, at a public session on 27 November 2007, adopted the Strategy for the Development of Broadcasting in the Republic of Macedonia for the period 2007-2012. The Strategy was adopted within the deadline stipulated by Law. The preparation and the adoption of the Strategy was a legal obligation of the Broadcasting Council pursuant to Article 22 of the Law on Broadcasting Activity. The preparation process of the Strategy has involved all competent institutions in the field of broadcasting, electronic communications and the information society,...

On the basis of Article 37 para.1, point 5 of the Act on Broadcasting Activity, the Broadcasting Council of the Republic of Macedonia adopts decisions, rules, conclusions, recommendations, instructions and other acts, and also adopts views and proposals for the implementation of the law. Among the recently adopted Rulebooks, one that had certainly caught the public attention in the Republic of Macedonia was the Rulebook on the protection of minors from programmes that might harm their physical, mental or moral development. The media, NGO’s and individuals contributed to the productive public debate...

With the Act on Broadcasting Activity, adopted on 9 November 2005 (see IRIS 2006-4: 17), which entered into force on 29 November 2005, the Broadcasting Act of 1997 (amended in 2003) and the Act on Establishing the Public Enterprise Macedonian Radio Television were replaced. The replaced acts had determined a dual system of public and commercial broadcasting, as a primary objective of the legislator. They enabled the continuation of the operation of the public broadcaster, Macedonian Radio and Television, as well as of the existing public local radio stations and introduced the formal establishment...

A new Law on Broadcasting Activity entered into force in the Republic of Macedonia on 29 November 2005. One of its purposes is to bring domestic law into line with the EU Television Without Frontiers Directive. The Law is divided into 17 chapters and comprehensively regulates many different aspects of broadcasting. It begins by defining certain terms and dividing broadcasters into public, commercial and non-profit broadcasting companies. The highly detailed Chapter III is devoted to the protection of pluralism, diversity and transparency of the work of broadcasters. In order to control illegal...

After initial problems linked to copyright issues and the inclusion of broadcasters HRT1 and HRT2 were resolved, the Macedonian Broadcasting Council has expressed some new concerns about the range of cable channels available in Macedonia. These doubts were triggered by a call from the Association of Electronic Media for broadcasters HTV1 and RTL to be excluded from the cable service. The Broadcasting Council stated that there were no legal grounds for refusing to carry the two channels. The Macedonian people were entitled to receive as many channels as possible. The Broadcasting Council added that...