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The Albanian Parliament has ratified the Agreement of cinematographic co-production between the Government of the Republic of Albania and the Italian Government, being the first agreement the Albanian Government signed in this field. According to the Agreement, the financial contribution of both countries for state-aided films shall be approximately at a rate of 20% - 80%. Thereby all categories of cinematographic production, including fiction, cartoons and documentary films, are suitable for financing. The competent state authorities from both countries will have to approve the proposed projects...

On 20 February 2003 the Parliament of Albania approved changes to the Law No. 8410 of 30 September 1998 "On public and private radio and television in the Republic of Albania" (see IRIS 2003-3: 9 and IRIS 1999-2: 11). According to the amendment of article 7 no. 19 of Law No. 8410, the Parliament is allowed to approve the Annual Report of the Keshilli Kombetar i Radiotelevizionit (National Council on Radio and Television - NCRT, state authority responsible for the licensing of private radio and television) by a simple majority of the votes. As to the former situation, the Parliament needed to have...

The Albanian Parliament decided on 20 February 2003 to elect a new Keshilli Drejtues i Radiotelevizionit Publik (Managing Council of the Public Radio and Television). The decision came after the approval of amendments to Law No. 8410 of 30. September 1998 on public and private radio and television in the Republic of Albania. The Managing Council of the Public Radio and Television is an independent body of 15 members elected by the Parliament. It is responsible for all the activity of Public Radio and Television and therefore elects the main directors of the Radio and Television, approves the policies...

The process of licensing of private broadcasting stations has been reopened in March 2003 as it was stopped in November 2002 while a national map of frequencies was being developed (see IRIS 2003-1: 7). All legal persons (Albanian and foreign), who are registered at the Albanian High Court, will therefore have the right to apply for a license. BBC, Deutsche Welle and French television TV5 had already been licensed before the suspension in November 2002, while the decision on the application of Italian RAI will be taken after the reopening in March.

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...