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The Parliament of the Republic of Albania has demanded an effective transformation of the Albanian State Radio-Television into a public service unit, granting it editorial independence through financial independence. In a letter addressed to the Albanian government in mid-December 2001, Parliament demanded the amendment of Law No 8435 dated 28 December 1998 "on the tax system in the Republic of Albania". Based on this amendment to the law on taxes, the Albanian Radio-Television would benefit directly from the taxes paid by citizens for radio and television sets. This income of about EUR 2,4 million...

The stoppage immediately followed the decision of the Albanian Republic Court of Appeal confirming the decision of the Court of First Instance (No. 2822 of 23 July 2001, see IRIS 2001-9: 6) according to which Media + A.E, proprietor of Shijak TV, is obliged to pay compensation to Media 6, A.E, proprietor of the national broadcasting station Klan, estimated at USD 200 000. After the decision of the Court of Appeal Gezim Ismaili, president and sole owner of Shijak TV, said that he will appeal to the High Court. He claimed that the Albanian law "On copyright", being the legal basis for the decisions...

This came as a result of the decision of the Court of First Instance in Tirana, case No. 2822, dated 23 July 2001, according to which "Media+, A.E.", proprietor of "Shijak TV", is obliged to pay damages to "Media 6, A.E." proprietor of the national TV "Klan", estimated at USD 196 918. "Media 6" has demanded from the court of Tirana "the stoppage/detention of the audio-visual transmission of the A Series matches of the Italian Football Championship for 2000-2001 and 2001-2002 sessions and the Champions` League in Football on part of "Shijak TV" as well as compensation/damages as a result of the...

Public and private Albanian television stations have been sentenced to fines by the National Council of the Radio and Televisions which monitored the role of the media during the general elections in July 2001. The broadcasting stations were accused by the Council of violating the Electoral Code. The obligations of the public and private electronic media during the electoral campaigns in Albania are clearly defined in a special chapter of the Electoral Code (Law No 8609 of 8 May 2000). Eight Articles of this Code, ie Articles 129, 130, 131, 132, 134, 135, 136 define the rights and the obligations...

On the basis of the Public and Private Radio and Television Act of 30 September 1998, new rules on public service broadcasting entered into force in Albania on 6 July 2000. The rules are designed to regulate and establish the national Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (public service radio and television broadcasting company - RTSH) and ease the transition from state broadcasting to public service broadcasting. The broadcaster is a public body with its headquarters in Tirana. It is obliged under the new rules to serve the public by providing information, education and entertainment to all social groups,...