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On 11 December 2013 the Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary Commission on Education and Public Information submitted to the Parliament a proposal for the amendment of the Act no.97/2013 of 4 March 2013 "On audiovisual media in the Republic of Albania" (AML, see IRIS 2013-8/9). The amendment focuses on the change of Article 134 AML, which states that “the chair and members of the National Council of Radio and Television, appointed in accordance with the law no. 8410 dated 30 September 1998 (see IRIS 1999-2/16) on ‘Public and Private Radio and Television in the Republic of Albania,’ as amended,...

On 27 January 2014 the Audiovisual Media Authority (AMA) approved the Broadcasting Code for audiovisual media operators. According to the regulator, the Code is meant “as a step to further complete the legal and sublegal framework for the monitoring and controlling of radio and television stations’ activity.” The Broadcasting Code further specifies the guiding principles regarding content of audiovisual media laid out in the Act on Audiovisual Media No. 97/2013 approved in March 2013 (see IRIS 2013-8/9). More specifically, the Code tackles in detail the guiding content-related principles for audiovisual...

On 4 March 2013, the Albanian Parliament approved Law 97/2013 “On Audiovisual Media in the Republic of Albania” after several years of discussion and stagnation. This law aims to harmonise Albanian media legislation with the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (2010/13/EU - AVMSD) of the European Union and in order to respond to the realities of the audiovisual media sector. Both political wings reached consensus on the law, with the exception of the election procedure regarding the members of regulatory authorities. Among others, the law replaces the regulatory authority Këshilli Kombëtar i Radios...

On 29 March 2013, the Këshilli Kombëtar i Radios dhe Televizionit (National Council of Radio and Television - KKRT) proposed the draft of a Charter on Child Protection in Media Coverage (“Charter”). According to KKRT’s public statement, the objective of the charter is to draw attention to children’s rights and the respective responsibilities of media representatives. The proposal also states that the Charter will apply to media as a whole, i.e., reports, documentaries, TV programmes and any article in the print media that involves children or reports on them. This proposal emerged after controversial...

On 30 January 2013, the Parliamentary Commission on Education and Public Information completed the discussion of all articles of the audiovisual media services bill. The new act will replace the Act No. 8410 “On Public and Private Radio and Television.” The debates on the amendment of the existing law have been ongoing since 2007. First, the discussions focused on amending the existing law, while later a new bill was drafted, with the aim of harmonizing legislation with the Directive on Audiovisual Media Services of the European Union (2010/13/EU). So far, the discussions have been slow and unfruitful,...