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In July 2003, the House of Representatives approved CyBC Amendment Law (No. 2) of 2003 regulating state aid received annually by the national public broadcaster ­ the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC). The new law fully harmonises national legislation with the relevant European acquis and more specifically with the provisions of Articles 86 and 87 of the European Community Treaty, the Amsterdam Protocol, the relevant Communication issued by the Commission (OJ No. C 320 of 15. November 2001) and Directives 80/723/EEC (OJ. No. L 195 of 29. July 1980) and 2000/52/EC (OJ No. L 193 of 29 July...

The Act on the classification of cinematographic films of 2002 provides for the rating of all cinematographic works prior to public screening in cinema halls or other public premises. It replaced the colonial law of 1935 (chapter 43) with the same title, providing for the constitution of a “board of censors”. The law establishes a rating body and classification system for (1) cinematographic works in analogue or digital format, and (2) for display/advertising material. Material publicly screened before classification is subject to seizure by the police. The board for the classification of cinematographic...

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...

With the Act on radio communications No. 146(I)/2002 Cyprus revised the relevant legal framework in order to harmonise it with EC directives and other European legal documents, listed in the preamble. With its promulgation, the law on wireless telegraphy and the law on commercial shipping (wireless telegraphy) dating to the days of British rule were abrogated. The law provides that all issues of radio communications are under the authority of the Minister of Communications and Works, who must regulate in a way that frequencies be used in the public interest, that the consumers’ rights be safeguarded...

More specifically, its current programming of essentially CyBC, the national broadcasting service, output is expected to be enriched with additional informational, cultural and entertainment programming appealing mainly to overseas viewers - primarily overseas Cypriot communities. As regards CyprusSat's geographical reach it is expected to expand considerably during 2003 in order to cover the continents of North America and Australia, in addition to Europe, where the service has been in operation since the early 1990s via the Sirius system of satellites. These developments are the result of a...