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Pursuant to section 38, par. 3 of the Electronic Media Act (Official Gazette No. 122/03), the Council for Electronic Media adopted the rules for the content of the application and the manner of administering the Register of Electronic Publication Agents. The said rules stipulate that the Register of Electronic Publication Agents shall contain information on electronic publication agents and their electronic publications. Electronic publications are defined as programme contents transmitted by natural and/or legal persons by means of information-communicative connection links in such a manner as...

The issue of libel is regulated by Section 200 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Croatia. Paragraph 2 of the above Section stipulates that a person who makes or publishes a false statement about another person that may cause harm to the character or reputation of the other person, whether the statement is made before several other people, or published in the press or broadcast on radio or television, or made at a public gathering or in some other way which results in making it available to a large number of people, shall be punished by a fine or a sentence of a maximum term of one year’s...

Pursuant to Art. 64 para. 5 of the Electronic Media Act, the Council for Electronic Media adopted new Rules on amounts and methods of payment of concession fees for the performing of radio and/or television broadcasting activities and on the amounts and methods of payment of tender documentation and tender fees. Based on the new Rules, which came into effect as of 21 March 2006, the amount of the annual concession fees have been increased by 30% for the local radio and television broadcasters and by 50% for the national radio and television broadcasters. The novelty of the present rules consists...

In December 2005 the Croatian Radio-Television (HRT) broadcast the Latinica show titled ''The Legacy of Tudjman'' which aroused great rumour in the general public. Latinica is a talk-show which has been broadcasted for years on the Croatian National Television (HRT). The show in question was about the first president of the Republic of Croatia. Broadcast just before a parliamentary discussion on the Report on Business Operations of the Croatian Radio-Television and on the activities of the Programming Council, the show was heavily criticized by members of the Croatian Parliament. They argued that...

Pursuant to Section 19 para. 3 of the Croatian Radio-Television Act, the Council of the Croatian Radio-Television (HRT) shall submit to the Croatian Parliament, at least once a year, a report on its activities and on the implementation of the legally stipulated programming principles and obligations with respect to programmes of Croatian Radio (HR) and Croatian Television (HTV). Further, it shall also submit the Board of Directors' report on the business operations of HTV. One of the items on the agenda of the 17th session of the Parliament of the Republic of Croatia on 13 December 2005 was the...