SKOPJE, 26.04.2011 – The Broadcasting Council (BC) will initiate criminal charge against the Public Enterprise Official Gazette and against its responsible person, because of its refusal to publish the by-law acts for media coverage of the elections.
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21.04.2011 BC adopted the Rulebooks on Media Coverage of the Elections
SKOPJE, 21.04.2011 – On today’s session the Broadcasting Council (BC) adopted the Rulebook for Conduct of the Media Outlets in the Period prior to the Start of the Election Campaign and the Rulebook for Equal Access to the Media Presentation during election campaign with six votes FOR and two votes AGAINST, within the timeframe, set in the Electoral Code.
19.04.2011 BC adopted the Final Drafts of the Rulebooks for Media Coverage of the Elections and requested an Opinion from SEC
SKOPJE, 19.04.2011 – Late this afternoon the Broadcasting Council (BC) adopted the final drafts of the rulebooks for media coverage of the elections, which cover the period prior to the beginning of the official election campaign and the campaigning period. At the same time all comments and remarks, which had been submitted by the broadcasters, Centre for Media Development and civil society organizations, were reviewed and taken into account.[…]
15.04.2011 Denial of the Accusations of VMRO DPMNE
SKOPJE, 15.04.2011 – The Broadcasting Council is an independent regulatory authority and strongly denies the allegations, expressed on today’s press conference of the ruling party VMRO DPMNE. These allegations are the most non-democratic attempt of one political entity to put a pressure on one independent media regulatory authority.This kind of behavior suits to totalitarian regimes, and not to democratic societies.
15.04.2011 A Roundtable about the Rulebooks on the Media Coverage of the Elections was held in the Broadcasting Council
SKOPJE, 15.04.2011 – Over 60 representatives from the media, civil society organizations and international organizations actively participated on the roundtable, organized by the Broadcasting Council on 14th and 15th April, focused on the rulebooks for media coverage of the elections’ campaign as well as the period from the announcement of the elections until the official start of the election campaign. These rulebooks have been drafted according to the current Electoral Code, including its latest amendments.
13.04.2011 BC organizes a Roundtable about the Rulebooks for Media Coverage of the Elections
13.04.2011, SKOPJE – The Broadcasting Council will organize a roundtable on the Rulebook for Conduct of the Media Outlets in the Period prior to the Start of the Election Campaign and Rulebook for changing and amending the Rulebook on Equal Access to the Media Presentation, which will take place today and tomorrow in the premises of BC. The public meetings with the media representatives and all interested stakeholders in the media coverage of the forth-coming early parliamentary elections has an aim to shape the final text of the secondary legislation for media coverage of the elections.11.04.2011 BC organizes a press conference on the rules for the media coverage of the early parliamentary elections
SKOPJE, 11.04.2011 – The last amendments of the Election Code, the by-laws for media coverage of the pre-election activities and the obligations of the BC and the broadcasters in the coverage of the election process will be the main topic of the press conference of the Broadcasting Council.[…]
28.03.2011 The Broadcasting Council (BC) adopted the Annual Activity Report for 2010
SKOPJE 28.03.2011 – In 2010, the BC was working in full composition. After the mandates of three members of the BC had expired, the Parliament of RM elected MA Milaim Fetai, MSc. Alma Mashovic and MSc. Boris Arsov were elected new members, and MA Milaim Fetai took over the position of Deputy President.[…]
29.03.2011 The BC presented to the media the innovations of the future Law on Electronic Media
SKOPJE, 29.03.2011 – The main topic on the agenda of today’s session of the Broadcasting Council (BC) was how the media companies in Republic of Macedonia will be affected by the transposition of the European Audio-visual Media Services Directive. BC as one of the participants in the working group, tasked to draft the new Law on Electronic Media, gave a contribution by shaping the program standards, which will be part of the text of the new law. The BC working group, during this first phase of preparation of the law, prepared a draft version of one part of the law, which is available to the media.[…]