ZAGREB, Nov 10 (Hina) - The Croatian Government has firmly opted for securing the independence of the media and a cessation of any kind of political meddling in their editorial policy, Croatian Vice-Premier Zeljka Antunovic said
Friday, opening a seminar on the position of the media in transitional countries. Through open and public dialogue the Government is putting every effort into creating a legal framework within the Croatian media system which will guarantee equal rights, in line with the democratic standards of West European countries, Antunovic said. A media system guaranteeing freedom and pluralism of the media includes the existence of commercial media, with the simultaneous development of a public television and radio. The task of government institutions is to ensure such a legal framework, Antunovic asserted. UNESCO is the organiser of the seminar called "Ten Years Later -- Media in Transition
ZAGREB, Nov 10 (Hina) - The Croatian Government has firmly opted for
securing the independence of the media and a cessation of any kind
of political meddling in their editorial policy, Croatian Vice-
Premier Zeljka Antunovic said Friday, opening a seminar on the
position of the media in transitional countries.
Through open and public dialogue the Government is putting every
effort into creating a legal framework within the Croatian media
system which will guarantee equal rights, in line with the
democratic standards of West European countries, Antunovic said.
A media system guaranteeing freedom and pluralism of the media
includes the existence of commercial media, with the simultaneous
development of a public television and radio. The task of
government institutions is to ensure such a legal framework,
Antunovic asserted.
UNESCO is the organiser of the seminar called "Ten Years Later --
Media in Transition in Central and Eastern Europe: A New Strategy
for Independent and Pluralist Media in Croatia.
UNESCO assistant general director, Alain Modoux, said Croatian
parliamentary elections of January 3 had opened the gates for the
development of the freedom and independence of media in Croatia.
UNESCO will continue supporting the free development of Croatian
media, Modoux said, stressing however, that this assistance could
not replace the necessity of public dialogue between the government
authority and reporters as an essential precondition for the
democratisation of the media space.
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