CRO LOWER HOUSE STARTS DISCUSSION ON MEDIA ACT

ZAGREB, Sept 26 (Hina) - The Lower House of the Croatian parliament on Thursday continued its session with a discussion on a final media bill. Croatian Justice Minister Miroslav Separovic, who introduced the above mentioned bill, said that the bill guaranteed freedom of the media, but also a responsibility for accurate and true information. The bill also contains proposals by the representatives, as well as recommendations of Council of Europe experts. A proposal that a journalist be not obliged to pay damages for publishing false information if it is established that he/she worked in good will and had no reason to doubt the truthfulness of the information was accepted, as well as a proposal that journalists who publish value judgments also be not obliged to pay damages, Separovic said. (hina) ha jn 261240 MET sep 96