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Journalist association criticizes Kosovo media law

An association of journalists in Kosovo and Metohija says said that a draft law on public service, now in procedure at the Kosovo assembly in Priština, was "unacceptable".

Friday, August 12, 2011 | 21:47

The Association of Journalists from Kosovo and Metohija (DNKiM) said in a statement that it was "initiator of establishment of new independent TV channel in Serbian which would with its signal cover whole Kosovo", but that the draft was "not in compliance with relevant international and local legal provisions".

The statement is available for download below

DNKIM_statement_eng.doc (33.63 KB)

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