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                Date: 1998-10-04
                 
                 
                BG: Präsident killt Mediengesetz
                
                 
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      Offenbar wurde ein extrem  an Staatskontrolle orientiertes 
Mediengesetz in Bulgarien einer Veto/isierung durch den 
alldortigen Staatspräsidenten zuge/führt. 
 
postscrypt/1:In AT kann sich die sozialdemokratische Partei 
inzwischen vorstellen, landesweit einen Kanal 
nichtstaaatlichen Fernsehens einer Ein/führung zuzu/führen. 
 
postscrypt/2: Wir ersuchen höflich um Verständnis für die 
ungewöhnliche <<Formatierung>> des Appendix, due 2 multiple 
relays. 
 
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cwright@irex.org  
>> Sat Oct 03 15:00:52 1998 In a victory for independent media in Bulgaria, President Stoyanov 
>> vetoed the restrictive Radio and Television Law passed by Parliament 
>> last week. This is the first time he has used his veto power. 
>> 
>> The Law would have established a structure under which the majority 
>> party in the National Assembly could control the licensing of private 
>> broadcasting in Bulgaria on the basis of content. This degree of 
>> political control over would have inhibited the development of a free 
>> and independent broadcast media. 
>> 
>> With direct assistance from IREX/ProMedia, the Group for European 
>> Media Legislation in Bulgaria has been lobbying Parliament on the 
>> behalf of independent media. Since the Group's creation in February, 
>> ProMedia/Bulgaria and ProMedia Consultants from the law firm of 
>> Covington & Burling have provided technical assistance and legal 
>> consulting to improve the Group's lobbying capacity and its 
>> understanding of European Union standards and international media 
>> legislation. President Stoyanov invited the Group for European Media 
>> Legislation in Bulgaria for consultations and proposals for changes in 
>> the law. ProMedia/Bulgaria will continue to work with the Group and 
>> other organizations to push for improvements in the law. 
>> 
>> Key ProMedia Media Law Initiatives: 
>> 
>> * In July 1998, at the request of ProMedia and the Group for European 
>> Media Legislation in Bulgaria, the Washington law firm Covington & 
>> Burling, on a pro bono basis, prepared a legal analysis outlining the 
>> major flaws in the government draft Telecommunications Law and the 
>> draft Radio and Television Law. The analysis was presented to 
>> President Stoyanov, the prime minister, and the chairman of the 
>> parliament. As a result, the Bulgarian government gave up its idea of 
>> establishing a concessions system for radio and television 
>> broadcasting. 
>> 
>> * In April 1998, ProMedia supported the National Conference for 
>> European Media Legislation in Bulgaria. Representatives of the 
>> independent electronic media, journalist associations, and 
>> media-related nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) were able to 
>> discuss the draft Telecommunications Law and draft Radio and 
>> Television Law with leading representatives of the Bulgarian 
>> government. The participants at the conference adopted a declaration 
>> stating the main principles that the new legislation should include 
>> and created a mechanism for consultations between the government 
>> institutions and independent media associations. 
 
 
relayed by 
jpeizer@sorosny.org / via Barrys@eff.org / via 
gilc-plan@gilc.org 
 
 
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published on: 1998-10-04 
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