10. 05. 2012

POOR IMPLEMENTATION OF EUROPEAN STANDARDS

The presentation of research on media freedoms next week

Belgrade, May 10, 2012 (Danas) - According to the Report based on Council of Europes's Indicators for the Media in a Democracy, only four of 27 European standards have been fully implemented in the Serbia's media system and these are: freedom to enter journalistic profession, freedom of access to the Internet and foreign media, separation between involvement in organs of executive power and professional media activities and limitation of the right of media to exclusive reporting on major events of public interest. Although domestic legislation is being intensively approximated to the European law, the majority of principles are being enforced only to an acceptable degree, according to this Report. In some areas there are drastic deviations from the European standards. These are media economy, independence of media from political influences, labour-related and social rights of journalists and their safety.

This report on media freedoms in Serbia is a results of the joint work of the organizations Civil Rights Defenders, ANEM, NUNS, NDNV and Local Press.