The media community in Macedonia concluded, at the debate held on April 22, 2013, at the Holiday Inn Hotel in Skopje, organized by the Media Development Centre, that the contents and the manner of preparation of the draft Law on Media proposed by the Government of Macedonia were utterly unacceptable.

The public pressure and the accusations against the Communications Regulatory Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (RAK) that it introduced censorship of the  internet resulted in the decision yesterday, February 21, by RAK to retract its ban on access to foreign online betting website it adopted on January 15, 2013.

The Press Freedom Index 2013, a report released by Reporters Without Borders earlier this week, Serbia is the highest ranked country in the Western Balkans in 63 place, advance of 17 places compared to last years Index. The deteriorating press freedoms, on the other hand, mean that Macedonia...