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As long as, the Kosovo government insists it has compiled a just law in line with European standards,European Union Office in Kosovo hefieThomas Szunyog, expressed regret that the Parliament adopted the “law addressed concerns” and did not line up beside EU standards.

The Kosovo Assembly lost a good opportunity today to have two good laws... The Law for the Independent Media Commission, after failing to fully introduce all recommendations of the EU and other international organisations”, Szunyog said.

Apart from him, reaction to this vote has an ede German Ambassador to Pristina Jorn Rohde, who said Kosovo ignored EU, Council of Europe and O attitudes The SEU for this law.

“Kosovars want to be part of the European family and, if the Government of Kosovo wants to speed up its path towards the EU, then any new law should be fully in line with European standards”, Rohde wrote on the X.

While, the Association of Kosovo Journalists ( AGK) in a Facebook response, he said he accepted it with “concern” the adoption of the Bill and sought to challenge its introduction.

Today's “Vote is one of the biggest shocks the Government of Kosovo and Vetevendosje has done against media freedom in Kosovo, in a bid initiated since the beginning of their mandate for discipline and control”, the AGK said.

As they had warned, opposition party MPs -- the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) -- did not participate in the vote, Kosovo Democratic Party (PDK), and the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), who left the hearing after their request to remove this bill from the agenda was not supported by the ruling party, the Vetevendosje Movement.

Even the LDK and the PDK announced on Thursday afternoon that they will submit it to the Constitutional Court.

Following the vote, media lawyer Butterfly Kusari, who said that “sot is a dark day for democracy and freedom of expression and media in Kosovo”.

To enter into force, the KPM Bill after adopting the Assembly must be signed by the country's president, Vjosa Osmani.

What do you foresee the KPM bill?

The bill adopted Thursday, July 11th, envisions the licensing and controlling of online media producing videos from the KPM, earlier in this body, had been obliged to register only audio-visual media.

Independent Media Commission (KPM) founded in 2005 is a competent body for regulation, management and monitoring of the spectrum of transmission frequencies in the Republic of Kosovo.

Under this bill, media operating as nongovernmental organisations will have to open companies to meet the terms of licensing by the KPM.

Also, the media should receive KPM permission in case of changing ownership over 10 per cent.

According to him, online media would submit to the sanctions regime worth up to 40,000 euros for eventual violations such as disrespect of the law, failure to submit the annual report to KPM within the deadline, failure to save the transmission archive, disregarding the time set for broadcasting, as well as some other cases.

In addition to the involvement of online media producing videos under KPM monitoring, the new law envisions increasing the number of KPM members from seven to 11 and extending their mandate. /Periscopi

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