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Article 75
 

Media Presentation


(1) Broadcasters, i.e. the Public broadcasting service, the commercial broadcasting companies and electronic media (internet portals) that decided to cover the elections are obligated to do that in a fair, balanced and unbiased manner in their overall program.
(2) Regardless of the language in which they broadcast the program, during the election campaign, broadcasters are required to provide the election campaign participants with equal conditions for access to all forms of electoral media presentation – news, special informative programs (interviews, debates, TV/radio hustings, topical information programs, topical information programs with documentary approach and thematic specialized informative programs), free political presentation and paid political advertising.
(3) Programs aimed for juvenile audience must not be used for electoral media presentation.
(4) Broadcasters, printed media and electronic media (internet portals), as well as their related persons must not, in any way, finance or give donations to political parties. Related persons shall be understood as defined in Article 36 of the Law on Audio and Audio Visual Media Services.