Publications
Mr Luigi Soreca openly stands against the new anti-defamation package
Although with gloves, it seems that the EU has been obliged to openly oppose the second draft of the so-called anti-defamation package, drafted by the Albanian Government for several months...
“MATRA”: 72 young ethical journalists with the support of the Embassy of the Netherlands
Ambassador Guusje Korthals Altes and Albanian Media Council’s Executive Director, Koloreto Cukali, signed the agreement for starting the project “Self Regulation – Act III”. This is a new MATRA project,...
Albania: Government should withdraw “anti-defamation” legislative package introducing state regulation of online media outlets!
On 3 July the Albanian Government’s Council of Ministers approved a series of amendments known as the “anti-defamation package” which include amendments to law Nr.97/2013 “On Audio Visual Media in...
Statement: On the legislative package of draft laws approved by the Council of Ministers on online media regulation
After having reviewed the draft law ‘On a number of changes to the law Nr.97/2013 “On Audio Visual Media in the Republic of Albania’, changed; and the draft law ‘On...
REACTION: The new draft-law on media, worse than the previous one!
The Albanian Media Council reacts with concern about the new draft-law on media, the so-called "defamation package", passed by the Government on July 3rd, 2019, which is expected to be...
AMA punishes the humour program “Be Coffee”
The Audiovisual Media Authority (AMA), in its meeting of 16.05.2019, has considered the feedback on the attitudes held in the "Be Coffee" section of the "Albanian Sunday" ("E djela shqiptare)...
Declaration of AMC for International Press Freedom Day
We are living the time of the global degradation of Press Freedom in a large part of the world, but it is more vulnerable in countries with unconsolidated democracies, such...
AMC among the students in Shkodra: “priests” or “sinners” in relation to ethics?
The Albanian Media Council during its tour through student towns visited the University "Luigj Gurakuqi" of Shkodra where, accompanied by the Professor Vinçens Marku, students of journalism in Shkodra discussed...
Ethics “lands” at the Aleksandër Moisiu University
Over 50 students of Communication Sciences at Aleksander Moisiu University of Durres (UAMD) attended a meeting with journalists Alfred Lela and Sokol Shameti. The meeting...
Alice Taylor against Shqiptarja.com
The Ethics Board convened on March 20, 2019 to discuss Alice Taylor's appeal against Shqiptarja.com. The complainant complains that the information provided in the article (link: is incorrect, based...