The Latvian parliament (Saeima) has passed in the final reading the bill about withdrawal of the public broadcasters from the advertising market in 2021.
As regards the financing needed for the purpose, the lawmakers will have to vote on it when adopting the respective annual or multi-annual national budget.
The parliament's press service said that, under the amendments to the Law on the Electronic Mass Media adopted today, the public broadcasters were to leave all advertising market platforms, starting from 2021.
The legislative ...
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