The Culture and Information Committee held its twelfth sitting on 14 November. The sitting was chaired by Vesna Marjanovic, Committee Chairperson, and apart from the Committee members was attended by Director General of RDU Radio Television of Serbia, Alexander Tijanic, members of the RTS Executive Board and Programme Council, representatives of the Republic Broadcasting Agency and the State Secretary at the Ministry of Culture, Ivana Stefanovic and associates.

Director General of RTS, Alexander Tijanic, informed the Committee members of the development of RTS as a public service and pointed out the problems which RTS faces in its work. He stressed the problem of renewal and improvement of the broadcasting technique and connections damaged in the bombing, as well as the issue of collection of RTS subscription and improvement of programme. In his talk, Tijanic emphasised that all parliamentary parties are equally represented in the public service’s programme and asked again for the establishment of a parliamentary channel for the purpose of broadcasting Assembly sittings, that is a suitable manner of following Assembly sittings. He stressed that in the past four years the public service has become one of the most stable institutions and that it is a medium with the highest vote of trust of the viewers.

The Committee members went on to discuss the proposed plan and asked the present guests questions.