On a visit there on 14 th March the staff seemed wary and unwilling to criticize the authorities or discuss the chaotic state of law enforcement in the country. A new media law is before parliament which, if adopted, will impose draconian fines on journalists and reporters who infringe its provisions. Inevitably, it will affect the smaller media outlets the most. Kiss TV operates in Tetovo without too many problems, although at the equivalent of 10,000 per annum, a licence to operate is very expensive for the station. One cameraman claimed to have been personally beaten up by Hashim Thaci during the bombing in April last year.
TV is controlled by the state.
Small stations exist but they operate in a perilous environment. The source at Kiss TV says that the station s cables were cut when they revealed the extent of the fraud in last year s presidential election.