New requirements are being defined for news agencies, APA reports.
This is reflected in the amendment to the "Media Law" approved by President Ilham Aliyev.
An information agency must have agreements on providing (obtaining) information with at least 20 (twenty) media entities, must have journalists accredited in at least 5 (five) foreign countries, and additionally, for at least 20 (twenty) days each month, at least 80% (eighty percent) of the total volume of the daily mass information it publishes must comply with the requirements stipulated in Article 60.5 of this Law.
Note that, according to Article 60.5 of the law, the activity of an online media entity (editorial offices) is considered continuous if it publishes at least 20 (twenty) pieces of mass information daily for 20 (twenty) days each month.
