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At a recent conference of the Creative Union of Journalists, a code of ethics for journalists was approved.

This code defines the moral and ethical guidelines that journalists and media workers must follow in carrying out their professional duties, namely:

• objectivity and impartiality;
• Professional and social responsibility;
• reliability of information.

Media workers and journalists in particular must be confident that the information they provide is accurate. In cases when a journalist contributes to disseminating inaccurate information, he/she should involve the corresponding bodies to settle the conflict

• confidentiality of the source of information.

The journalist is obliged to keep professional secrets about the source of confidential information.

• Inadmissibility of nationalism.

The journalist and the mass media should not allow national, religious or racial discrimination of nations and nationalities

• Inadmissibility of plagiarism.

A Public Council on Mass Media, consisting of 7 members, will be established for monitoring purposes. Decisions of the Public Council are of recommendatory nature and shall not be considered as grounds for administrative or criminal responsibility

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