b. Radio: 193. Presently, Algeria has a broad network of radio stations throughout the country, including national and community or local radio stations, with several national, local and thematic radio stations: - 03 thematic radio stations: Radio culture, Radio Coran and Radio Jil FM, - 03 national radio stations: Radio chaine une, chaine deux and chaine trois, - 01 international radio station: Radio Algérie Internationale, - 48 local radio stations.34 194. Local radio stations are highly valued by the population as a result of providing local news coverage, addressing community issues and contributing to the socio-economic development of communities. c. Print media: 195. Presently, there are one hundred and twenty-seven (127) daily newspapers, of which only six (6) are state-owned, with an average of two million seven hundred and thirty-four thousand eight hundred and eighty-two (2,734,882) copies printed daily. 196. There are twenty-seven (27) weekly newspapers, with an average of over 694,059 copies, and sixty-one (61) other fortnightly or monthly periodicals with 325,770 copies. 197. It should be noted that in the 1990’s and following the liberalization of the print media, instituted by the previous law (90-07) on information, many private media received support from the government in setting up, including: -tax exemptions; -establishment of special mechanisms for the creation of newspapers (organisation as cooperators of former journalists who suddenly became newspaper owners); -subsidies for paper; -making available, for almost free, the premises of the Tahar Djaout press house. 198. These decisions were beneficial for the future of the national private print media, which just started at the time, and led to the creation of private newspapers which are now widely recognised as important players in the media sector. 199. In 2012, Algeria extended, within the framework of the 2012 finance law, the scope of the trust fund established to support media institutions, by increasing and reallocating the resources of the trust fund. 200. Presently, in addition to the support provided to print, electronic and audio-visual media, the fund can finance training and career development activities for journalists and communication professionals. 201. It should be noted that the organic law on information will lead to the drafting of specific laws and regulatory instruments, in particular on advertising, poll, status of journalists, etc. 202. Already, an executive decree establishing “the base and rates of social security contributions and benefits applied to journalists and media contract workers, as well as freelance journalism academics and experts as special social insurance categories” has been published, and 34 With one radio station for every wilaya, broadcasting on FM and on satellite 33