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AJM condemned the attacks over Jovanovski and Trichkovski as well as the intimidation of journalists
The Associations of Journalists of Macedonia condemned the “campaign for intimidation and humiliation of journalists that is carried out in Skopje by unknown persons inspired by the vengeful statements by the president of VMRO-DPMNE Nikola Gruevski, who last week has called upon the ethnic Macedonians, through protests, to prevent the opposition to form a government with the Albanian parties.”...
VMRO-DPMNE: SDSM are ordering attacks on journalists they can not control
Today, VMRO-DPMNE in a statement accused SDSM and "criminals" from the ranks of the party of ordering attacks on the media and threatening all journalists who are not under the control of SDSM and Soros.
"Ivona Talevska a journalist from "Sitel" TV was attacked, journalist Janko Ilkovski was attacked, Dejan Nikolovski was attacked, Antonio Dimitrievski, Boban Nonkovic, the news crew...
AJM condemns the verbal abuse by the Government against journalists
The Association of Journalists of Macedonia condemns the coordinated surge of verbal abuse by the Government against journalists, who, the AJM says, is directed against the freedom of the media and the public's right to be informed.
"Such attacks are intended to intimidate and silence journalists and suppress criticism from the media. The Government wants to prevent the public from being...
AJM: The European Commission is right to conclude that there is violence against journalists
The Association of Journalists of Macedonia agrees with the European Commission’s assessment that the freedom of the press in Macedonia this year has worsened. The representatives of the Association have said that the Commission’s Progress Report was right to conclude that in the majority of the Macedonian media there is a lack of political pluralism and that the national...
Bozinovski on Hunger Strike, AJM and EFJ Call For His Immediate Release
Jailed journalist, Zoran Bozinovski started a hunger strike on September 14, due to the unjust extention of his pretrial detention and his court case, said today the President of the Association of Journalists in Macedonia, Naser Semani.
He said even though prison authorities knew of the hunger strike, they did not share the information with his lawyer or the Ombudsman.
“We...
AJM on Thursday will protest for the release of journalist Zoran Bozinovski
The Association of Journalists of Macedonia will protest on September 1, the date set for the first hearing of journalist Zoran Bozinovski, who stands accused in the "Spy" case, in front of the Basic Court Skopje 1,
"On August 22, the board of the AJM passed a motion that on September 1 we will organize a protest in front of...
Selmani: With the ad hoc body, parties want to fool the public that they’re reforming the media
Not one of the candidates for the members of the ad hoc body of the Media Agency is a member of the Association of Journalists of Macedonia (AJM).
“Journalists who irregularly pay their membership fee, automatically have their membership terminated”, said the President of the AJM, Naser Selmani, when he was asked whether any of the candidates were members of...
Selmani: We will not participate in a game without borders by the parties
"We need real reforms to the media and the signatories of the Pržino Agreement delivered a political farce. Once again I repeat, we will not participate in a game without borders by the parties", wrote the president of the Association of Journalists of Macedonia Naser Selmani, on his Facebook profile.
Otherwise, news organizations at yesterday's meeting with the leadership of...
AJM: The dismissal of journalists at MPM will have a significant impact on professional journalism
The Association of Journalists in Macedonia (AJM) today assessed the dismissal of journalists at media outlets owned by "Media Print Macedonia", and called it a blow to the freedom of professional journalism.
"The dismissal of 20 employees by "Media Print Macedonia", of which the majority are journalists who work at the daily newspaper "West", will have a significant impact on...
AJM: Association of Prosecutors condemns Nedelkovski but will not prosecute him
The Association of Journalists of Macedonia (AJM) today at a press conference reacted to the decision of the prosecutor of the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office, who assessed that the TV host Milenko Nedelkovski did not incite hate speech and violence through his Facebook status with threats against several journalists, and "it is a matter of a person expressing their...
Media Laws proposed by the AJM and SSNM fail to pass in Parliament
MPs failed to get their draft law proposal for media reforms passed, the draft-law, which was submitted by the SDSM, but proposed by the AJM and the Union of Journalists and Media workers (SSNM).
The draft-law was modeled on proposals made by negotiator Peter Vanhoutte.
The draft-law envisaged reforms in areas such as the Programming Control of MRT, and in the...
AJM and SSNM: According to the prosecutor, Nedelkovski did not spread hate speech
Prosecutor Jasmina Kostevski Zdravevska from the Public Prosecutor's Office in Skopje, has denied the request for criminal prosecution against Milenko Nedelkovski for spreading hate speech and threatening the safety of the citizens who support and work at the Association of Journalists of Macedonia (AJM) and the Independent Union of Media and Media Workers (SSNM).
“To our great surprise, the prosecutor...
Journalists’ associations and organizations asking why negotiations collapsed over media reforms
The Association of Journalists of Macedonia, the Union of Journalists, the Macedonian Institute for Media Ethics and the Council of the Institute for Media want a meeting with President Gjorge Ivanov, Parliament Speaker Trajko Veljanoski and the leaders of the four political parties, all signatories to Przhino Agreement.
They seek an explanation as to why did the negotiations fail for...
AJM to the EU and USA: We did not receive an answer, will there be negotiations for the media?
The Association of Journalists of Macedonia today in a statement welcomed the efforts of the European Union and the United States as facilitators in the Przhino Agreement and as guarantors of its implementation and encourages them to continue to discussions with political parties on media reforms as one of the important conditions for fair and credible elections.
"The AJM welcomes...
Chausidis: They are trying to form a parallel journalist union
"Obviously, there is an ongoing drive to create a parallel organization, following the model of MAN,the counterpart should be an authentic media organization, in this case the SSNM and to take things into regard. It is a well proven method of criminal abuse of democratic forms, something we've watched happen for years, "said Tamara Chausidis, President of the Independent...
AJM and SSNM insists that political parties accept Vanhoutte’s proposals
Tomorrow political parties will continue with negotiations for reforms within the media, so that is why we called on the EU and US to insist that the negotiators accept the proposal of the Belgian facilitator Peter Vanhouttte, said Naser Selmani, the Chairman of the Association of Journalists. at a press conference
According to him, these proposal are the best solution because...
The AJM and SSNM: VMRO-DPMNE’s proposals are an attack on the independent media
"The law proposed by VMRO-DPMNE for government advertising which they proposed before the working groups, is a brutal attack on the independence of the media. With that kind of law, its an intrusion into the mission, funding and editorial policy of the media. We urge that SDSM, DUI, DPA, the EU and the US to categorically reject such a proposal from...
Selmani: SDSM proposes solutions that lead to greater partisanship and politicization
The Association of Journalists of Macedonia is not at war with anyone. The problem is that SDSM does not like any of the AJM proposals for real reform of the media system, says the President of the Journalist Union Naser Selmani on a the question on whether a war had begun with the SDSM and AJM and for what...
SDSM and the AJM in a war of words over negotiations about the media
In the last few days, an open war has been declared, and the latest to join was the Association of Journalists of Macedonia (AJM) and the opposition SDSM, after the contemporary Association put all the political parties to put in the same basket as the culprits because they were not not invited to the negotiations on the media which...
Popovski: We are correcting the laws the AJM made with the Government
These are the negotiations of political parties included in the Przhino Agreement, because I see no sense in it to include non-government organizations and media associations, said Robert Popovski, a member of the working group of SDSM in talks regarding the media sphere.
According to him, the journalists' associations should lobby political parties to advocate their interests, however, the political...
