Tag: субвенции

Media reforms in North Macedonia were very low on the agenda of policy and decision makers in the first quarter of 2020, states the report titled "Monitoring of Media Reform Process and the Work of AVMS and MRT" by the Media Development Center. COVID-19 pushed out the issue of media reforms from the agenda and an exception from this...

The media and the self-regulation, the threats and lawsuits that the journalists face, the fake news, media literacy, and the financial support for the media are all present in the electoral manifestos of two of the biggest political parties that will be participating in North Macedonia's parliamentary elections on the 15th of July. In VMRO-DPMNE's electoral manifesto titled "Renewal of...

The State Committee for Prevention of Corruption (SCPC) demands a strengthening of criteria for granting subventions for printed media and in its National strategy for preventing corruption is seeing them as posing risks of corruption and clientelism. SCPC demands that the media should not be granted assets from the budget for election campaigns. This year, the government will grant...

Within its commitments for free, independent and professional media, Metamorphosis Foundation for Internet and Society deems that the media should not be directly and financially aided by the state. The aid ought to come in other forms such as lowering the tax rates and lifting the journalist employment fees and it ought to be for the purpose of quality...

If the Constitutional court disputes the article from the Election code, there won't be any obstacles for the payment of the subsidies. We have an appropriate liquidity - said the Minister of Finance, Kiril Minoski for "Television 24." He is hoping that the sums will be paid within the planned deadline until the 30th of June. The Constitutional court has confirmed...

“Subsidies are not good will of Gruevski’s Government, but the obligation of the state to farmers, which is guaranteed by law. Hence, the Government is changing the law. This shows that it has no intention to help farmers, but intends to protect itself from the obligations towards them and fill the empty budget”, say representatives of SDSM. - For their...