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Film fans buy nearly 78,000 tickets on Berlinale opening sales day

Film fans in the German capital forked out funds for nearly 78,000 tickets to the Berlinale, the city's famous film festival, slightly higher than the 77,599 sold on the first day of sales last year, publlishes DPA news agency. There were actually 77,757 tickets sold...

Metamorphosis Foundation is establishing a Coalition For Responsible Artificial Intelligence in North Macedonia

Photo: Meta.mk, 19 December 2023 Metamorphosis Foundation launched a process of establishing a Coalition For Responsible Artificial Intelligence, that will include stakeholders from several sectors, informed Bardhyl Jashari, Executive Director of the Foundation, closing this year’s edition of the international conference “e-Society.mk”, which was organized...

Young people in a three-day-workshop learned about data visualization [Gallery]

Photo: Meta.mk A three-day training on data journalism and visualization was held in Public Room in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia, from 14 to 16 December. The training in English was attended by 14 young people, primarily students and journalists from all over North...

Interview: Eurovision sensation Joker Out discuss their creative process, touring and more

Slovenian band Joker out, reached a sudden rise to fame after their performance on this year's Eurovision Song Contest and have followed up their success by heading on a big European tour. Although they started off with the classic high-school-band story, today they are...

The Internet Governance Forum in Japan calls for joint efforts in building an internet that empowers all people

Op—ed on Internet Governance Forum in Kyoto by Bardhyl Jashari, Executive Director of the Metamorphosis Foundation The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) is one of the most significant platforms when it comes to Internet policy. It serves as an annual forum held under auspices of United...

Girl, 16, finds wallet with more than €7,000 – and returns it

A 16-year-old girl from Cuxhaven, a town bordering the North Sea, found a wallet containing more than €7,000 ($7,665) - and handed the money in to the police, writes German press agency DPA. The girl phoned the police station on Saturday evening and explained that...

Metamorphosis and NOVA working together to raise students’ media literacy knowledge

Novakovski and Jashari signed a Memorandum of Cooperation. Photo: Meta.mk The Metamorphosis Foundation for Internet and Society and NOVA International School Skopje launched cooperation for joint raising of the media literacy of the students' media literacy and raising awareness about the role of digital media...

Survey: Most German students have used ChatGPT for homework

Around a year after the hype surrounding ChatGPT began, tools like this have arrived in the everyday educational lives of many young people in Germany, according to a new survey, writes the news agency DPA. The survey found that 68% of school pupils, trainees and...

Cristina Tardáguila: Journalism is the best profession in the world and fact-checkers are more than needed

Cristina Tardáguila, an inspirational and energetic journalist from Brazil is the founder of Agência Lupa, the first fact-checking initiative in her country. She is the former International Fact-Checking Network’s Associate Director. As a reporter and/or an editor, Tardáguila has worked in some of the...

Visitors pack Berlin’s Pergamon Museum ahead of years-long closure

Crowds have been clamouring to visit Berlin's Pergamon Museum to view world-renowned treasures including the ancient Ishtar Gate of Babylon before the museum closes on Sunday for years of renovations, says german news agency DPA. The museum, among the most popular in all of Germany,...

Young journalists from Metamorphosis Foundation on a study visit in the USA

Photo: Metamorphosis Foundation Two interns from the media outlets working under the auspices of Metamorphosis Foundation - Meta.mk and Portalb.mk - together with two representatives of the Foundation itself, were on a week-long study visit in Washington, USA. The study visit was organized by the...

Majority of Germans dislike e-scooters, mention road safety concerns

A majority of Germans have a poor opinion of e-powered scooters, while many have never used one themselves, according to a survey conducted by YouGov on behalf of dpa, writes German news agency DPA. A little over half (51%) of adults in Germany have a...

Macedonia with the Largest Delegation at the Giffoni Film Festival in Italy

In the period 20 - 29 July, in Giffoni Valle Piana in Italy, the 53-rd edition of the Giffoni Film Festival will take place, which is the largest film festival for children and youth in the world. Among the 6500 participants from around thirty...

New Donation Campaign for Ukraine through “World of Warcraft” with Mila Kunis “ as the Face of Recognition

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A new donation campaign for Ukraine was launched through the video-game “World of Warcraft” with Mila Kunis as the face of recognition. Kunis is a Hollywood actress of Jewish descent born in Ukraine. She become popular playing the role in the series "That 70s...

In a three-day training in Strumica, young people were learning Data Journalism and Data Visualization

Metamorphosis Foundation in cooperation with the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) held a three-day workshop “Data Journalism and Visualization” in the period 26 - 28 April in Strumica. Eleven people, primarily students and young journalists from the Vardar and Southeast Region of North Macedonia,...

A three-day training “Combating disinformation and fact-checking” was held in Struga

A dozen of young people from the South-West Region and Pelagonija participated in the three-day workshop on the fight against disinformation and fact-checking, that took place in Struga from 22nd to 24th March. The training was organized by the Metamorphosis Foundation in partnership with...

HMA Op ed for launch of the International Women and Girls Strategy 2023-2030

It can sometimes feel like the struggle for gender equality is getting more and more difficult. Women in Iran are harassed for the way they dress, girls in Afghanistan are prevented from going to school, and stories of horrendous sexual violence are emerging from...

Without an access ramp to the cafeteria in Stiv Naumov dormitory in Skopje, a student in wheelchair was forced to eat alone in his room

In the cold and rainy periods, I was waiting in the rain in front of the cafeteria building for one of the kitchen staff to get me my meal and come back. If there was an access ramp, I would have gone myself into...

Мacedonian and Bulgarian university with a historic Russian connection will “produce” MAs in Sveti Nikole

The result of the public-private partnership between the State Bulgarian University from Veliko Tarnovo “Ss. Ss. Cyril and Methodius” (VTU) and the Macedonian private International Slav University (MSU) is the offer of master studies for Macedonian students taught by Bulgarian professors. Apart from educational...

Slovenian left-wing “Levica” made child adoption by same-sex couples a legal right

The amendment to the Family Code went into full force in Slovenia on the 31st of January 2023, thereby decreeing that marriage is no longer just a union between a man and a woman, but a union between two persons, and same-sex couples are...