10 September 2016
The ad-hoc body set up to monitor the media during the upcoming pre-election campaigning period have made their first decision, or, to be more precise, they have come up with a proposal for the imposition of a financial penalty for the Macedonian Radio Television (MRT ), in regards to government advertising. “After the interim Commission […]
31 August 2016
The existing four members of the ad hoc body to regulate the media have, today, failed once again to come to an agreement on the choice of a fifth member, who, by law, must be of Albanian ethnicity. One of two candidates proposed by the SDSM, Ljubomir Kostovski commented that although the situation was almost […]
30 August 2016
Daut Dauti has withdrawn his name as a candidate in the contest to become the fifth member of the ad hoc body set up to monitor the media. His letter to the Agency of Audio and Audiovisual Media Services confirmed his withdrawal from the contest. “I want to thank you all for the confidence you […]
28 August 2016
Political parties signatories to the Pržino Agreement failed to meet all the deadlines stipulated by the agreement which was reached on July 20, before the leaders’ meeting where leaders’ are meant to determine a date for early parliamentary elections. The agreement came to a standstill during the formation of the ad hoc body to regulate […]
27 August 2016
The members of the temporary ad hoc body for monitoring the work of the media during the election campaign, still have not reached an agreement over the fifth member. Meetings will continue from Monday. The four members did not reach a consensus nor did they manage to reach the deadline for selecting the fifth member […]
25 August 2016
The meeting between the four members of the ad hoc body and the Director of the Agency of Audio and Audiovisual Media Services, Zoran Trajchevski came to an end. The temporary body which is meant to regulate the work of the media during the election campaign, will not officially disclose whether they reached an agreement […]
25 August 2016
The temporary ad hoc commission for the regulation of the media could not reach a consensus regarding the selection of the fifth member, “Meta” learned from sources within the ad hoc body. The members of the ad hoc body for the regulation of the media during the election campaign at today’s session were meant to choose […]
23 August 2016
Tomorrow, members of the ad hoc body for the regulation of the media during the election campaign will select its fifth member, that is required for this body to begin its work, members of the ad hoc body told “Meta”. The Electoral Code clearly states that the fifth member has to be of Albanian ethnicity, and […]
16 August 2016
Today at 14:00, the members of the ad hoc body will meet for the first time at the Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services (AVMU), “Meta” has learned. Ljubomir Kostovski, Cvetin Chilimanov and Slagjana Dimishkova will meet with the Director of the Agency, Zoran Trajkovski while Goran Trpenoski is still on vacation. There are […]
11 August 2016
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 […]
5 August 2016
The Macedonian Association of Media (MAN) does not support political parties to nominate members for an ad hoc body for regulation, because, according to Ivona Talevska, this decision should be made by the journalists’ associations. “The AJM as an extended attachment of the SDSM, and under the guise as independent members failed to secure or […]
