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The Association of Journalists of Macedonia has reacted against the latest amendments to the Law on Audio and Audio-Visual Services (LAAS) and the Election Code, that were passed on the 4th of February in a short notice by the Parliament without prior consultations with the journalist community. "The amendments to the LAAS, that refer to Article 102 of the...

With 79 votes "in favor of," at the 78th parliamentary session, the draft-law for amendments to the Law of audio and audio-visual media services was passed. This law was voted by VMRO-DPMNE and Coalition's MPs and Liljana Zaturoska stated that the opposition will lodge a proposal for amendments to the already passed law, that she has named as "a...

The Minister in charge of Communications, Accountability, and Transparency, Robert Popovski, and the government's spokesperson, Mile Boshnjakovski, held a working meeting with AJN's president, Naser Slemani, the President of the Council of Media Ethics' Managing Board, Katerina Sinadinovska and the President of the Trade Union of Macedonian Journalists, Tamara Chausidis, as representatives of the three media organizations that are...

The Association of Journalists of Macedonia states that the re-election of Marjan Cvetkovski as manager of the Macedonian Radio-television will not contribute to the reformation of the public broadcasting service and its liberation from political control, said AJM's reaction. They said that the choice of Cvetkovski is the result of the great pressure that was exerted by VMRO-DPMNE and DUI...

For the Association of the Journalists of Macedonia (AJM), the idea where the Government will be regulating the media content is absolutely unacceptable, stressed the President of AJN, Naser Selmani, during the meeting with OSCE's new General Secretary Thomas Greminger, who is visiting the country. "it is contrary to the best practices in the European democracies," said Selmani and he...