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Truthmeter’s response to the latest disinformation campaign against their website and newsroom

What can be noted from this disinformation campaign – just like in the previous ones – is the lack of argumentation on the side of those attacking, related to possible errors, oversight, or inaccuracy expressed by Truthmeter’s editorial staff to justify the criticism and threats against us. Among these numerous manipulations and untruths, there is simply not a trace...

It is not true that the Ukrainian Government is threatening to start with terrorist attacks throughout Europe

Photo: Screenshot from the video In the clip from the video, which is incorrectly interpreted in the post, Podolyak is talking about a hypothetical situation if EU would stop helping Ukraine and he is explaining what would happen in Europe should the assistance in weapons cease. He, however, is not saying that Ukraine will undertake terrorist attacks in Europe, but...

EFJ: Six attacks against journalists in December following escalating tensions in Kosovo

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) raises the alert on the increasing threats surrounding journalists and media workers reporting on the tensions between Serbia and Kosovo from the North of Kosovo, and joins its affiliate the Association of Journalists in Kosovo (AJK) in asking the competent authorities, including the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX), the...

Metamorphosis Foundation’s debate: Media reforms must be continuous, not “stop and go” process

Metamorphosis Foundation organized a debate yesterday about the reforms in the media sector in North Macedonia, which took place after the presentation of the report "Halfway completed reforms – the political will is here one moment, and gone the next", on the media reforms' monitoring it performed. At the debate, the reports' findings were confirmed, where a joint conclusion was...

Journalists are suing the state for failing to punish the assailants who stormed the Macedonian Parliament on 27 April 2017

At the end of April, three journalists from North Macedonia - Nataša Stojanovska, Dušica Mrgja and Goran Trpenoski, victims of the violent storming of the Macedonian Parliament on 27 April 2017, filed a private lawsuit against the state for a violation of the right to freedom of expression and compensation for non-pecuniary damage. The lawsuit was filed as a sign...

Selmani: Police must learn that journalists are not the enemy

The police must learn that journalists reporting from protests are not the enemy, but are also professionals on official duty, who need to be protected if attacked by participants at protests. They deserve protection, in accordance with domestic and international law, said the President of the Association of Journalists of Macedonia (AJM), Naser Selmani, at a workshop in Skopje...

AJM: 18 journalists were attacked last year and no one has been held accountable

Last year, in Macedonia, 18 attacks nf journalists were reported, of which 13 were physical and verbal attacks, while the rest were insults, obstruction at work and the destruction of property, according to the Report on the Freedom of the Media and the Safety of Journalists in Macedonia for 2017 which was presented today, by the Association of Journalists...

British Embassy: The violent attacks that occurred on the 27th of April must be investigated and there has to be a legal outcome

The British Embassy in Macedonia stated that the violent attacks at the Parliament on the 27th of April must be investigated and that there has to be a legal outcome. "The events in Parliament on 27 April involved serious violence and deserve thorough investigation with consequent action through the courts if appropriate. It is important that institutional procedures...

Out of 52 reported cases of attacks on journalists, five cases were transferred to OJO and five are on trial

Only 10 out of 52 cases of attacks on journalists were completely investigated and 5 of them were transferred at the Basic Public Prosecution, and five were ruled as minor offenses at court. This information was sent by MoI to the Association of Journalists (ZNM) after the Association has demanded an answer how many cases of attacks on journalists...

Gjorchev: With the attacks on the municipalities, there is mass political and party repression

The fact is that in Macedonia at the moment, there is political repression everywhere, there are intrusions in the municipalities and there are massive pressures on both the candidates of VMRO-DPMNE and voters and entire groups of citizens, said a member of VMRO-DPMNE, Vladimir Gjorchev. He added that today there was a direct attack on the municipalities of Vevcani, Kriva...

Zaev’s reaction about the flag in Xhaferi’s cabinet: If a mistake has happened then it should be fixed

There is a possibility that by the end of this month a new government will be formed, in accordance with the deadlines, but it depends on Gjorge Ivanov’s decision as well as the technical preparedness of the Parliament, said SDSM’s party leader, Zoran Zaev after the meeting with OSCE’s representatives in “Holiday In.” He also said that he is...

MOI: Criminal charges have been brought against 15 individuals while five have been detained

Regarding the attack on Parliament, where several MPs were injured, the MOI submitted to the case over to the Public Prosecution who have filed 15 criminal charges relating to several members of the crime who participated in the crowd. The Minister of Interior reports that five of the identified have already been detained into custody. “After reviewing the video footage, operational...

Žbogar: The Civil Sector in Macedonia is a target to accusations used for gaining political points

The civil society in Macedonia is a target of public political accusations that are used for gaining political points, and the civil activists are discredited and marked. This was said today by the Euro Ambassador Samuel Žbogar in Štip during the promotion of the new call by the European Union for the country’s civil organizations in the amount of...

After the beatings, journalists are now being spat on in public and on social networks

After the physical assault on a journalist and cameraman from the web portal “A1on”, virtual attacks on journalists on social networks have increased, but, also, attempts to intimidate prominent critics of the current government VMRO-DPMNE. The battle of intolerance has heated up between the ‘patriots’ and the ‘traitors’. All those who do not agree with the views and the actions of...

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...

Brussels: Politicians should stop attacking diplomats and start focusing on elections

Macedonian politicians need to refrain from attacking diplomats, ambassadors and other politicians and should behave professionally, urge diplomats from Brussels. Brussels have told the government and the country to focus on conducting fair elections and in the democratic election campaign, politicians should stop playing dirty games and landing low blows, especially because after the election when everyone will have to...