4 June 2020
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 […]
12 June 2018
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 […]
22 January 2018
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 […]
30 November 2017
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 […]
13 November 2017
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 […]
6 October 2017
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 […]
4 May 2017
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 […]
30 April 2017
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 […]
26 April 2017
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 […]
3 March 2017
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 […]
20 February 2017
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, […]
16 January 2017
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 […]
9 November 2016
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 […]
