Tag: freedom

Harsh condemnations of Russia's military aggression against Ukraine and Russia's blockade of the OSCE operations were voiced by the speakers at the beginning of the OSCE Ministerial Council today in Skopje. They sent a message that the Russian aggression against Ukraine violates the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe from Helsinki, which is the...

 "From internet shutdowns, crackdowns on expression and closed-door partnerships to attempts to restrict anonymity and end to end encryption, in many places, digital rights are under threat," writes IFEX.org in this article republished by Meta.mk. This statement was originally published by the IFEX member Electronic Fronteer Foundation - EFF.org on 27 December 2022.It’s been a tumultuous year for free expression...

North Macedonia ranked 57th on the Reporters Without Borders' 2022 World Press Freedom Index, climbing 33 places compared to 2021. Our country, together with Montenegro, marks the biggest leap in the Balkans region in the media freedom ranking. In this year's list, Montenegro marks a leap of 41 places compared to last year, but it is ranked 63rd on...

Мacedonia will start today the preparatory screeing for Chapter 24 titled "Justice, freedom and security". The Macedonian delegation is led in Brussels by Vice prime minister for European affairs, and Bujar Osmani who is the chief negotiator and the Head of the government delegation for negotiations with the EU. The meeting will last for three days during which expert...

Yesterday, the Council of Europe issued a public warning on its platform for the protection of journalism and the safety of journalists, regarding several amendments to the Electoral Code which could jeopardize the work and freedom of the media in Macedonia. The warning says that the Macedonian state is the source of such a threat to the freedom of...

The newest report from “Reporters Without Borders” has ranked Macedonia 111th according to the index of freedom and calls the country “Balkans’ bad boy”. According to “Reporters Without Borders”, the freedom of the media has decreased in the whole region, however, the decline of the rule of law is most visible in Macedonia. The report points out that defamation was removed...

The President of the United for Macedonia party, Ljube Boskoski, is celebrating his freedom in his home village of Chelopek. The photograph above was taken in the yard of the church "St. Nikola", reported "Sakam da kazam”. Boshkoski asked for privacy at this time and not to be disturbed by the media, and for now, will refrain from giving a...

The International Crisis Group (ICG) in its latest report has put Macedonia in a group of countries where the situation is rapidly worsening. Macedonia is now in the company of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Gambia, Iraq, Nagorno-Karabakh (Azerbaijan), the Republic of Congo, and even Syria is included in the same group. All countries in this group on the list, are continually on the...

The latest report from "Freedom House" officially confirms that the media in Macedonia is not free, and this is the result of Nikola Gruevski’s criminal reign, paid with the taxpayers' money, said the SDSM after the report was published. "Anti-state politics by Nikola Gruevski have suffocated the freedom of speech and the freedom of the media. Gruevski resolved to abuse and pressured...

Opposition political parties today condemned the decision of the Constitutional Court, which allows the President to pardon people accused or convicted of electoral crime, drug dealers and pedophiles. The opposition SDSM said that the shameful decision of the Constitutional Court is nothing but classic abuse of party installations in the judiciary, in the hope that Gruevski will be saved from...

The need to strike a balance between freedom of expression and the right to privacy was the conclusion of the 11th E-Society Conference today. Dedicated to freedom and privacy the e-society conference was organized by the Foundation for Internet and Society, 'Metamorphosis' and the Institute of Human Rights and Peace based in Caen, France. The French Ambassador to Macedonia Lawrence...

“Freedom and Privacy on the Internet” is the theme of the Eleventh International Conference “E-society”, which will take place on Thursday, at the hotel ‘Holiday Inn’ and within the project the implementation of “Decentralized cooperation between the Lower Normandy region and Macedonia”, in cooperation with the Foundation for Internet and Society “Metamorphosis” and the International Institute of Human Rights...

SDSM leader Zoran Zaev, accompanied by his party delegation celebrated Independence Day at Three Pears. In his speech he told citizens that he had visited Kiro Gligorov, at the first Macedonian President's grave and quoted from his speech he had given when Macedonia became Independent in 1991. Independence Day was celebrated with the citizens in the area of ​​Three Pears. Zaev...

In a video address to the regional conference of BIRN in Sarajevo "Challenges to media freedom," EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn sated that the situation of media freedom on the Balkans causes great concern and demands immediate attention. Hahn said that freedom of the media on the Balkans remains a point of particular concern for the European Commission, especially the...

"Freedom House" announced that a "disturbing" decline of freedom was registered last year, and, according to them, the least free country is Syria, while Russia's invasion of Ukraine is seen as a blow to democracy. Its annual report entitled "Rejection of democracy: The Return of the Iron Fist" reads that the increased number of terrorist attacks and the intensification of...