18 July 2020
Media reforms in North Macedonia were very low on the agenda of policy and decision makers in the first quarter of 2020, states the report titled “Monitoring of Media Reform Process and the Work of AVMS and MRT” by the Media Development Center. COVID-19 pushed out the issue of media reforms from the agenda and […]
17 March 2020
The Agency of Audio and Audio-Visual Media Services (AAAVMS) began its pre-election media monitoring and in the past period it didn’t evidence any violations of the Election Code, states the fourth weekly report that AAAVMS submitted at the State Election Committee (SEC) . The monitoring of the media will continue in the next period, for […]
4 March 2020
North Macedonia did it’s homework and now it is the member countries’s turn, but i think that the starts will be moving and I hope we shall finally see a decision to start the accession negotiations, said the EU Ambassador Samuel Žbogar in an interview for TV 24. “Your country did what it was supposed […]
30 December 2019
The competition for public procurement during the first half of the year in 2019 was worsened compared to the previous two years, In 35 % of the monitored tenders for public procurement it was registered that they have received only one offer, shows the latest report of the regular monitoring of public procurements in Macedonia […]
11 December 2019
The Government ordered the General Secretariat to issue a procedure in a period of 10 days for a public acquisition of preparing an analysis upon the proposal for an alternative railway line route along Corridor 8 that was already proposed by UNESCO’s Reactive mission in 2017, informs the government’s press service. UNESCO has criticized the […]
31 October 2019
The age of children with symptoms and signs of depression is getting younger and younger warn child psychiatrists and psychotherapists. The youngest patient of psychologist Katina Pavloska at the center of mental health for children and youth is only seven. In Macedonia, there is no clear evidence about this pathology. According to the data provided […]
21 June 2019
There were major critical remarks issued towards authorities in North Macedonia regarding the fight against human trafficking in the US Department of State’s latest report about the condition with human trafficking in the world during 2019. The report starts with critical remarks that the government does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination […]
30 May 2019
We received a clear recommendation to start accession negotiations without any additional conditions. The report is the best so far, said President Stevo Pendarovski, after receiving the European Commission’s Report about the country’s advancement for 2019. He said that the EU knows how to value political courage. It only remains for the country to fight […]
30 May 2019
The government led by SDSM has lied again, as there will be no date to start negotiations with the EU this year, stated opposition party VMRO-DPMNE. “SDSM will not start negotiations even with the change to the name because there aren’t any reforms. Zaev should know that the EU will not stand for partisan administrations […]
29 May 2019
The European Commission’s report about Macedonia’s advancement for 2019 is the most positive to date with positive words about the reforms, but there were comments about areas where more work is needed. Stressing that North Macedonia has continued to maintain a steady pace of implementation of EU reforms and the strengthening of democracy and the […]
19 April 2019
Macedonia is at 95th place in the latest World Press Freedom Index by “Reporters without Borders” (RWB), thus jumping 14 places compared to the previous report, about 2018. With this, Macedonia fares better than the neighboring Bulgaria, which is an EU member and is at 111th place. The Reports without Borders main objection for this […]
18 March 2019
The US State Department in its latest Human Rights Report cites the findings obtained from the periodic report on the status of media reforms that was developed within the framework of the “Media Reform Observatory” project implemented by the Foundation for Internet and Society “Metamorphosis”, “Agora” and the Platform for Investigative Journalism and Analysis (PINA), […]
9 August 2018
In its Second Compliance report, published today, GRECO (Group of States against Corruption), an organization which operates within the Council of Europe said that “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has not made significant progress in implementing anti-corruption recommendations among members of parliament, judges and prosecutors. ” The Compliance Report was made according to the […]
16 September 2017
The American company for financial research and analysis, Standard and Poor’s, has affirmed that Macedonia’s credit rating is BB-, with a stable outlook, announced today the Ministry of Finance. The confirmation of the stable outlook, as stated in the press release, reflects the Standard and Poor’s observations for the balance between the risks from Macedonia’s […]
4 March 2017
The most significant human rights problems stemmed from pervasive corruption and from the government’s failure to respect fully the rule of law, including continuing efforts to restrict media freedom, interference in the judiciary and impeding the work of the Special Prosecutor’s Office charged with investigating and prosecuting crimes relating to and arising from illegally intercepted […]
25 November 2016
The OSCE / ODIHR Mission to Skopje’s final report on the parliamentary elections scheduled for December 11 stated that regardless of official election campaign which began on November 21 and should end 24 hours before election day, most political parties had began to mobilize their electorate before this period, by organizing events and implementing campaigns […]
11 November 2016
The government does not have any capacity to carry out reforms, and Macedonia is moving in the wrong direction because it has a predominant executive government that is influencing the judiciary and the Assembly – this was the conclusion of the debate on topic “Urgent Reform Implementation Misses,” organized by the Foundation Open Society Institute – […]
3 October 2016
“I am under pressure from many sides, said Zoran Trajchevski to “Meta” who is the Director of the Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services (AAVMU) when answering the question whether political parties are attempting to influence him. “I am under pressure from many sides, but I will not succumb to it and I will […]
19 September 2016
The second report by the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office on Monday at 12:00 will be discussed at a plenary session in Parliament. Parliament’s official website shows that a session has been scheduled with only two items on the agenda, one is the SPO’s report and the other is the annual report of the work from […]
29 November 2015
Early parliamentary elections scheduled for April 24th 2016 will be monitored by OSCE / ODIHR with 300 observers, it states in the report of the OSCE / ODIHR published on November 27th. The report details and findings were concluded from scanning the actual contemporary political situation in the country and estimates for the Mission in monitoring […]
