Tag: media

In an interview with Portalb.mk, Alma Janka, chief editor of Faktoje.al, a fact-checking service in Albania, says that the best "remedy" against misinformation is media education. According to her, there should be a greater spirit of cooperation between the media and other actors that influence the media world, with respect for the code of professional ethics, the principles of...

While reporting on Saturday and yesterday about the vote in Macedonian Parliament, where four constitutional amendments were adopted, which, among other things, Macedonian MPs accepted the change of the name of the Republic of Macedonia, most of the media and some news agencies in neighboring Bulgaria and Serbia, wrote headlines and in part of the texts that Macedonia was...

On Monday, Christmas day in Macedonia, a large part of the Bulgarian media recalled the so-called “Bloody Christmas” of January 7, 1945, when “1200 Bulgarians” were killed in the present territory of the Republic of Macedonia or the then Federal Democratic Republic of Macedonia. For instance, let’s take the article published by faktor.bg, where in addition to this claim they...

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...

In recent years, online media in Albania has boomed. However, many of them are not transparent and "produce" unverified news, Meta's correspondent reports from Tirana. One of these media portals is Pamfleti.net. Much of the news published are actually claims presented in the form of facts. For example, one of the most viewed news on the portal is an article entitled...

The Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services (AVMU) will issue subpoenas against "1TV" and TV Sonce for constant violation of the referendum advertising during the period between 15th and 20th of September. "AVMU stated that since its public announcement on the 14th of September, two broadcasters that are a subject of monitoring for the ways of covering the...

The Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services has reminded broadcasters that results of public opinion polls regarding the referendum may be published no later than five days before the day of the referendum. Therefore, results of opinion polls can be published the latest on Monday, September 24, 2018. According to AVMU, the referendum silence starts 48 hours before voting...

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev together with the EU-Commissioner for European Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn and the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Desir, opened the conference for the counties from Western Balkans, the EU -Western Balkans Media Days that is taking place in Skopje and is organized by the European Commission. -It is inadmissible...

It is impossible to regulate internet portals, said Zoran Trajcevski, the director of the Agency for Audio and Audiovisual media services( AAVMU) on today’s public meeting, on which he presented the activities for the fourth quarter with a focus on media monitoring for the local elections. "It is not about regulation, but mostly about registration and notification. We think that...

Most media outlets using “unnamed sources” for quotes were published in Serbia, while in Macedonia “unnamed sources” for quotes were named as such, i.e. there were as many as 43 % of the announcements, according to a survey by the Serbian NGO "CRTA" conducted from May 14th to June 10th this year. It is an interesting fact that, according to...

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...

A delegation of the Macedonian Journalists Association met with representatives of the OSCE/ODIHR observation mission to discuss changes to the Electoral Code and the referendum, which have a direct impact on the media, the AJM informs. AJM President Naser Selmani stressed that the government and the opposition are abusing the referendum to secure funding for their own political propaganda purposes...

The Government is committed to creating space for the media to inform the citizens impartially and objectively. Our goal is MRT to be a completely impartial and independent media outlet, and the regulatory bodies to be transparent, professional and competent. It is especially important the regulatory bodies and the national broadcaster to not have members of senior party officials,...

After 10 years, there are more critical articles than there are praiseworthy in the world of the media, said Minister without a Portfolio in charge of Communications, Accountability and Transparency, Robert Popovski, at the regular government press conference today. "We celebrate this day in the media, in a democratic, free and European-oriented Republic of Macedonia. For the first time, after...

The Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2017 for Macedonia, prepared by the US State Department, itemizes numerous instances of threats and attacks to journalists, media subordinated to the politics and the economic interests, but also public distrust of the media. "The constitution provides for freedom of expression, including for members of the press, but government pressure on the...

At today's public debate on the bill on audio and audiovisual media services, organized by the parliamentary Committee on Transport, Communications and Environment, experts, associations of journalists and media workers criticized certain parts in the text, which they say will worsen the conditions. According to the president of the Association of Journalists of Macedonia, Naser Selmani, the smaller amount of...

Further significant progress can be achieved in a few years, provided that the government, especially the relevant minister, remain involved in supporting a free and professional media environment – said the Belgian expert in an interview withTruthmeter.mk and Meta.mk. Peter Vanhoutte, the mediator in the talks between political parties during the process of reaching the Przino Agreement, recently visited Macedonia...

The International Fact-Checking Network, in partnership with fact-checking organizations around the world, today mark International Fact-Checking Day. "We believe that fact-checking shouldn't be something only professional fact-checkers do. An accurate information ecosystem requires everyone to do their part", said the International Fact-Checking Network. Also part of this network, is the Foundation for Internet and Society "Metamorphosis", who are actively involved in...

Today, several dozen journalists protested outside the government to demand that measures be taken on threats and insults that DUI official, Bekir Asani sent to the president of the association of journalists, Naser Selmani. At the protest, Selmani said that journalists were constantly exposed to threats and pressure and demanded that measures be taken to put an end to the...

The Government and the Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services(AAVMU) yesterday and today exchanged sharp objections to the problems in media sphere in the past period, following the accusation from the Minister Robert Popovski on Friday that the Agency has not functioned and did not perform its competences for years, in the context retransmission of foreign programming services...