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AJM has called President Ivanov not to try to tie the hands of journalists
The cabinet of President Gjorge Ivanov has basically tied the hands to around 20 journalists by offering them security certificates without any possibilities for them to know how it will reflect on their work, said the president of the Association of Journalists of Macedonia (AJN), Naser Selmani at a press conference.
He called on President Ivanov to stop immediately...
USAID to allocate seven million dollars to Balkan media
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) in Sarajevo presented a program to help the media in the Balkans. According to Serbian B92, the focus of the program will be on the development of online media in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo, and the program is worth seven million dollars and will last for three years.
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AJM and PPO agree to review reports of hate speech against journalists
Representatives of the Association of Journalists of Macedonia had a meeting today with public prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski, where they talked discussed improving the mutual cooperation for issues of common interest.
The prosecution informs that AJM president Naser Selmani expressed concern that in Macedonia there is a policy of impunity regarding violence against journalists. Selmani asked Joveski that the Public Prosecutor's...
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...
Journalist associations are against government legislations and they seek self-regulation
The Macedonian journalism doesn't need a law for media and the current one should be abolished without thinking of a new version, said Tamara Chausidis, the President of the Syndicate of the journalists and media workers of Macedonia (SSNM) during today's debate named as "Determining the need of possible changes in the Law governing the media" that was organized...
Administration answers minimum questions of journalists
There is a real need of changing the Law for Free Access to Public Information although its implementation is more problematic than the law itself - was concluded at today's public debate for the law organized by the Ministry of Justice.
Laws should be changed within the deadlines, with the exception that information is not given, and the jurisdiction the...
Smear campaign by media close to VMRO-DPMNE against Soros, FOSM, Baily and USAID
In the period from March to June, an average of 7 articles daily were published on the topic of "desorosization", that is, the continuing smear campaigns and attacks on civil society organizations, the Foundation Open Society Macedonia (FOSM), George Soros, USAID, the US Ambassador to the Republic of Macedonia, Jess Baily and more, according to an analysis conducted by...
Mancevski: The largest part of the budget – 19.3 million euros – will go to MRT, MRD and AAVMU
The largest part of the budget for the Ministry of Information Society and Administration (MISA) in 2018 will be spent on "Macedonian Radio-Television" (MRT), Macedonian Broadcasting (MRD) and for the Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services (AAVMU) said Minister Damjan Manchevski today.
He explained that the total budget of the Ministry for next year is 1.486 billion denars, which...
IDSC: The “3-6-9” plan is inadequately sequenced and number three from the plan is incomplete
Despite what the government has said that part "3" from the "3-6-9" plan has been completely accomplished, the activities that were planned for the first three months from the reformatory plan are just partially accomplished. Also, the plan has an inadequate sequence of priorities, so some of the more important ones are placed lower in the ranks of importance,...
“E-Society”: We need freedom so we can protect our privacy
Reforms in the media must be done professionally, through debate and separate regulation is needed for internet portals in order to avoid abuse, was the conclusion from the conference "e-society" on "Media and Policy" organized by the Foundation for Internet and Society "Metamorphosis".
Minister of Information Society and Administration, Damjan Mancevski, believes that online portals are part of the problems...
The Government is surprised by Naser Selmani who expects decisive action and not promises
The Government of Macedonia expressed its surprise because of the criticism expressed by the President of the AJM, Naser Selmani who said that the current government has tendencies that resemble the behavior of the previous governments.
Apparently, while replying to a question about today's statement by Minister Damjan Manchevski, when he attended Metamorphosis' "E-society" press conference, that the government mustn't...
Selmani: All we hear from Manchevski is empty phrases, the Government wants to rule the media
"The law is too detailed, it has been infantilized, caricatured, to the point where it determines which programme should be aired and when. It limits the freedom of expression and, moreover, introduces censorship and auto censorship in the media”, said Katerina Kolozova from the Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities - Skopje (ISSH) at today's presentation of their report...
Manchevski: the government mustn’t be the driving engine in the domain of media reforms
The government mustn't be the driving engine for the reforms in the media area and the draft-bill for audio and audio-visual services, said today the Minister of Information Society and Administration, Damjan Mancevski in the introductory speech at the 13th Conference "E-Society," organized by the Metamorphosis foundation for Internet and Society.
-It is ironic to say that the Government should...
CEMM: The state mustn’t interfere in the media self-regulation
The Council of Media Ethics of Macedonia (CEMM) announced today that no government or a political party must make decisions in the name of the media as a reaction to the announced changes in the Law for audio and audiovisual media services.
According to CEMM, any kind of influence from the state over the process of self-regulation in the...
The government is ready to abolish fines for the media and to increase the budget for MRT
The goal of the Government is to create space and mechanisms where the media can self-regulate, because they should not be the author of media reforms, said Minister of Information Society and Administration, Damjan Mancevski at today's debate on the draft Law on Audio and Audiovisual Media Services, which the Government organized as a continuation of the current debate...
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...
OSCE/ODIHR: The elections were democratic and we didn’t notice any act of violence
The second round of mayoral elections were competitive and respect for fundamental freedoms contributed towards conduct of democratic elections, the observers from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) concluded in a preliminary statement released today.
“The legal framework forms a sound basis for the conduct of democratic elections. While most provisions of the Electoral Code apply...
Poll: The media in Macedonia is prone to corruption and dependent on politics
The media in Macedonia is dependent on political influences and are corrupted as well. This is the perception of the citizens that were questioned as part of the "Balcan barometer 2017" - a survey of public opinion in Southeastern Europe, that has been carried out by the Regional Council for Cooperation - an operative body of the countries in...
MTV responds to AAVMU: We report more on VMRO-DPMNE because there were reactions to the reports
The first channel of MTV reacted today to the Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services’ (AAVMU) remarks, laid down in the report on monitoring media coverage for the period from 16 to 24 September 2017, that MTV1 haven’t complied with the provision for balance in reporting on the activities of the opposition political parties represented in the Parliament.
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AJM is struggling with fake news with the Code of Ethics from 2001
The Association of Journalists of Macedonia sent copies of the Code Journalists of Macedonia to all the media registered in the Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services.
"The AJM Code of Ethics was adopted in 2001 and was first distributed to all media in the country. Due to recent developments and upcoming local elections, the need for its re-representation...
