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Priebe: The market is weak, the newspapers are in bad shape and the journalists’ situation is even worse
"Recommendations of the 2015 in the area of media have only to a limited extent been
implemented. The media still faces many of the same challenges that have influenced the
media landscape for several years now and the perception is still that the media outlets are politically affiliated or instruments of influential persons," said the chapter that referred to the media...
Journalists’ Associations demand 30 million euros for MRT from the state budget
The Journalists Association of Macedonia, the Independent Union of Journalists and Media Workers, and the Council for Ethics in the Media of Macedonia submitted remarks to the Ministry of Information Society and Administration regarding the draft law amending and supplementing the Law on Audio and Audiovisual Media Services.
Journalists' organizations consider that one percent of the state budget should be...
AJM: The termination of advertisements will stop the corrupt connection between Government and the media
The termination of advertisements will free the media from financial dependence on the Government, which in the past, were one of the biggest advertisers in the media, says the Association of Journalists of Macedonia (AJM), after the Government's decision to terminate government advertisements in the private media.
The AJM believes that this way "the corruption correlation between the government and...
AVMU will start to monitor media coverage of the local elections
The Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services is starting to monitor broadcasters' coverage of the 2017 local elections, stated AVMU, saying that the monitoring of the media coverage will be conducted in accordance with the Electoral Code.
"A letter has already been sent to all broadcasters, where they are precisely informed about obligations of the Electoral Code, which should...
Popovski has informed Ambassador Plomp about the planned media reforms
The Minister without portfolio responsible for communications, accountability, and transparency, Robert Popovski, after today's meeting with the Ambassador of Netherlands Wouter Plomp.
During the meeting, the current condition in the media was discussed including the announcement of reforms in the legislative in the media sector.
Ambassador Plomp was acquainted with the details of the proposals for changes in the...
Gruevski’s reply to Hahn: VMRO-DPMNE will support all reforms that are in the interest of the citizens
The activities that refer to the integration processes should be implemented and VMRO-DPMNE will support all the reforms that it will mark as of interest of the citizens, stressed the leader of the opposition party, Nikola Gruevski during a meeting with the European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn.
Gruevski, as announced by VMRO-DPMNE, at the...
Plomp: First priority of the new government should be the improvement of the life standard of its citizens
“The new government has to set its priorities, but if you are asking me, I would say that the first priority should be the improvement of the living standards for all the citizens of this country,” said the Ambassador of Netherlands in Macedonia, Wouter Plomp in a weekly interview for “Radio Free Europe”
As priorities, the Ambassador also mentioned...
“Reporters Without Borders”: In 111th place, Macedonia is “Balkans’ bad boy”
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 prosecution are closely following the media about “Magyar Telekom” and are “taking action”
The Public Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime and Corruption are closely following the findings by the media and based on the findings, they have taken additional action for international legal assistance. This was part of the response by the District Attorney of the Republic of Macedonia, while answering our question, “will the outcome of the 'Magyar Telekom' case in...
AJM: Steep fall of media freedom and worsening of the journalists’ status
“In 2016, the government has used all of the government’s available instruments to limit the freedom of speech and to control the media. It is awarding the docile media with public assets while the critical journalists are constantly attacked and are exposed to various types of pressure said Naser Selmani, the president of the Association of Journalists in Macedonia...
“Out of patriotic reasons” VMRO-DPMNE renamed SDSM into SDS without the ‘M’
Recently, VMRO-DPMNE has renamed the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM) and in the party’s official announcements and it’s party members’ statements, they have began addressing their political opponent as SDS instead of SDSM.
Out of the parliamentary rostrum it pronounced as “es-de-es” and this sort of newly formed speech was accepted or is followed by analysts and columnists close...
CEMM: The media should not be used to create tensions
The Council on Media Ethics (CEMM) with great concern has reacted to the frequent cases of the abuse of certain media outlets, especially in the context of the current political situation. The increase of speculation, propagandism and untruths could intensify tensions and lead to potential unrest in society.
CEMM added that they have been responding to these cases for quite...
Monitoring by IKS: “Sitel”, “Kanal 5”, “Alfa” and “Nova TV” are propagandistic television stations
Monitoring of television news coverage conducted from September 2017-February 2017, showed that in the media there are four commercial television stations who could be called propagandistic, this was the conclusion from today’s conference organized by the Institute for Communication Studies (IKS).
“The television stations we are discussing are “Sitel”, “Kanal 5”, “Alfa” and “TV Nova”, who during the monitoring period...
VMRO-DPMNE threatens SPO and SDSM regarding Kočan’s custody
“VMRO-DPMNE is closely monitoring the tendencies of SDSM’s party branch, otherwise known as the SPO, including those of Zoran Zaev and his script writers, but also the judges who are under the influence or pressure from SDSM, in the case of the attempted illegal determining of custody of the owner of TV Nova, Sead Kočan", said the statement by...
Strike by journalists at MPM will increase to eight hours
The strike committees from newspapers “Dnevnik”, “Utrinski Vesnik”, and “West” have decided to increase the duration of the strike up to 8 hours starting from today, said the Independent Union of Journalists and Media Workers (SSNM).
“The reason for this is after all the promises made by management, that they will make the effort to pay our salaries from January,...
Out of solidarity for our attacked colleagues, “Meta” will not be reporting the protests
As a protest against the attack on our colleagues from the “A1on” portal and the continuous verbal attacks on all journalists, Meta News Agency joins other media outlets and will not report about today’s protests organized by the initiative “For a United Macedonia”, neither in Skopje or in other cities. If violence and new attacks occur, we shall report...
CEMM: Attacks on journalists continues to be a serious problem
The Council for Ethics in the Media in Macedonia (CEMM) condemned yesterday’s attack on A1on’s news crew and with great concern, they noted that the incident confirmed the biased attempts to threaten the freedom of media and the public's right to be informed.
The Council said that this was not an isolated incident, and this violent trend is preventing journalists and media...
DZLP has received requests to probe online media and newspapers, requests personal data to be deleted
Last week the Directorate for Personal Data Protection (DZLP) received more initiatives to perform inspections on the media, and online information portals "to determine violations of the Law on the Protection of Personal Data".
The Directorate has indicated to all online portals and print media that they are required to initiate the deletion of personal data, ie minimizing the volume...
VMRO-DPMNE announces “the start of desorosoization process”
"The desorosoization process begins," reads the press release from VMRO-DPMNE, that states "on December 11, the people clearly, courageously and accurately said "no" to the destruction directed by the pardoned criminal Zoran Zaev and the Soros installations in Macedonia".
The statement noted that "SDSM and Soros are constantly working on destroying the civil sector and initiatives, as well as independent...
Gruevski reveals cure for Soros, and reading Trump’s book while on holiday
On the holy night of the "mega-interview" for the online edition of the weekly news portal "Republika", VMRO-DPMNE leader, Nikola Gruevski dedicated a huge part of the interview on the dispute with "George Soros and all the millions that he poured into Macedonia" and with the "corrupt journalists, media owners, professors, intellectuals, analysts, activists, led by professional protesters".
“If it...
