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Government of North Macedonia strongly condemns the attacks on journalist Tanja MIlevska and calls for quick response

The Government of North Macedonia condemned the attacks with hate speech on journalist Tanja Milevska, MIA's correspondent from Brussels, or any other journalist and citizen. "The Government strongly supports the freedom of speech and free press and has a zero-tolerance for intimidation and threats directed at journalists. Safe reporting and freedom of thought, speech, and action in the media are...

Fake news and (self) regulation in the focus of the electoral manifestos of VMRO-DPMNE and SDSM

The media and the self-regulation, the threats and lawsuits that the journalists face, the fake news, media literacy, and the financial support for the media are all present in the electoral manifestos of two of the biggest political parties that will be participating in North Macedonia's parliamentary elections on the 15th of July. In VMRO-DPMNE's electoral manifesto titled "Renewal of...

Macedonian Ministry of Information Society and Administration approves the new systematization for additional 460 job positions at MRT

Last week, the Ministry of Information Society and Administration (MISA) approved the new systematization of job positions at the Macedonian Radio Television (MRT), proposed by MRT's Program Council. The Program Council's Vice President, Vedat Memedalija, said that the new systematization was signed by MISA's State Secretary, Adem Avziu and it plans an increase of new employees in the public...

The Government with three conditions for the media regarding the new subsidies

The Government has three conditions under which it will fully subsidize the social security contributions for the employees at various media outlets, television, radio broadcasters, printed media, and Internet portals. This was stressed at today's press conference by the Deputy Vice Prime Minister for European Affairs Bujar Osmani and the Minister for Communications, Accountability, and Transparency, Robert Popovski. The first condition...

The Government will subsidize the social security contributions for media workers for three months

During yesterday's session, the Government adopted a Decree to subsidize the social security contributions for media employees. The Decree determines the conditions, the ways, and the procedures for covering the social security contributions for media employees who worked and reported about the COVID-19 situation during the state of emergency i.e. during June, July, and August 2020, informed the Government's...

SSNM: A package with aid measures to help the journalists and the media workers is necessary

The Independent Syndicate of Journalists and Media Workers (SSNM) considers that a package with measures to help Macedonian media is more than necessary and that it must provide a guarantee that this aid will be received directly by the employees that were hit by the COVID-19 crisis. SSNM has three propositions. The first one is lifting the obligation to pay...

Journalists associations: Government’s decree for aid for media selective – does not include all media

The Association of Journalists of Macedonia (AJM) and the Macedonian Independent Syndicate of Journalists and Media Workers (SSNM) expressed their concern about the situation of local and regional broadcasters, who announced they will go on strike by stopping the program temporarily. "This decision by local and regional broadcasters comes after the Government's decree from the 30th of May 2020, according...

Government of North Macedonia with half a million euros helps broadcasters under coronavirus consolidation plan

The Government of North Macedonia will provide financial aid for all broadcasters with money from the COVID19 Crisis Relief Fund in order to help them cover their expenses i.e. fees for the year 2020 towards the operator of the digital terrestrial multiplex, informs the Ministry of Information Society and Administration (MISA). The total sum planned for this purpose is 31.732.390,00...

Macedonian Radio and Television should employ more journalists and open more news correspondent bureaus in the country and abroad

The Association of Journalists in Macedonia (AJM) and the Independent Syndicate of Journalists and Media Workers (SSNM) aren't surprised by the data from the latest Rule book on internal organization and systematization of job positions at the Macedonian Radio Television (MRT) which indicates that the national broadcasting service lacks 469 employees out of which 202 journalists. According to the data...

The Macedonian Independent Syndicate of Journalists and Media Workers condemns the attacks, insults and defamations upon journalist Miroslava Burns

The Macedonian Independent Syndicate of Journalists and Media Workers (SSNM) stated that it is disgusted by the insults, attacks and the defamations published by DokazM.mk on the account of journalist Miroslava Burns. "We are disgusted by the vocabulary used in the articles published by this website that in any form cannot be considered as appropriate for use in a public...

Journalists face pressure even after the shift of power

The government boasted that media workers are freed from political pressure. But, the conduct of some government officials and the journalists’ experience from their everyday work are proof that this is still not true. Threats, pressure, insults, influence – all of these methods are still part of the everyday life in the media sphere, say many journalists from Investigative...