Tag: media reform

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...

Peter Vanhoutte, the main mediator in the political parties talks during the so-called Przhino Process, which led to the Przhino Agreement, visited Skopje again. In this interview he speaks about one segment of the Przhino Process, namely the media reforms, and gives his appraisal. Are you familiar with the course of the media reforms over the past 3 years and...

The percentage of citizens who know what both regulatory bodies are in the sphere of media and electronic communication and what their responsibilities are, is small. This was the conclusion of the presentation of the final monitoring report on the work of the Agency for Electronic Communications (AEC) and Agency for audio and audiovisual media services(AVMU). In the last 18...

The documentary shows and series with historical content produced in co-production with independent production houses in the period between 2013 - 2015 amounted to a total of 1.8 million euros, shows BIRN's research into co-production contracts concluded in 2013, 2014 and 2015. The recorded contents are an audiovisual reflection of the architectural "Skopje 2014" project, ie an attempt through the...

Instead of building a bridge of reconciliation, the Macedonian Radio Television has built lingual walls between its viewers as high as the building itself. Milena Atanasovska - Manasieva - PINA The programmes aired by the Albanian, Turkish, Vlach and other communities in the country do not reach the entire audience because even five years after the digitalization has been introduced, the...