13 October 2020
The Independent Labor Syndicate of Journalists and Media Workers (ISSMW), the Association of Journalists of Macedonia (AJM), and the Council of Media Ethics of Macedonia (CMEM) condemned, as they say, the inappropriate statements that were aimed at discrediting and which were followed by lawsuit threats towards the colleagues from the online medium “A1On” by the […]
5 October 2020
Citizens, journalists, NGOs and all other requesters of public information in North Macedonia still mostly complain to the Agency for Protection of the Right to Free Access to Public Information about the silence of the administration. Even 163 of a total of 222 applications submitted to the Agency during the first six months of 2020 […]
28 July 2020
The Basic Criminal Court Skopje has declared Macedonian Radio’s First channel, but also the director of Macedonian Radio and Television, Marjan Cvetkovski, guilty for violation of the election silence. The court passed a sentence with fines for JRP MRT 1 in the amount of 1.800 EUR, including 200 EUR fine for Marjan Cvetkovski, who is […]
18 July 2020
Media reforms in North Macedonia were very low on the agenda of policy and decision makers in the first quarter of 2020, states the report titled “Monitoring of Media Reform Process and the Work of AVMS and MRT” by the Media Development Center. COVID-19 pushed out the issue of media reforms from the agenda and […]
17 July 2020
The numerous debates and talk-shows were mainly used by the participants as platforms for mutual personal criticism, note OSCE/ODIHR’s observers in their report regarding the monitoring of national broadcasters during the election process in North Macedonia. The preliminary report also states that the newscasts of all national broadcasters monitored by the ODIHR SEAM provided superficial […]
15 June 2020
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 […]
11 December 2019
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 […]
23 August 2018
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 […]
16 July 2018
The parliamentary Committee on Transport and Communications today accepted the proposal for re-balancing the budget for Macedonian Radio Television, and as a result, the public broadcaster will receive nearly three million euros on its account for this year. In 2018, MRT was originally meant to receive 700 million denars, and with the budget re-balancing, this […]
28 June 2018
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 […]
12 June 2018
The Minister of Information Society and Administration, Damjan Manchevski, today at a press conference in the Government asked the Parliamentary Committee on Transport, Communications and Environment, chaired by VMRO-DPMNE, to work continuously on a daily basis, until the amendment debate on the Draft Law on Audio and Audiovisual Media Services has ended. He said that […]
17 May 2018
The parliamentary Committee on Transport, Communications and Environment held the fourth continuation of the amendment debate on the Bill on Amending the Law on Audio and Audiovisual Media Services today, which is in second reading. VMRO-DPMNE’s fifth amendment was up for discussion, which requires the deletion of the paragraph of the bill that obliges the […]
11 May 2018
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 […]
3 May 2018
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. […]
19 April 2018
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 […]
4 April 2018
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 […]
6 March 2018
Reforms to the media are currently underway, however the pace and quality vary from pillar to pillar. This was pointed out at today’s presentation of the second periodical report, part of the project “Media Reform Observatory” implemented by the Foundation for Internet and Society “Metamorphosis”, “Agora” , Center for Promotion of Civil Values and the […]
6 March 2018
After a dispute with the Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services, yesterday the Government quarreled with the cable operators regarding what the Minister for Communications and Accountability, Robert Popovski really meant when he spoke about copyright infringement on Friday. The Cable Operators Association (COA) and the Economic Interest Network of the operators of the […]
5 March 2018
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 […]
20 February 2018
On August the 22nd, the Government of the Republic of Macedonia came to the decision not to advertise with electronic broadcasters, newspapers and news portals, as well as billboards, but reserves the right to inform about its activities through social media. 15.800 denars were spent on this information since its appointment in June, stated government spokesman, Mile […]
