19 April 2019
Macedonia is at 95th place in the latest World Press Freedom Index by “Reporters without Borders” (RWB), thus jumping 14 places compared to the previous report, about 2018. With this, Macedonia fares better than the neighboring Bulgaria, which is an EU member and is at 111th place. The Reports without Borders main objection for this […]
12 April 2019
Within its commitments for free, independent and professional media, Metamorphosis Foundation for Internet and Society deems that the media should not be directly and financially aided by the state. The aid ought to come in other forms such as lowering the tax rates and lifting the journalist employment fees and it ought to be for […]
26 March 2019
In Serbia, manipulation and misinformation on the part of pro-regime TV stations is part of everyday life. A major problem is the lack of information and the Government’s intention to manipulate public opinion through its TV stations and discredit political opponents. Vuk Velebit is an author and researcher who explores Russian propaganda in Serbia’s daily […]
14 January 2019
While reporting on Saturday and yesterday about the vote in Macedonian Parliament, where four constitutional amendments were adopted, which, among other things, Macedonian MPs accepted the change of the name of the Republic of Macedonia, most of the media and some news agencies in neighboring Bulgaria and Serbia, wrote headlines and in part of the […]
3 December 2018
The Association of Journalists of Macedonia (AJN) is protesting because the government has erased the media reforms from the “Plan 18” with priority reforms. “The government’s explanation that the media reforms are absent from the reforms plan because the changes and the additions to the Law of Audio and Audio-Visual Media Services have passed the […]
8 November 2018
Half of the citizens that took part in the poлls or 50, 4% think that the media in Macedonia are dependent and only 15% state that the media in the country is independent, show the results from the research of public opinion “Perception of citizens about media and foreign policy”, implemented by IPSOS Macedonia on […]
16 August 2018
Most media outlets using “unnamed sources” for quotes were published in Serbia, while in Macedonia “unnamed sources” for quotes were named as such, i.e. there were as many as 43 % of the announcements, according to a survey by the Serbian NGO “CRTA” conducted from May 14th to June 10th this year. It is an […]
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 […]
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 […]
26 February 2018
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 […]
6 December 2017
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 […]
22 November 2017
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 […]
13 November 2017
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 […]
24 September 2017
The cabinet of the former Prime Minister, Nikola Gruevski, during the period between 2008 and 2015 spent 38 million of euros from the budget, on campaigns that were broadcast on television and electronic media, informed today at a press conference, the governments spokesperson Mile Boshnjakovski. He also said that this sum doesn’t include the expenditures […]
12 September 2017
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 […]
25 April 2017
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 […]
13 April 2017
“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 […]
24 March 2017
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”, […]
