Tag: МРТ

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 is 1.486 billion denars, which...

The government was lately called out that it wants to interfere in the media's editorial policies. But the government doesn't want to control the media nor it should, or it doesn't want to be the driving engine of the reforms, but we wanted to provide the journalist's with space and mechanism to make the reforms of the law to...

For the Association of the Journalists of Macedonia (AJM), the idea where the Government will be regulating the media content is absolutely unacceptable, stressed the President of AJN, Naser Selmani, during the meeting with OSCE's new General Secretary Thomas Greminger, who is visiting the country. "it is contrary to the best practices in the European democracies," said Selmani and he...

Next year, Macedonia will participate in “Eurovision Song Contest”, after MRT and the Portuguese Radio Television had reached an agreement. On the official Eurovision website, Macedonia now stands as one of 43 participating countries. Last week, on the list, it said that the change from the selection in 2017, is that Russia will be participating again, and Macedonia will not. The...

The assets that will be used from the state budget and diverted to the Macedonian Radio Television (MRTV) will be used for providing an independence of the national service, said the SDSM's party leader and Prime Minister Zoran Zaev during yesterday's political rally in Tetovo as part of the local election campaign. -Up to 80.000 -100.000 accounts are being...

Dime Ratajkovski is still formally and legally the editor in chief at the MRTV's first channel, even though more than a month ago he has resigned due to personal reasons. But he is still named on the MRTV's internet page as the first channel's editor in chief. Ratajkovski didn't want to comment and reply to Meta's question whether his...

The first channel of MTV reacted today to the Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services’ (AAVMU) remarks, laid down in the report on monitoring media coverage for the period from 16 to 24 September 2017, that MTV1 haven’t complied with the provision for balance in reporting on the activities of the opposition political parties represented in the Parliament. On...

"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...

A group of journalist and media organizations submitted a request to the Government for the implementation of systemic media reforms, which emphasizes priority legal amendments and measures that need to be implemented. The Government has been asked to start an inclusive and transparent process for a public discussion, as other problems resolutions can lead to the improvement in the freedom...

Political parties have continued the talks on the media in the MPs Clubhouse in Skopje. According to reports, today they will discuss reforms at the Macedonian Radio Television MRT. They, in turn, yesterday again did not make any progress on disputable matters, "Meta" has learnt. According to our information, negotiators discussed the Media Agency, but did not reach a solution. Yesterday VMRO-DPMNE...

Members of the platform for civil politics "Ajde," seated on chairs, held a protest performance in front of MRT and demanded its return to the citizens. They publicly appealed to Macedonian Radio Television (MRT) that it should be a public service of the citizens, not government propaganda bullhorn. On this event, journalists and civil activists Zoran Bojarovski, Sashka Cvetkovska, Ines...

On the social network "Facebook", yesterday appeared a group called "Let’s return MRT to the citizens", which gained nearly 4,000 supporters in less than 24 hours after it was formed. "If MTV doesn’t wise up, occupation of the building will follow! If we are so democratically developed country, why are citizens ignored on the public service? We have to reclaim...