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Metamorphosis Foundation has started an initiative for instant messaging communication between the institutions and the journalists in North Macedonia for the sake of checking the truthfulness of content delivered to the public, Council of Media Ethics informs. "Four closed WhatsApp groups were formed for the following subjects that are of special public interest, both for the state and the citizens:...

The Association of Journalists of Macedonia (AJM), the Macedonian Independent Syndicate of Journalists and Media Workers (ISJMW), and the Council of Media Ethics of Macedonia (CMEM), most strongly condemned the hate speech that we were witnessing in the past several days against a number of journalists and one civil society organization. They called upon the state authorities and institutions,...

Regarding the first case of corona virus in Macedonia, the Council of Media Ethics of Macedonia - CMEM, has called upon the media to act professionally and ethically, and not to contribute in the widespread of untruths and creating panic among the general public. "The informing in cases such as this, according to the Journalist Code (Article 8), has to...

Tomorrow at the European House in Skopje, the Association of Journalists of Macedonia - AJM, and the Council Media Ethics of Macedonia - CMEM, will be presenting the results of the creation of a registry of professional online media. The process of the registry creation was joined by the Economic Chamber of Macedonia. "The procedure was developed according to criteria that...

The Registry f professional online media that the Association of Journalists of Macedonia and the Council of Media Ethics of Macedonia (CMEM) will be promoting this month has caused a great interest and support from journalists and media professionals, that were attending the conference organized by the Council of Europe "The Last Call for Qualitative Journalism" that took place...

The Council of Media Ethics of Macedonia (CMEM) and the Association of Journalists (AJM), in regard to the media reporting on suicide cases have called upon journalists to respect ethical standards and norms and to withhold from sensationalist reporting. "We remind that Article 7 of Media Codex according to which "journalists will respect the privacy of the person except when...

Before the presidential elections, the Council of Media Ethics of Macedonia (CMMM) is appealing for a complete professional responsibility in the area of journalism, promoting a participatory political process and continuous access of the public to relevant and authentic information. "We appeal to the media for a more serious approach to informing i.e. the public interest to be 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...

Council for Ethics in Media of Macedonia (SEMM) today condemned the verdict of the Court of Appeal for the journalist Tomislav Kezharovski and his express transfer from house arrest to prison “Skopje”. “We believe that this decision sends a message of self-censorship to all journalists in the country. The ethical principles of journalism can be defended and maintained only when...