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AAAVMS: The Media Law provides no authorizations for the regulator in order to investigate the origin of assets
The Agency of Audio and Audio-Visual Media Services was unpleasantly surprised by today's press release issued by the Association of Journalists in Macedonia where it is suggested that the Agency didn't act upon the potential misuse of 1TV for illegal activities, reacts the AAAVMS.
"Bojan Jovanovski's activities and the misuse of the medium on his part are a subject...
SSNM and ZNM condemn the threats towards Geroski and demand institutions react
The Independent Trade Union of Journalists and Media Workers (In Macedonian: Samostoen sindikat na novinarite i mediumskite rabotnici "SSNM"): and the Association of Journalists of Macedonia (In Macedonian: Zdruzenie na novinarite na Makedonija "ZNM") condemned yesterday's threats to the editor-in-chief of "Plus Info" - Branko Geroski.
“SSNM and ZNM believe that these threats represent a direct attack on the freedom...
CMEM and AJM ask for extreme caution when reporting on suicide cases
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...
AJN: Media reforms to be returned at plan 18
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 government's procedure is absolutely...
Sad news for journalists: Citizens trust them very little and think they aren’t independent
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 request of the foundation...
AAAMS: Scandalous solutions regarding the amendments to the Electoral Codex
The Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services (AAVMU) condemns the adopted amendments to the Electoral Codex, which were adopted yesterday in Parliament, in a shortened procedure. They claim some of the solutions are scandalous.
Their first objection is about the change regarding paid political advertising, which till now it used to be paid by the parties and candidates from...
Out of 52 reported cases of attacks on journalists, five cases were transferred to OJO and five are on trial
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 of attacks on journalists...
Zaev: MRT shall be an independent media, with an independent manager and independent editors
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...
Journalists’ Associations demand 30 million euros for MRT from the state budget
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 the state budget should be...
Journalist Associations submit requests for urgent media reforms
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...
AJM: Steep fall of media freedom and worsening of the journalists’ status
“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 of Journalists in Macedonia...
Journalist associations from the region condemned the attacks on journalists in Macedonia
Journalist associations from Croatia, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Serbia, Montenegro have expressed their solidarity and support for the journalists and the media workers in Macedonia who are constantly dealing with pressures, physical attacks, and death threats.
The associations from the region, after the attack on the TV 24’s reporter during the protests organized by the “For a United Macedonia” initiative,...
AJM condemns the verbal abuse by the Government against journalists
The Association of Journalists of Macedonia condemns the coordinated surge of verbal abuse by the Government against journalists, who, the AJM says, is directed against the freedom of the media and the public's right to be informed.
"Such attacks are intended to intimidate and silence journalists and suppress criticism from the media. The Government wants to prevent the public from being...
Media Laws proposed by the AJM and SSNM fail to pass in Parliament
MPs failed to get their draft law proposal for media reforms passed, the draft-law, which was submitted by the SDSM, but proposed by the AJM and the Union of Journalists and Media workers (SSNM).
The draft-law was modeled on proposals made by negotiator Peter Vanhoutte.
The draft-law envisaged reforms in areas such as the Programming Control of MRT, and in the...
Baily and Orav attend meeting to reinforce working groups over media reforms
US Ambassador to Macedonia Jess Baily and EU Ambassador Aivo Orav joined negotiators from the working group for the media law at the MPs Clubhouse.
The Diplomats will attempt to put pressure on political parties to resolve the issue faster.
Before the meeting, the Belgian facilitator Peter Vanhoutte said he hoped a solution can be found, but was not optimistic.
“We will...
AJM: The law needs to be urgently removed as it promotes censorship
The Association of Journalists strongly condemns the attempt to introduce a censorship bill prohibiting the publication and possession of wire-tapped materials in Parliament yesterday afternoon, filed by MP's from the ruling parties, VMRO-DPMNE and DUI, and it requires an immediate withdrawal from parliamentary procedure. They said that this was an outrageous proposal and instead of the expected improvement of...
British expert to solve the problems with the media
"An interesting meeting," was the brief comment of the facilitator of the negotiations the parties signed in the Przhino Agreement, Peter van Houte, about today's talks discussing the situation in the media.
At the beginning of the meeting, Richard Bailey a media expert gave a presentation on the situation in the British Broadcasting Service "BBC ".
At the meeting of the...
ZNM: MANU and the Ombudsman to propose candidates to key position in the public TV and radio service
The Journalist Association of Macedonia (ZNM) came with the proposal that key positions in the national public radio and TV service, MRTV, should be voted by a two-thirds majority. The people who will fill those positions should be proposed by the Macedonian Academy of Arts and Sciences (MANU) and the National Ombudsman, so that the national public service is...
ZNM: Attacks over journalists are orchestrated and the institutions are complacent
The Association of Journalists in Macedonia (ZNM) has registered in the last four years, more than 20 threats and physical attacks over journalists and media workers, of which half were registered in the first half of this year. Thus far no perpetrators have been identified or held responsible.
This was reported at a press conference today by Naser Selmani, President...
AJM: The Government corrupts the media through campaigns with public money
In the electronic media in the period from October to December 2014 a total of 5,306,107 euros are invested, and in the daily and weekly newspapers 657 759 euros, according to the analysis of public money in the media made by the Association of Journalists of Macedonia.
In the analysis of AJM it is said that the municipal government has...
