Tag: censorship
Macedonia 03.02.23 | 19:31

Censorship: Government bans Republika and Pressing reporters from the gathering in honor of Goce Delcev

Media freedom suffered another serious blow today. After top Government officials Dimitar Kovacevski, Kreshnik Bekteshi and Ali Ahmeti lashed out at critical TV stations, today reporters from Republika and Pressing were denied credentials to report on the honoring of Goce Delcev tomorrow. The events...
Macedonia 01.02.21 | 13:05

Zaev: Current government will never practice censorship

The current government is a democratic one and will never practice censorship. We fight fake news with the truth and we’ve never come close to crossing the red line into censorship, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said in an interview with “Kapital”. Zaev underlines that the fake news, ie the misinformation,...
Macedonia 25.11.20 | 14:42

The political violence of the government is transformed into media censorship of the opposition

The implementation of open political violence in the exercise of power, by silencing the opposition led by the largest opposition party VMRO-DPMNE and not accepting its proposals for current issues from all crises we are facing, is slowly but surely being transmitted to the media. And to notice and see...
Macedonia 23.11.20 | 15:45

AVMU reacts to Telma’s censorship on VMRO-DPMNE: The media must report in a balanced way

Regarding the publicly expressed reactions that the daily news program of the national television Telma TV lack information on the activities and views of the largest opposition party on current social and political issues, the Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services (AVMU) reminds that one of...
Macedonia 19.11.20 | 20:08

The government wants to silence the opposition – Telma implements: Today its news program went without VMRO-DPMNE

After the cancellation of the scheduled interview with the opposition leader Hristijan Mickoski, today’s Telma news program went without any news segment on the press conferences of VMRO-DPMNE. The practice of the national television editorial board refusing to listen to and convey the voice of...
Macedonia 23.03.20 | 15:21

Journalist associations call on the Government to stop using their list to censor its chief critics

The ZNM and SEMM associations of journalists called on the Government to withdraw its proposal to limit the media outlets who can report during the overnight curfew. Similarly to the now withdraw proposal to limit the number of questions during a press conference, the Government announced it will limit...
Macedonia 04.08.19 | 23:26

VMRO leader says the party will fight new media regulation after Zaev’s “fake news tsar” was caught spreading fake news

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski strongly condemned the attempt by the Government’s “fake news tzar” Marjan Zabrcanec to delude the public over a shouting incident that happened during the Ilinden celebration in Krusevo. Video reveals that the “fake news” incident...
Macedonia 24.07.19 | 16:12

Zaev says the Government is working on an action plan that may lead to censorship

Zoran Zaev announced sweeping new regulation that seems aimed at silencing critical media outlets under the guise of fighting “fake news”. Zaev announced an action plan and the creation of a task force to combat misinformation, and will “analyze and follow attacks”. Zaev claimed...

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