Tag: media
Macedonia 04.05.21 | 18:22

Government accepts requests of media and media workers for establishing fund for projects of public interest

After extensive analyzes and debates, as well as consultations with domestic and international institutions, the government has accepted majority of the requests of the media and media workers, which refer to the media reforms, government sources told MIA. The media reform package mainly refers to the...
Macedonia 21.04.21 | 09:54

VMRO: Latest report confirms that freedom of speech is being suffocated in Macedonia

The latest report from Reporters Without Borders proves that the Zaev regime is violating freedom of expression and pressuring the media, the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party said in a press release. The brief report found that Government officials are threatening and insulting media outlets, in a general...
Macedonia 20.04.21 | 10:56

Government officials threaten and insult media outlets, RSF finds in its latest report on Macedonia

In a brief report on the state of media freedom in Macedonia, Reporters Without Borders note that “senior government officials continued to threaten and insult media outlets, while cyber-harassment and verbal attacks against journalists increased on social media”. All this served to reinforce...
Macedonia 09.04.21 | 12:58

Mickoski: The Government is pressuring media outlets not to report on the passports scandal

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski called on the media outlets to defy pressure from the Zaev regime and to report on its accumulating scandals. Currently, many media outlets are under-reporting on the allegations that Zaev’s Interior Ministry was issuing passports to a number of top level...
Macedonia 31.01.21 | 19:01

SDSM wants to throw out media rules whose adoption it vehemently demanded while it was in opposition

The ruling SDSM party is now trying to reverse changes made on the media law in 2018, to make it easier to appoint board members to the AVMU media agency and the MRTV public television on a purely partisan vote. After years of pressure from activist groups, but mainly SDSM itself, the law was amended...
World 19.01.21 | 17:15

V4: George Soros builds a global media empire – Part 1

The foundation run by US stock market speculator George Soros is not only involved in the financing of human rights and pro-migration organisations, as it also supports a sizable array of media outlets all across the globe, the V4 news agency reports. George Soros realised many years ago that he would...
Macedonia 03.01.21 | 19:04

SDSM announces another push against critical media outlets

The ruling SDSM party announced it is launching another campaign to fight misinformation. In her remarks, SDSM spokeswoman Bogdanka Kuzeska immediately announced that the unspecified measures will again be aimed at critical media outlets, using the coronavirus crisis as an excuse. The plan for crisis...
Macedonia 24.12.20 | 20:25

Zaev confirms his intent to end one of the key media “achievements” of his Colored Revolution

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev confirmed his intent to remove article 102 of the law on media, and to allow the Government to again fund public relations programs on private outlets. Zaev centered much of his 2015 Colored Revolution on allegations that the Nikola Gruevski Government is having too many such...
Macedonia 01.12.20 | 19:13

Government adopts protocol for events covered by media during pandemic

The Government adopted Tuesday the Protocol for events covered by media during the coronavirus pandemic, which regulates the media presence at public events and the organizer’s tasks for ensuring safe and continued work of media and all others attending the event. It contains two parts, general...
Macedonia 05.08.20 | 20:52

SDSM abused the state of emergency to influence the elections, Mickoski says

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski said that SDSM abused the changes to the electoral code, which it unilaterally adopted before the elections, to gain unfair advantage during the July 15 elections. SDSM spent a billion EUR from the budget in vote buying, unlawfully blocked the property of my party...
World 29.07.20 | 11:15

V4: Hungarian media entrepreneur adds 100 million EUR to his wealth

Although many say that opposition press has ceased to exist in Hungary, one of the largest opposition media moguls has added tens of billions to his assets in the past ten years. Compared to 2010, his wealth has grown sevenfold, the V4 news agency reported. The Brussels news outlet Politico interviewed...
Macedonia 23.06.20 | 11:54

An attack on the media: Five minutes before the end of the state of emergency, the government cuts marketing budget by half

The SDSM government has dealt another blow to the media. Five minutes before the expiry of the state of emergency, it decided to cut the marketing budget by half. They did so with an extraordinary decree that invaded the Electoral Code and the way the marketing budget is distributed. The decision to cut...
Macedonia 12.05.20 | 10:37

Mancevski: We are thinking about supporting all media, not selectively

The government plans to adopt a decree to give state money to the media, Minister of Information Society and Administration Damjan Mancevski told TV 24 on Monday. He denied that such a decision would mean corruption in the media. We are considering a decree that will provide financial support because...
World 17.04.20 | 13:10

V4: George Soros deploys media army against Hungary again

Significant efforts were aimed at discrediting Hungary lately and the methods and fake news point towards the network of billionaire speculator George Soros, the V4 news agency reported. Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto was interviewed by American news channel CNN a few days ago. The Hungarian...
Macedonia 27.03.20 | 18:06

Stamenkovska: The Government is using the epidemic to censor critical media outlets

The Government is trying to limit the freedom of the press just as critical media are posting key questions about corruption and abuse of office, said interim Deputy Public Administration Minister Nevenka Stamenkovska – Stojkovski. Stamenkovska, who is appointed to the Government by the opposition...
Macedonia 22.03.20 | 18:47

Government gives in to pressure from journalists and the media

The government has succumbed to the pressure from journalists and the media, saying anyone can ask a question online and get an answer. In previous days the government opted for online press conferences and inclusion of questions. But by abusing the situation it has tried to exclude the critical media....
Macedonia 21.03.20 | 21:35

Stoilkovski: Media censorship amid an epidemic

The government is introducing media censorship amid an epidemic, says VMRO DPMNE spokesman Naum Stoilkovski. The government opted for online press conferences and inclusion of questions. But by abusing the situation it is trying to exclude critical media. Accreditation is required to ask questions at...
Macedonia 06.03.20 | 15:11

Zaev’s long march against the critical media

Early in Zoran Zaev’s term in office the three best read newspapers – Dnevnik, Vest and Utrinski Vesnik – were shut down. The MPM publishing agency collapsed and its partial owner, businessman Jordan Orce Kamcev faced extortion attacks from close allies of Zoran Zaev which is now the...
Macedonia 26.02.20 | 14:13

At a time when they say we are shining media darkness will happen! Why is the government attacking the media?

With the decision of all cable operators to stop broadcasting all TV channels, foreign and domestic, for the first time, there is a serious threat to media darkness. In the battle between the media, cable operators and the government, the citizens are collateral damage. Where did the problem start? This...
Macedonia 22.02.20 | 15:11

SDSM: There are serious indications that VMRO-DPMNE with black money from abroad corrupts media to work against NATO and EU

VMRO-DPMNE does not want to look at the facts that raise suspicion that Hristijan Mickoski’s party with black money from Hungary is corrupting the media to spread fake propaganda against the state, SDSM reacts. According to the ruling party, the opposition with black money from abroad is corrupting...
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