Tag: mrtv
Macedonia 05.03.24 | 23:11

VMRO-DPMNE maintains 2:1 lead over SDSM, new poll shows

The latest round of IPIS-MRTV polls, conducted with the presidential candidates already known to the public, confirms that VMRO-DPMNE holds a 2:1 lead over SDSM. The poll showed that VMRO-DPMNE beats SDSM with 19.5 percent against 10.5 percent in the 2nd electoral district, that covers what is supposed...
Macedonia 07.03.23 | 09:38

Distinguished journalist Ljupco Jakimoski died aged 61

Ljupco Jakimoski, distinguished journalist and former head of the Macedonian Radio Television and the Macedonian Information Agency, died yesterday aged 61. Jakimoski was elected twice as member of Parliament from VMRO-DPMNE, including in the first post-independence assembly. He was named director of...
Macedonia 18.04.22 | 17:13

MRTV is not yet broadcast in Bulgaria as agreed

The reciprocal broadcasting of Public Media Services of Macedonia and Bulgaria is not implemented, warns “Radio Free Europe”. Macedonian Radio Television is not broadcast on the Bulgarian air, while the Bulgarian national television BNT is broadcast in the country. Makedonski Telekom took...
Macedonia 15.10.21 | 23:32

Skopje Mayor Silegov walked out of the last debate

SDSM mayoral candidate in Skopje Petre Silegov again left the debate with his challengers early – after storming out from the previous debate as soon as it finished, this time Silegov didn’t even wait until the cameras stopped rolling. The candidates were debating on the Macedonian Television,...
Macedonia 21.04.21 | 13:10

Public television removes promo video for a program on LGBT issues after criticism

The promo for an EU funded program that is being broadcast on the MRTV public television and is geared to the young was removed after criticism for promoting LGBT lifestyles. The program featured a debate with several LGBT activists and the announcement in which a man declares “I want to be outside...
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...
Macedonia 21.12.20 | 22:58

Mickoski: If EU officials don’t speak up on our behalf, it means we don’t share the same values

During his MRTV interview this evening, VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski urged more EU officials to speak out against the Bulgarian blockade of Macedonia. If European bureaucrats stand to the side, despite the hegemonistic and greater-state ideas put forward by Bulgaria, and don’t respect...
Macedonia 21.12.20 | 22:17

Mickoski: If Bulgaria continues to insist on its demands, we will rescind the treaty and call for a new one

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski announced that if Bulgaria continues with its current set of demands, Macedonia needs to abandon the 2017 Zaev – Borisov treaty and seek a new one. Under the treaty, Bulgaria demands a number of concessions on issues of history and national identity, and...
Macedonia 21.12.20 | 18:44

MRTV interview with Hristijan Mickoski

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski will have an interview with the Macedonian MRTV public television this evening. The interview begins at 21h.
Macedonia Sport 13.11.20 | 21:34

“MRTV sports commentator should be awarded, not punished”

Sportscaster Toni Stojanovski would’ve been awarded if he were in any other country, said VMRO-DPMNE spokesman Naum Stoilkovski. Stojanovski is facing calls for his resignation from angry commentators on the left after his emotional comments during the Macedonia – Georgia game in Tbilisi...
Macedonia 12.11.20 | 21:42

MRTV sportscaster one of the heroes of the game

One of the stars of the game in Tbilisi, where a win for Macedonia secured its place in the European Championship, is Toni Stojanovski, sportscaster for the Macedonian public MRTV television, where most of the country watched the game. At a time when Macedonia is being pressured to change its name and...
Macedonia 30.09.20 | 22:31

Macedonian public television will broadcast school lectures as many households lack computers for online classes

With many households lacking computers they need to have their children follow online classes, the Macedonian public television announced it will broadcast some of the classes. MRTV will air short videos filmed by teachers for various grades and topics. But due to time constraints its unclear whether...
Macedonia 06.07.20 | 23:06

Zaev misrepresented the EU negotiating framework

During the portion of today’s TV duel on EU accession, VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski asked SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev why he keeps deluding the public that the EU has approved a date when Macedonia will open accession talks. After being denied a date in 2017, 2018 and 2019, Macedonia...
Macedonia 06.07.20 | 21:27

SDSM blew up the deficit to buy votes ahead of the elections

Deficit spending in the first six months amounted to over 420 million EUR, said opposition leader Hristijan Mickoski during his TV debate with Zoran Zaev, and these funds were used to bribe voters in the run up to the elections. Mickoski said that the projections were supposed to be half that, but the...
Macedonia 06.07.20 | 21:16

Mickoski confronts Zaev with the complete failure to control the coronavirus epidemic

The second televised pre-election duel between Hristijan Mickoski and Zoran Zaev began with the opposition leader confronting Zaev with the exceptionally bad results of the Government in handling the coronavirus epidemic. We hold all the dark records in deaths and in the infection rate and that is due...
Macedonia 01.07.20 | 10:07

MRTV cameraman Shenol Ahmet dies of Covid-19

Shenol Ahmet, a cameraman for the Albanian program of the Macedonian Radio Television, succumbed to the coronavirus. Ahmet (51) was hospitalized last week, and suffered a sudden deterioration of his condition over the past few days. Doctors attempted mechanical ventilation but couldn’t help him....
Macedonia 13.03.20 | 16:41

Educational TV programs will be used to fill the gap as schools remain closed

The Education Ministry will call on TV stations to begin broadcasting educational programs while schools are closed for two weeks over the coronavirus epidemic. Ministry officials are meeting with UNICEF, the Macedonian Television and civic groups and will prepare a program that would ensure the education...
Macedonia 25.02.20 | 15:19

Macedonian TV stations about to go dark in the run up to the elections

A law that was rushed through Parliament on its last day is about to cause chaos in media broadcasting. Cable operators are announcing that they will stop broadcasting all TV channels, foreign and domestic, apart from the state run MRTV channel. This comes in response to the law that was adopted on demand...

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