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Articles - Macedonia

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Macedonia

Authorities ignore broadcaster's call for violence against journalists

A popular Macedonian broadcaster caused waves across the country when it issued a list of targeted journalists, accusing them of being traitors and calling for their "liquidation", reports the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), the European group of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ). What's worse is that the Macedonian authorities failed to intervene, says EFJ.

Macedonia

REVOCAN LEY DE DIFAMACIÓN PENAL

Macedonia

ABROGATION DE LA LOI PÉNALE SUR LA DIFFAMATION

Macedonia

CRIMINAL DEFAMATION LAW REPEALED

Journalists in Macedonia can no longer be jailed for defamation offences, thanks to an amendment to the criminal code passed by Macedonia's parliament on 10 May 2006, says Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF).

Macedonia

INSTAN A MACEDONIA A FORTALECER PROYECTO DE LEY DE TRANSPARENCIA

Macedonia

LA MACÉDOINE EST PRIÉE DE RENFORCER SON AVANT-PROJET DE LOI SUR LA TRANSPARENCE

Macedonia

MACEDONIA URGED TO STRENGTHEN DRAFT TRANSPARENCY LAW

ARTICLE 19 is putting pressure on the Macedonian government over a proposed law it says contains "serious flaws" that must be speedily addressed if citizens are to gain the right to access information held by public bodies.

Macedonia

LEY DE INFORMACIÓN PÚBLICA CAUSA ALARMA EN IPI, FIP Y ARTICLE 19

Macedonia

LA LOI SUR L?INFORMATION PUBLIQUE INQUIÈTE L?IIP, LA FIJ ET ARTICLE 19

Macedonia

PUBLIC INFORMATION LAW ALARMS IPI, IFJ & ARTICLE 19

Macedonia’s draft Public Information Law will have extremely negative consequences for press freedom, say ARTICLE 19, the International Press Institute (IPI), and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ). The organisations see a number of serious problems with the text, starting with the conditions outlined for limiting freedom of expression. The European Convention on Human Rights does permit some restrictions on the right to freedom of expression and information. However, Macedonia's draft law fails to qualify these restrictions by making clear that they must be "necessary in a democratic society."

Macedonia

SE INFORMA DE PREDISPOSICIÓN EN LOS MEDIOS DURANTE LAS ELECCIONES

Macedonia

ON RAPPORTE UN PARTI PRIS PENDANT LES ÉLECTIONS

Macedonia

MEDIA BIAS REPORTED DURING ELECTIONS

The media in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) provided diverse coverage of the parliamentary elections in October and November 1998, but ethnic or political bias was prevalent, according to monitoring done by the European Institute for the Media (EIM). In its final report, issued in January 1999 and entitled "Monitoring the media coverage of the October-November 1998 parliamentary elections in FYROM", the EIM writes, "the FYROM electronic media outlets, through their diversity, provided the electorate with a reasonably complete picture of the issues, parties and candidates in the elections." However, the EIM noticed "a general tendency" for the electronic media "to focus on parties from their own ethnic community," so that Macedonian parties received substantially more coverage from Macedonian-language media and likewise with the Albanian parties. The EIM noted a similar tendency in the print media to show bias by focussing "on parties from the ethnic community of their readers." For example, the partly state-owned newspaper "Nova Makedonija" "showed a pronounced anti-opposition slant in spite of its obligation... to report without bias." The EIM concludes, "The new government should refrain from attempting to control or influence editorial and managerial decisions in "Nova Makedonija"."