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Web Application for Increased Transparency of Local Administrations Presented

author: Dejan Georgievski

12/06/2013 - 17:36

Corruption and Transparency, E-democracy, EngageMind, Governance, Headnews, Internet, News, Rotator, Macedonia

The Focus Foundation presented yesterday, June 11, 2013, in Veles, its new web application www.prioriteti.focus.org.mk which aims to improve and increase the interaction of the citizens with the municipal administrations to realize their rights, regulate their obligations and demand services from the...

APC: Macedonian government moves to limit online free speech

author: Dejan Georgievski

05/06/2013 - 23:30

EngageMind, Freedom of expression, Governance, Headnews, Internet, Internet rights and openness, Law, News, Freedom of expression, Rotator, Macedonia

The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) from Johannesburg, South Africa, in a public statement released yesterday, 4 June 2013, expressed its support to the Macedonian civil society organizations in their fight for freedom of speech and...

CSOs Demand Withdrawal of Proposed Changes to the Law on Abotion

author: Dejan Georgievski

02/06/2013 - 12:08

Activism, Civil society, Gender, Headnews, Law, News, Women's rights, Rotator, Macedonia

Several hundred citizend responded to the call issued by a group of civic organisations and turned out in a peaceful protest in front of the Assembly of Macedonia on May 29, demanded that the propsed changes to the Law on Aborions that were introduced for urgent adoption procedures to be withdrawn from the agenda of that day's session of the Assembly.

Why are media ignoring the problems of people with disabilities? (2)

author: Dejan Georgievski

30/05/2013 - 09:24

Discrimination, Freedom of information, Headnews, Opinion and analyses, Rotator, Macedonia

This is the second part of the analysis on the trend in the media to ignore the problems of people with disabilities, by human rights expert Žarko Trajanovski, originally published on...

“The Future of Media Regulation in Macedonia” Conference Held

author: Dejan Georgievski

30/05/2013 - 08:01

EngageMind, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Headnews, Internet, Internet rights and openness, Media, News, Freedom of expression, Rotator, Macedonia

The Media Development Centre (MDC) presented, at “The Future of Media Regulation in Macedonia” conference held last Monday, May 27, 2013 at the Aleksandar Palace Hotel in Skopje, the Analysis of the Draft-Law on Media and Audiovisual Media Services, prepared under the auspices of USAID Programme for Media Legal Reform and Responsible Media.

Why are media ignoring the problems of people with disabilities? (1)

author: Dejan Georgievski

30/05/2013 - 07:09

Discrimination, Headnews, Human rights, Media, Opinion and analyses, Rotator, Macedonia

The use of respectful terms for people with disabilities is a special ethical challenge, because disrespectful language can cause a feeling of exclusion, writes human rights expert Žarko Trajanovski in the analysis originally published on the blogsite mediumi.kauza.mk. The first part of his analysis follows.

Helsinki Committee Launched Portal for Reporting of Hate-Crimes

author: Dejan Georgievski

20/05/2013 - 21:37

Discrimination, Hate-Crimes, Headnews, Human rights, Internet, Justice and crime, Law, News, Rotator, Macedonia

The Helsinki Committee for Human Rights of the Republic of Macedonia presented today, May 20, 2013, the portal “Report Hate-Crimes” (www.zlostorstvaodomraza.com) which allows the citizens to report hate-crimes and hate-incidents. The portal offers a map with registered and reported hate...

Macedonia: Unethical Journalism - copy-paste of unconfirmed information

author: Dejan Georgievski

17/05/2013 - 09:19

Digital newsroom, EngageMind, Ethics and Value Systems, Headnews, Media, Opinion and analyses, Freedom of expression, Rotator, Macedonia

In this analysis, originally published on the blog-site mediumi.kauza.mk, the human rights expert Žarko Trajanovski writes about the tendency in Macedonian media to publish information the veracity of which has not been tested before publication. The integral text of Trajanovski's analysis is available below.