The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), is concerned over the latest media related developments in the  Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, in particular the closure of critically-oriented media outlets. Currently, Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski can count on friendly coverage by the majority of the country’s national print and broadcast media. […]

Amnesty International urged FYROM’s government to  stop its attempts to extinguish freedom of expression. This event took place  after  three of the country’s newspapers, namely the newspapers Spic, Vreme, and Koha e re, were shut down.  The aforementioned newspapers were all owned by the detained media tycoon Velija Ramkovski and were closed down at the weekend, ostensibly due to unpaid taxes demanded by the […]

“The freedom of the media is a precondition for democracy and entering the EU family. What took place in Skopje is a display of the firm hands of the ruling party which wants to keep the media silent and prevent them from working democratically,” stated MoEP Jelko Kacin. The Member of European Parliament mentioned that the country risks losing the EC support […]

Photo @ Echedoros-a Blog Freedom of the press is in decline in FYROM and things are getting worst each day. According to a recent announcement of  FYROM’s A1, found on its Website: “ Α1 Channel is under Police Siege. More than 10 policemen and many police cars surrounded the building of our Channel and do not permit anyone to enter or get […]

Cleopatra VII Photo @ Wikipedia.org Yesterday, i noticed accidentally a BBC report , published almost one year ago, entitled “Cleopatra’s mother ‘was African”. Although the report was related to an archaeological discovery, it brought forward again the famous ongoing discussion about the controversy of Cleopatra’s race At the beginning of the report we can read: “Cleopatra, the last Egyptian Pharaoh, renowned for her beauty, […]

From Exyuaviation Blog […] Sources from Serbia state that the CEO of Aeromak, Srećko Angelovski, set his salary at over 3.000 Euros per month (national average approximately 400 Euros) and hired many family members within the company who had no experience in the aviation field. His actions have costed Jat thousands of Euros. Angelovski lost his job only 10 days […]

A great video by Rempetisa

Σε μπελάδες βάζει την Κυβέρνηση Γκρούεφσκι ο προϋπολογισμός του 2008 Σχεδόν ο μισός προϋπολογισμός της ΠΓΔΜ, ξοδεύεται απο την κυβέρνηση Γκρούεφσκι σε Διαφημίσεις, Ανακοινώσεις Τύπου και τηλεφωνήματα. Την εκπληκτική αυτή αποκάλυψη έκαναν οι ορκωτοί λογιστές που ασχολήθηκαν με τις Κυβερνητικές δαπάνες μέσα στο έτος 2008. Απο τα συνολικά 20 δισ. σχεδόν τα 10 απο αυτά, ξοδεύτηκαν για υπηρεσίες ΜΜΕ, την ίδια στιγμή που ο […]

Η ατζέντα των εκλογών έχει περιοριστεί σε “ζητήματα της καθημερινότητας“. Υπάρχει τίποτε βασικότερο από το καλάθι της νοικοκυράς; Την εργασιακή ανασφάλεια; Διαφωνεί κάποιος; Δεν είναι άνευ σημασίας πια τα εθνικά θέματα; Δεν πρέπει να κλείσουμε επιτέλους τα ανοιχτά μέτωπα; Εξαρτάται. Σε τι είδους πατρίδα θέλουμε να γεμίσουμε το καλάθι μας; Το μεγαλύτερο ποσοστό του περιεχομένου που δημιουργούν τα ελληνικά παραδοσιακά […]

Spaska Mitrova is a 25-year-old mother of an ill baby girl, a native of the town of Gevgelija located in South-Eastern Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). This is her story and how she found herself in jail, her ill and still suckling baby daughter snatched to an unknown location without her medications and proper medical care, the two falling […]