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Media Monitoring in Macedonia (FYROM)

• IWPR's Macedonian and Albanian Journalists' Dialogue Project: Working under the direction of the Skopje office, IWPR Macedonian media monitors Gordana Iceska and Veton Latifi produce a combined weekly report analysing the reporting and professional behaviour of both the electronic and the printed media. Available here

• Macedonia: EDUCATION OF JOURNALISTS IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA. Vesna Šopar, Media Online

• Doppelte Wahrheiten in Mazedonien. Manipulierende Medien schüren den Konflikt. By Claude Nicolet, Aargauer Zeitung, 29-10-2001

• On the impact of global Media: When Fear Rules - 'Talking Is Over In Macedonia'. by Terence Sheridan, Pacific News Service Article Dated 10-10-2001 

• The Thrust at Media. Changes to the Macedonian Constitution. By Vesna Šopar, MediaOnline, 27-09-2001

• Where Were You, Bin Laden?!  Zeljko Bajic, AIM Skopje, 24-9-2001

• A BRIDGE ACROSS THE VARDAR Two old colleagues bridge Macedonia's ethnic divide to engage in a frank dialogue, and find that peace is possible - just. By Anthony Borden in Skopje.
  + DIALOGUE IN SKOPJE between Kim Mehmeti and Branko Geroski. IWPR'S BALKAN CRISIS REPORT, NO. 282, 21-9-2001

• Trying to Stay Clear of Nationalism: Macedonian Shaky Peace in Albanian Media. By Llazar Semini, Media Online, 27-08-2001

• Medien in Mazedonien: Zwischen Kriegshetze und Friedensförderung. Von Claude Nicolet, Medienhilfe Ex-Jugoslawien.

• Der Krieg der Medien. Mazedonien Unterschiedliche Berichte über gleiche Themen. Von Sonia Bakaric, afp. Aargauer Zeitung 6.8.2001

• Media Coverage of the Macedonian Environment. Monitoring period: July 2001. By the Institute for Sociological, Political and Juridical Research Macedonia 

• Realvideo Medienkrieg in Mazedonien. Die Frage, welchen Status die albanische Sprache in Zukunft haben soll, blockiert immer noch die Friedensgespräche in Mazedonien. Das gibt dem Medienkrieg, der den Zwist schon lange mitbestimmt, neue Nahrung. Die Parteien beschuldigen sich gegenseitig, Fortschritte in den Gesprächen zu unterbinden. Das hat in diesem Konflikt System: jede Seite verbreitet möglichst viel Falsches über die andere. Werner van Gent, Tagesschau SF DRS, 31.7.2001 

• Coverage of the Macedonian Conflict in Albanian Media: A Balanced Stand. By Llazar Semini, BalkanMedia

• RELIGIONS AND CONFLICT IN MACEDONIA. Institute for the Sociological, Political and Juridical Research, Macedonia. Monitoring period: June 2001

• A PLEA FOR MODERATION. An IWPR journalist in Macedonia appeals for tolerance following his arrest last week. By Veton Latifi in Kumanovo. IWPR-Report 256, June 15, 2001

• Media Coverage of Relations between Macedonians & Albanians. By the Institute for Sociological, Political and Juridical Research. Monitoring Period (April 1 - 30, 2001) 

• Dead Bodies from the Newspapers. The Macedonian crisis, which some have pretentiously called a war and which has been carefully reported by the local media, had at least several truths, truths which "have been way off base". ZELJKO BAJIC, AIM, Skoplje, April 5, 2001

• Ein Brief aus Skopje, den keiner druckt. Ein albanischer Schriftsteller aus Mazedonien sieht seinen Traum von einem friedlichen, multiethnischen Land zerrinnen. Ein Brief von Kim Mehmeti, Tages-Anzeiger am 02.04.2001

• Protest Against BBC Coverage on Macedonia-Kosovo. Letter from Dr. Biljana Vankovska / excerpt from an Interview. Nonviolent Change Newsletter, Spring 2001

• Tipping the Scales. Opinion: Western reporting of the fighting in Macedonia is more likely to inflame than inform. by Eran Fraenkel (for Transition online TOL)

• HOW DOES AN ALBANIAN THAT ‘ENJOYS ALL THE RIGHTS’ LOOKS LIKE? AN EDITORIAL BY EMIN AZEMI, THE OWNER OF DAILY “FAKTI”, "EURO-BALKAN" INSTITUTE ON MACEDONIAN CRISIS 31-03-2001

• MACEDONIAN JOURNALIST'S VIEWS ON SOME ASPECTS WESTERN EUROPEAN JOURNALISTS REPORTING ABOUT MACEDONIAN CRISIS: WHO PLANTS POTATOES IN FEBRUARY? by Aleksandar Damovski, "EURO-BALKAN" INSTITUTE ON MACEDONIAN CRISIS 31-03-2001

• HATE-SPEECH POISONS THE ATMOSPHERE. RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY, PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC RFE/RL BALKAN REPORT Vol. 5, No. 23, 27 March 2001

• SKOPJE MEDIA COMMENDED FOR RESTRAINT. OSCE-Representative on Freedom of the Media Press Release 27 March 

• `A1 TV' CREW KIDNAPPED AND ARM PATROL ATTACKED NEAR MACEDONIA - KOSOVO BOUNDARY, MILS NEWS Skopje, February 19, 2001

• MACEDONIAN WATERGATE' INQUIRY LAUNCHED. The Macedonian government is rocked by wire-tapping accusations. 
  By Dragan Nikolic in Skopje, IWPR'S BALKAN CRISIS REPORT, NO. 212, January 24, 2001

• The Media System in the Republic of Macedonia: Broadcasting between the Normative and the Real.
  by  Vesna Sopar and Emilija Jovanova, Institute for Sociological, Political and Legal Research, Skopje

• A Genuine PBS or Mimicry: Development of the Public Broadcasting Service in the Republic of Macedonia. By Vesna Sopar

• Draft Macedonian Law on Public Information of 12 May 2000 
  - Memorandum by ARTICLE 19, Global Campaign for Free Expression

• International Assistance to Media. A Report by Mark Thompson. OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Vienna 2000

• 1999 IHF-HR COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS. International Helsinki Federation Human Right Reports - extract on Media situation

• A THREAT TO "STABILITY" - Human Rights Violations in Macedonia. Human Rights Watch 1996. Excerpts on Media

INTERNATIONAL PRESS INSTITUTE

2000 World Press Freedom Review

1999 World Press Freedom Review

1998 World Press Freedom Review

1997 World Press Freedom Review

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