Between the two extreme opposing views of artificial intelligence, the utopian one - that it will give people enormous power, and the destructive one - that technological progress will replace people in jobs, the most acceptable position is that artificial intelligence (AI) cannot be ignored, but the use and application of its tools must be careful, supervised, and transparent.

Notably, this period saw prevalent accusations aligning parties with either "pro-European" or "anti-European" stances, contributing to polarization

The symposium is centered on the crucial convergence of media and information literacy with the fast-evolving domain of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Learn how to create engaging web and social media content, visualize data with infographics, record videos with a mobile phone, but also how to recognize visual manipulations created with artificial intelligence. Level up your skills for the digital information age through the Media and Journalism Master Classes, organized by the Institute of Communication Studies and IREX, within USAID's Media Literacy Project “YouThink”. The master classes are intended for young people aged 19 to 34, including students, young journalists and those who want to upgrade their digital media skills. They represent a combination of lectures, discussions, exercises and practical work. They will

Institutional transparency has improved over the last years, however the citizens’ perception is negative nevertheless, while public trust in the institutions is low.

Citizens’ trust in institutions ranges from low to moderate, while there is no institution in the country that enjoys high level of trust.

When citizens feel a closer interaction and connection with the institutions, trust tends to grow.

“We, the professional journalist associations and civil society organizations from the media sector, categorically oppose the recent attempts to reintroduce state advertising in the media. Our position is based on expert assessments that suggest the proposed changes will harm media pluralism, media independence, and the freedom of journalists and media workers in Macedonia. We believe this decision will further strengthen the corrupt and clientelist culture in the media system, thereby harming the public interest and good governance. At the same time, we express concern about the way in which the parliamentary procedure was abused to adopt amendments to the Law on Audio