Nikola Mladenov (Macedonian: Рикола Младенов; 10 March
1964 â€" 26 March 2013) was a Macedonian journalist, actor, founder
and managing editor of the weekly newspaper Fokus, widely regarded as
one of the most reputable journalists in Macedonia, who along with his
colleagues from the newspaper Mlad borec is considered to have laid
the basis for the pluralistic principles in the Macedonian journalism.
The "Award for best research story of the year â€" Nikola Mladenov",
which is awarded by the Macedonian Institute for Media, is named after
him.Nikola Mladenov was born in Skopje on 10 March 1964. His career
began as an actor but in the middle of the 1980s he joined the
newspaper Mlad borec as a journalist, where he gained reputation and
affirmation as a pioneer in the democratic processes in SR Macedonia.
The newspaper was published by the Union of Socialist Youth of
Macedonia and predominantly dealt with the autocensorship and
addressing critics for the sins of the communist nomenclature. While
working for this newspaper, Mladenov also disclosed information
concerning the people listed on the so-called "blacklists" in the
Macedonian journalism. After leaving the job at Mlad borec, Mladenov
founded a radio station named Libertas, and in 1995 he founded the
weekly newspaper Fokus, which is considered to have been the first
independent and free weekly newspaper in Macedonia. Fokus has
eventually become a medium for freedom of speech, and its main motto
was "Weekly newspaper of the inner, and honestly the outer enemy".In
December 2005, articles deliberating information that the President of
Macedonia at the time Branko Crvenkovski and the former Prime Minister
of Macedonia Hari Kostov hold secret accounts in Swiss banks appeared
in several editions of Fokus. These articles subsequently lead to
several lawsuits relating the affair, in which Mladenov was found
guilty and fined to pay penalties to the opposite parties in the
trials.
1964 â€" 26 March 2013) was a Macedonian journalist, actor, founder
and managing editor of the weekly newspaper Fokus, widely regarded as
one of the most reputable journalists in Macedonia, who along with his
colleagues from the newspaper Mlad borec is considered to have laid
the basis for the pluralistic principles in the Macedonian journalism.
The "Award for best research story of the year â€" Nikola Mladenov",
which is awarded by the Macedonian Institute for Media, is named after
him.Nikola Mladenov was born in Skopje on 10 March 1964. His career
began as an actor but in the middle of the 1980s he joined the
newspaper Mlad borec as a journalist, where he gained reputation and
affirmation as a pioneer in the democratic processes in SR Macedonia.
The newspaper was published by the Union of Socialist Youth of
Macedonia and predominantly dealt with the autocensorship and
addressing critics for the sins of the communist nomenclature. While
working for this newspaper, Mladenov also disclosed information
concerning the people listed on the so-called "blacklists" in the
Macedonian journalism. After leaving the job at Mlad borec, Mladenov
founded a radio station named Libertas, and in 1995 he founded the
weekly newspaper Fokus, which is considered to have been the first
independent and free weekly newspaper in Macedonia. Fokus has
eventually become a medium for freedom of speech, and its main motto
was "Weekly newspaper of the inner, and honestly the outer enemy".In
December 2005, articles deliberating information that the President of
Macedonia at the time Branko Crvenkovski and the former Prime Minister
of Macedonia Hari Kostov hold secret accounts in Swiss banks appeared
in several editions of Fokus. These articles subsequently lead to
several lawsuits relating the affair, in which Mladenov was found
guilty and fined to pay penalties to the opposite parties in the
trials.
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