In Brussels, at the debate with an indicative title “Silencing Media” organized by the parliamentary group of the Liberal-Democrats, only those officially announced by the organizer stayed to participate in the discussion. The other group of journalists (Mirka Velinovska, Milenko Nedelkovski and Boban Nonkovik), who had not been reported as participants, were denied the possibility of being part of the debate.

The incident occurred after the moderator, MEP Jelko Kacin, explained how the debate would be taking place – the officially announced will have the chance to address the meeting first and then all those present will have the right to take part in the discussion. Velinovska, Nedelkovski and Nonkovik complained and asked why official participants were largely journalists from a medium that is no longer airing. Following the heated argument with MEPs Jelko Kacin and Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, they were brutally driven out of the room and the debate resumed after a short while only among the officially invited journalists, the present MEPs, and the representatives of the European Commission and the non-governmental sector. Usually all those who are present participate in these types of debates.