Skopje, 17 October 2025 – The Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services informs broadcasters that the election campaign for the first round of the Local Elections lasts until 24:00 hrs on 17 October 2025. From 18th of October until 19:00 hrs on 19th of October, the rules for election silence apply[…]
The Publication Of Poll Results for the 2025 Local Elections Ends Today at Midnight
Skopje, 13 October 2025 – The Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services wishes to remind broadcasters that, in accordance with the Electoral Code, the results of public opinion polls related to the 2025 Local Elections may be published no later than five days before the date set for holding the first round of elections, i.e. no later than 24:00 hrs on 13 October 2025.[…]
ADMINISTRATIVE COURT ALSO DISMISSES LEVICA’S LAWSUIT AGAINST AVMU
Skopje, 9 October 2025 – At a session held on 6 October 2025, The Administrative Court issued a ruling dismissing the lawsuit filed by the Levica political party, which sought to annul the Guidelines for Broadcasters for the 2025 Local Elections, adopted by the Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services (AVMU)[…]
COURT REJECTS PART OF LEVICA’S LAWSUIT AGAINST AVMU
Skopje, 8 October 2025 – On 3 October 2025, the First-Instance Civil Court in Skopje issued a Ruling rejecting as unfounded the motion in the lawsuit filed by the political party of Levica against the Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services (AVMU). The motion requested a temporary measure that would prohibit the Agency from distributing the Guidelines for Broadcasters for the 2025 Local Elections to commercial media outlets, and submitting the report on broadcast paid political advertising (PPA) to the State Election Commission (SEC), which uses that report as the basis for allocating and disbursing funds for PPA[…]
AVMU Strongly Condemns Offensive Language Used by Zoran Bozhinovski
Skopje, 7 October 2025 – The Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services (AVMU) has issued a strong condemnation of the language used by Zoran Bozhinovski, editor-in-chief of burevesnik.info, in his posts on the social media platform Facebook, directed at male and female journalists[…]
Monitoring Report on Pre-Election Media Coverage from 10 August to 28 September 2025
Skopje, 7 October 2025 – The Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services has prepared a monitoring report on broadcasters for the period from the announcement of the elections to the official start of the campaign for the 2025 Local Elections – specifically, from 10 August to 28 September 2025[…]
Monitoring Report on Election Media Coverage by Gurra TV
Skopje, 7 October 2025 – During the monitoring of election-related media coverage on Gurra TV’s programming on 30 September, and 2, 3, and 4 October 2025 – during the first round of the 2025 Local Elections – the Agency found that during several clock hours of broadcasting, this media outlet had exceeded the legally permitted limits for paid political advertising, thus violating the Electoral Code[…]
TV Content to Be Adapted For People with Disabilities during the 2025 Local Elections
Skopje, 1 October 2025 – The Public Broadcasting Service and state-level television stations that will be broadcasting paid political advertising, in accordance with the obligations of Article 75, Paragraphs 1 and 4, of the Electoral Code, should broadcast content related to the electoral process in a format accessible to people with disabilities[…]
Guidelines for Broadcasters for 2025 Local Elections Adopted
Skopje, 26 September 2025 – Following the conclusion of a public consultation process, today, the Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services adopted the Guidelines for Broadcasters for the 2025 Local Elections, with the aim of clarifying the implementation of the provisions of the Electoral Code[…]
Market Analysis of Audio and Audiovisual Media Services in 2024 in the Spotlight of AVMU’s Third Public Meeting
Skopje, 24 September 2025 – The Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services (AVMU) held its Third Public Meeting for this year, where Director Zoran Trajchevski presented an overview of the activities carried out over the past three months in accordance with the Agency’s Annual Work Programme[…]