World Press Freedom Day

Skopje, 3 May 2019 – In the light of today’s marking of the World Press Freedom Day, which this year is being held under the motto “Media for Democracy: Journalism and Elections in Times of Disinformation”, we wish to remind that only professional and independent media can contribute to the development of society and democracy.[…]

REPORTS ON THE PPA AIRED FROM 8 APRIL UNTIL 3 MAY TO BE SUBMITTED BY 7 MAY 2019

Skopje, 2 May 2019 – According to the Electoral Code, before the SEC makes the payment for the PPA expenses, the Agency is obligated to submit to SEC, on the 7th day following the end of the campaign for the second round of elections, a report on the total duration of paid political advertising aired by each of the broadcasters in particular in the period from 8 April 2019 until 3 May 2019.[…]

Monitoring Report on the Media Coverage of Elections in the First Nine Days of the Campaign

Skopje, 15 April 2019 – The Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services released today the First Report on the Broadcasters’ Manner of Reporting during the Election Campaign for the period from 1 to 9 April 2019. The monitoring covered a total of 32 programming services, i.e. 15 national programming services (13 TVs and two radios), and 17 regional and local televisions.[…]

The Government Does Not Respect Brussels’ Recommendations for Independence of the Media Regulator

Skopje, 10 April 2019 – The Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services has been unpleasantly surprised by yesterday’s decision of the Government to issue a negative opinion on the 2019-2023 Regulatory Strategy for the Development of Audio and Audiovisual Business Activity and seek its revision, on the grounds that it had allegedly not been harmonized “with the other strategic documents for the development of this activity.”[…]

Second Report on Media Coverage of the 2019 Presidential Elections 2019 Released

Skopje, 9 April 2019 – The Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services prepared the Second Monitoring Report on the Media Coverage of the 2019 Presidential Elections, which refers to the period from 7 until 31 March, 2019. The report analyzes the 24-hour programme of MRT1, MRT2, MR1 and the Albanian-language programme of the Channel of the Ethnic Communities aired by the Macedonian Radio, as well as 11 TV stations at the state level.[…]



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