Skopje, 15 February 2024 – The announcement of Presidential and Parliamentary Elections, scheduled for 24 April and 8 May 2024 have brought into force the provisions of the Electoral Code, also marking the start of the monitoring of media coverage on the part of the Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services. Until the beginning of the electoral campaign, the monitoring will be focused on nine state-level television programme services, while all other programme services will be monitored based upon complaints[…]

Skopje, 26 January 2024 – The Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services joins in the efforts of the US Government, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Macedonian Public Broadcaster to support the critical voices reporting on topics that are important to the citizens and will help them make informed decisions[…]

Skopje, 25 January 2024 – The Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services most strongly condemns yesterday’s incident in the Municipality of Chashka, in which the TV crew of Alsat-M TV was prevented from filming the protest against the introduction of an Albanian-language class in local the primary school, as well as from entering the Municipality building[…]

Skopje, 15 January 2024 – The Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services hereby informs the public that, today, it filed a lawsuit against the Ministry of Information Society and Administration, as the latter has been continuously violating the Law on Audio and Audiovisual Media Services, thereby jeopardizing the functioning of the entire audiovisual sector[…]

Skopje, 15 January 2024 – The Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services has filed a lawsuit against the Ministry of Information Society and Administration, because this Ministry has been violating the Law on Audio and Audiovisual Media Services for quite some time.[…]

Skopje, 12 January 2023 – In accordance with its efforts to ensure transparency and accountability, and abiding by its own established practice to publish information about the expenditures incurred by Agency Director Zoran Trajchevski following each six-month period, the Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services hereby informs the public that, in the period from 01.07.2023 until 31.12.2023, while conducting the tasks of his office, Director Trajchevski incurred expenditures totaling MKD 237,207.00, as follows:[…]

Skopje, 1 December 2023 – The Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services calls on the media and media workers to adhere to the highest professional standards and ethical values when reporting on the case related to the missing teen girl from Skopje. When publishing their content, they should mandatorily use accurate and verified information and use credible sources, so as not to inflame the situation additionally, and not to cause fear and panic among the public. Journalists should be particularly  careful when taking over posts from the social networks, as well as from other sources whose credibility cannot be determined.[…]