Skopje, 28 March 2019 – The Parliament of the Republic of North Macedonia adopted amendments to the Electoral Code through a shortened procedure and without any more extensive debate, only five days before the start of the election campaign. The goal of these amendments was allegedly to harmonize the provisions of the Electoral Code, however, what was achieved is exactly the opposite, especially with regard to paid political advertising.[…]
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PRESS RELEASE
Skopje, 26 March 2019 – Director of the Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services Zoran Trajchevski, President of the Agency Council Lazo Petrushevski and Deputy President of the Agency Council Milaim Fetai had a working meeting today with a delegation of the Secretariat for European Affairs, led by Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs Bujar Osmani.
OSCE/ODIHR Representatives Pay Working Visit to the AAAVMU
Skopje, 21 March 2019 – An OSCE/ODIHR delegation, headed by Ms. Corien Jonker, Head of the OSCE/ODIHR Monitoring Mission for monitoring the 2019 Presidential Elections, paid a working visit to the Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services today. […]
Regular Programme Supervision Conducted Over Over the Top and Nafi and Beko Operators
Skopje, 21 March 2019 – Regular programme supervision was conducted over Over the Top and Nafi and Beko Operators from Skopje and Gostivar, respectively, regarding their observance of the obligation to register their programme services and provide subtitles for the programme services they retransmit. The supervision did not detect any violations of the Law on AAVMS.[…]
Session No. 14 – 22.03.2019
The Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services schedules the 14th Session on 22.03.2019 (Friday), starting at 14:30 hrs. AGENDA Adoption of the Draft … […]
Press Release
Skopje, 20 March 2019 – Some of the media conveyed an information today that the State Anti-Corruption Commission had opened a case regarding two instances of hiring employees on the part of the Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services during the time of an electoral process. […]
Ad Hoc Supervision Conducted over the “Zenit Pres Plus” Print Media Publisher
Skopje, 18 March 2019 – The Agency conducted an ad hoc administrative supervision over the Zenit Pres Plus Company for Publishing, Trade and Services from Prilep, as the publisher of the “Zenit” newspaper, to verify its observance of the obligation to publish Impressums.[…]
Three Public Warnings Issued against Kanal 5 TV
Skopje, 18 March 2019 – Based on the reports of a regular programme supervision conducted over Kanal 5 TV, at its 13th session held on 14 March 2019, the Agency Council imposed three public warning measures against this broadcaster.[…]
2019-2023 Regulatory Strategy for the Development of Audio and Audiovisual Business Industry Adopted
Skopje, 14 March 2019 – At today’s session, the Agency’s Council adopted the 2019-2023 Regulatory Strategy for the Development of Audio and Audiovisual Business Activity. The Agency prepared this Strategy to outline the directions of its activities in the period from 2019 to 2023, with the aim of improving a number of aspects in the media sphere in the forthcoming five-year period.[…]
Ad Hoc Supervision over 1 TV – Principles of Performing the Business Activity
Skopje, 15 March 2019 – Acting upon a complaint it had received, the Agency conducted an ad hoc programme supervision over the self-promotional announcement of the show “Makedonski Insajder” (The Macedonian Insider), in particular its part referred to as “Dossier 003 (square mafia)”, aired by 1 TV on 15 and 16 January 2019.[…]