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[…]
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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[…]
Guidelines Amending and Supplementing the Guidelines for Determining the Deadline for Acting upon the Agency’s Decisions to Take Measures Adopted
Skopje, 24 September 2025 – Following a previously held public hearing, at today’s, 11th, Session in 2025, the Agency Council adopted the Guidelines Amending and Supplementing the Guidelines for Determining the Deadline for Acting Upon the Agency’s Decisions to Take Measures[…]
Public Consultation Opened on the Draft-Guidelines for Broadcasters for the 2025 Local Elections
Skopje, 24 September 2025 – At its 11th Session held today, the Council of the Agency adopted the Draft Guidelines for Broadcasters for the 2025 Local Elections.[…]
Guidelines Amending and Supplementing the Guidelines for Verifying the Reports on Broadcast Paid Political Advertising Adopted
Skopje, 24 September 2025 – At its 11th Session in 2025, The Agency Council adopted Guidelines Amending and Supplementing the Guidelines for Verifying the Reports on Broadcast Paid Political Advertising . The adoption of the document was preceded by a public hearing that had lasted 45 days[…]