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[…]
Новости
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[…]
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[…]
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.[…]
AVMU to Monitor Media Reporting During the Pre-Election Period
Skopje, 9 August 2025 – Following the announcement of the Local Elections scheduled for 19 October 2025, the Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services (AVMU) will begin monitoring broadcasters regarding their reporting practices in the period before the official start of the election campaign, as well as their compliance with the provisions of the Electoral Code that come into effect upon the announcement of elections. Until the beginning of the election campaign, AVMU will be conducting daily monitoring of nine television programming services at the national level with the highest average daily audience reach. All other programming services will be monitored based on complaints received.[…]
PRESS RELEASE
Skopje, 9 July 2025 – The Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services most strongly condemns the physical attack on the Alsat-M television journalist crew, which was today documenting the fire at the Vizbegovo landfill today[…]
New AVMU Council Constituted
Skopje, 3 July 2025 – The Members of the Council of the Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services, appointed by the Assembly of the Republic of North Macedonia on 24 June 2025, held a Constitutive Session today, at which, in accordance with the Law on Audio and Audiovisual Media Services and the Agency’s Rules of Procedure[…]
Gender in Media in the Focus of AVMU’s Second Public Meeting
Skopje, 24 June 2025 – The Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services held its Second Public Meeting this year today. At this event, Director Zoran Trajchevski presented an overview of the activities conducted in the past three months, as projected in the Annual Work Programme[…]