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.”[…]
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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.[…]
MINORS SHOULD NOT BE USED IN PAID POLITICAL ADVERTISING
Skopje, 3 April 2019 – In the first days of the election campaign for the 2019 Presidential Elections, the monitoring registered participation of minors in some of the spots of the presidential candidates, aired by the television services.[…]
Rules for Paid Political Programme Are the Focus of the First Public Meeting
Skopje, 29 March 2019 – Today, the Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services held its First Public Meeting in 2019. At the meeting, Agency Director Zoran Trajcevski presented the activities conducted during the previous quarter, in accordance with the Agency’s Annual Work Programme, which involved the supervisions carried out over broadcasters, print media publishers an operators of public electronic communications networks, the monitoring of media coverage of the presidential elections, the public warnings pronounced and the activities in the international sphere.[…]
NEW AMENDMENTS TO THE ELECTORAL CODE ONLY FIVE DAYS BEFORE THE START OF THE CAMPAIGN
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.[…]
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. […]
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. […]
First Report on the Media Coverage of the 2019 Presidential Elections Published
Skopje, 14 March 2019 – The Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services prepared the First Monitoring Report on the Media Coverage of the 2019 Presidential Elections, covering the period from 9 February until 6 March 2019. The report analyzed the 24-hour programmes of the television and radio channels of the Public Broadcaster in the Macedonian and Albanian languages, as well as 11 national television stations.[…]
Notification to MRT1 Due to Disregard for the Electoral Code
Skopje, 5 March 2019 – The Agency notified the Public Broadcasting Service that it has to make sure that all those who are engaged to prepare its programmes must respect the provision of the Electoral Code prescribing that they must not simultaneously take part in pre-electoral activities of political entities.[…]