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. […]
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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.[…]
1 TV DOES NOT OBSERVE THE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS
Skopje, 28 February 2019 – The initial findings of the Agency’s supervision of the interview that the journalist Sasho Ordanovski had with the VMRO/DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski, aired by 1 TV last night, show that, in certain parts of the interview,[…]
On the Day of Mourning, Broadcasters Should Adjust Their Programme Accordingly
Skopje, 14 February 2019 – The days of 14 and 15 February 2019 have been declared as National Days of Mourning, to honour the large number of casualties in yesterday’s tragic traffic accident that took place on the Skopje-Tetovo highway.[…]
13 FEBRUARY – WORLD RADIO DAY
Skopje, 13 February 2019 – The eighth World Radio Day, which is marked on this day under the UNESCO auspices, this year is celebrated internationally under the motto “Dialogue, Tolerance and Peace”. […]
MISA Transfers Less Than the Legally Specified Amount of Funds to the Agency
Skopje, 8 February 2019 – At yesterday’s session, the Agency Council decided to inform the public that, for two months in a row, the Ministry of Information Society and Administration (MISA) had been transferring to the Agency less than the legally stipulated amounts of funds for financing the radiobroadcasting activity in 2019[…]
LEGAL AMENDMENTS PROMOTE NETHER REGULATION OF THE MEDIA NOR THEIR FREEDOM
Skopje, 6 February 2019 – The Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia has made amendments to media-related laws again, through an accelerated procedure, without taking into account the recommendations or remarks of the expert public or the Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services[…]
The Radio Stations May Voluntarily Register Airing of Domestic Music until 8 February Inclusive
Skopje, 4 February 2019 – As regards the legal opportunity for the radio stations to voluntarily report the percentage of domestic music they would be airing, the Agency Council adopted Guidelines at its today’s session, which set the deadlines for applying, the genre and the time of airing music[…]