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. […]
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.[…]
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[…]