One day before the May 11 elections, AMA’s Chair Ms. Armela Krasniqi participated in a meeting organized by OSCE with delegations from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), the European Parliament (EP), as well as leaders of Albanian institutions, candidates, experts, and media representatives.  During the meeting, Ms. […]

In March there was an increase in political news coverage in audiovisual media. According to data calculated by AMA’s monitoring and analysis teams, political news accounts for 26.94%, followed by international news at 12.40%, and social news at 11.18%. As every month, data on the topics covered in news editions on national radios and televisions, […]

The 11th Assembly of the Black Sea Broadcasting Regulatory Authorities Forum (BRAF) was held in Baku, Azerbaijan. This regional platform that brings together broadcasting regulatory authorities of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSE) member states, addressed key topics related to the current challenges of media market regulation.  In compliance with the Forum’s regulations, the 9 […]

The Secretary General of the Audiovisual Media Authority AMA, together with high level officials of the institution, held a meeting today with the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly delegation. The delegation included the Special Coordinator of the OSCE’s permanent election Observation Mission, for the May 11 elections, Ms. Farah Karimi, Ambassador Andreas Nothelle, and Mr. Sherif Abdili, […]

AMA’s Chair, Ms. Armela Krasniqi, participated in the latest plenary session of the European Regulators Group for Media Services. This meeting marked a decisive step towards the institutional consolidation of the European Board for Media Services (EBMS) or in other words the transition from ERGA (the European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services) to the […]

On April 11th, 2025, the electoral campaign for the May 11th elections will officially start. In this highly important one-month process, audiovisual media service providers will also be actively involved, incorporating electoral race dynamics coverage between political parties and their candidates across every corner of the country into their programming. Audio and audiovisual broadcasts, with […]

Ambassador Mr. Lamberto Zannier, Head of the OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission for the May 11 elections, and media analyst Ms. Elma Sehalić, met today with AMA’s Chair Ms. Armela Krasniqi. The meeting’s topic focused on AMA’s preparations for monitoring the coverage of the electoral campaign by audiovisual media service providers. “To support this process, monitors […]

Audiovisual Media Authority’s Chair, Ms. Armela Krasniqi, held a meeting today with representatives of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly’s pre-electoral observation mission. The meeting took place as part of series of meetings organized by this delegation with various Albanian institutions representatives. During the meeting, Chairwoman Krasniqi responded to the Parliamentary Assembly observers inquiries regarding […]

The challenges faced by women in politics, including hate speech, violence, and barriers affecting their representation, were the focus of the event organized by the Gender Alliance for Development Center (GADC). With the participation of AMA’s Chairwoman, Ms. Armela Krasniqi, the Chair of the CEC, Mr. Celibashi, Ombudsman representatives, the Commissioner for Protection from Discrimination, […]

The monitoring teams at the Audiovisual Media Authority have calculated the data for the month of February, showing that political topics dominated the main news editions, accounting for 23.75% of the total news coverage. Following politics, international news ranked second with 12%, while justice-related issues were on the third position with 10.86%. As every month, […]