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, […]

AMA’s Chair, Ms. Armela Krasniqi, signed today a Memorandum of Understanding with the State Inspectorate of Market Surveillance. This agreement aims to ensure, prevent, and prohibit violations of broadcasting rights and to contribute to raising awareness on the protection of copyright and its related rights in audio and audiovisual broadcastings.  “Protecting the right to broadcast […]

AMA’s Chair Ms. Armela Krasniqi, participated in a meeting organized by the OSCE/ODIHR in Bucharest, where last year’s elections in Romania were discussed, the encountered issues and the lessons learned from them.  Organized by ODIHR in partnership with experts from the Expert Forum, this seminar is part of the OSCE/ODIHR project supporting electoral reform in the Western […]

“Media Literacy as a tool to fight hate speech”, was the key topic of the Alliance against Hate Speech meeting, organized by the Council of Europe, CoE. The roundtable was attended by the Head of the CoE Office in Tirana, Ms. Giulia Re, the Head of the Justice Sector at the EU Delegation, Ms. Cinzia […]

AMA’s Chairwoman, Ms. Armela Krasniqi, participated in the proceedings of the international conference organized by the Turkish regulator, RTUK, held in Ankara, with the topic “The Representation of Women in Media.”  She addressed the conference alongside the RTUK President, Mr. Ebubekir Şahin, Ms. Çiğdem Erdoğan Atabek, Turkish Grand National Assembly Head of the Commission for […]

In 2024, 241 audiovisual content cases were verified and reviewed by the Monitoring and Analysis Directorate for their compliance with legal requirements. Of these, 77 cases with violations have been identified, and were issued 52 warnings and 15 fines. The protection of children from inappropriate content, ethical violations in general, and ensuring compliance with warning […]