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, […]

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 […]