Skopje, 16 October 2025 (MIA) – The Agency for Audio and Audiovisual Media Services (AVMU) has reminded broadcasters that the election campaign for the first round of the 2025 local elections is set to end at midnight on October 17. Election silence is in place from October 18 until the closing of the polls at 7 p.m. on October 19.

"During the election silence, the media will continue to report about the electoral process, but all forms of electoral media promotion of the participants in the campaign are suspended," said the Agency. 

The Agency notes that under the Electoral Code, violation of the election silence is considered the broadcasting of any information, photographs, audio and audiovisual materials in connection to or those that include participants in the elections; any forms of media coverage openly or in disguise in the service of an election campaign, which could influence the decision of voters; data that reveal the identity of the political subjects and/or individuals involved in incidents or other irregularities on election days, as well as statements by candidates in the election process, by election campaign participants, by political party officials and by office holders in governmental bodies.

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