Alfa TV () is a privately owned TV station in
North Macedonia
North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Socialist Feder ...
. Its headquarters is in
Skopje
Skopje ( , , ; mk, Скопје ; sq, Shkup) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre.
The territory of Skopje has been inhabited since at least 4000 BC; r ...
, and the program director until 2018 was Ljubomir Nikolovski. Since 2018, the director is
Vasko Eftov
Vasko Eftov is a freelance journalist from North Macedonia. He is mostly known as the editor and host of the political TV show titled Vo Centar.
Carrier
Vasko Eftov started working as a journalist for the Macedonian newspaper Vecer. His first T ...
.
The station is considered to be supportive of former Prime Minister
Nikola Gruevski
Nikola Gruevski ( mk, Никола Груевски, pronounced ; hu, Nikola Gruevszki; born 31 August 1970) is a Macedonian politician who served as Prime Minister of Macedonia from 2006 until his resignation, which was caused by the 2016 Mac ...
of the
VMRO-DPMNE
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity ( mk, Внатрешна македонска револуционерна организација – Демократска партија за ...
party and to be majority-owned by
Peter Schatz, a Hungarian media tycoon closely allied with
Hungarian Prime Minister
Viktor Orbán
Viktor Mihály Orbán (; born 31 May 1963) is a Hungarian politician who has served as prime minister of Hungary since 2010, previously holding the office from 1998 to 2002. He has presided over Fidesz since 1993, with a brief break between 20 ...
. The station and the Schatz-owned web portal ''Ripostmk.com'' are currently under investigation by North Macedonian authorities due to running expensive ads worth €3.2 million for small Hungarian companies linked to Schatz and to have used the money to push support for Gruevski in 2017, while disproportionally undermining the government of
Zoran Zaev
Zoran Zaev ( mk, Зоран Заев, ; born 8 October 1974) is a Macedonian economist and politician who served as prime minister of North Macedonia from May 2017 to January 2020, and again from August 2020 to January 2022.
Prior to entering ...
.
Alfa TV has also received criticism from the civic fact-checking organization ''F2N2'' for promoting misinformation concerning foreign investment and
Russia
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n influence in the country.
Line-up
News shows
* Balances (Macedonian: Биланси)
* News (Macedonian: Вести )
* Evropanorama (Macedonian: Европанорама)
Alfa TV Production
* Heath factor ''(Macedonian: Фактор здравје)''
* Day is starting ''(Macedonian: Почнува ден)''
* Puls with Ana Jovkovska (Macedonian: „Пулс“ со Ана Јовковска)
* Planet football (Macedonian: Планет фудбал)
* Alfa TV Concerts (Macedonian: Алфа ТВ Концерти)
* Peninsula (Macedonian: Полуостров)
* Mokosh (Macedonian: Мокош)
Entertainment
*
Sunny steps ''(Macedonian: Сунчане скале)''
* Host, get married! ''(Macedonian: Домаќине, ожени се!)''
* Evening with Vesna ''(Macedonian: Вечер со Весна - ток шоу)''
* One kiss - Top list ''(Macedonian: Еден бакнеж - Топ листа)''
* Labor Action ''(Macedonia: Работна акција - реалити шоу)''
* Mission
mossible ''(Macedonian:
еозможна мисија)''
* Down, Down ''(Macedonian: Зајди, зајди)''
* Show of all times ''(Macedonian: Шоу на сите времиња)''
* One on One ''(Macedonian: Еден на еден)''
Foreign TV Shows
*
Brazil Avenue ''(Macedonia: Авенија на љубовта)''
* Stolen Love ''(Macedonian: Украдена љубов'')
* Secrets ''(Macedonian: Тајни)''
* Sisters ''(Macedonian: Сестри)''
* Jurnal of Feride ''(Macedonian: Дневникот на Фериде)''
*
The Company ''(Macedonian: Компанијата)''
* Mahmut and Meriem ''(Macedonian: Махмут и Мерием)''
* Folk ''(Macedonian: Фолк)''
* Abyss of love ''(Macedonian: Амбис на љубовта)''
*
Rejected
''Rejected'' is an animated film directed by Don Hertzfeldt that was released in 2000. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film the following year at the 73rd Academy Awards, and received 27 awards from film festivals ...
''(Macedonian: Отфрлена)''
Documentary
* Alfa action (Macedonian:Алфа акција)
* Unit (Macedonian: Единица)
* Unaired stories (Macedonian: Необјавени приказни)
* Family secrets (Macedonian: Семејни тајни - нова сезона)
* Miscalls of Jesus (Macedonian: Чудата на Исус)
* Atenbrough: 60 years if the wild (Macedonian: Атенбороу: 60 години во дивината)
* Ice planet (Macedonian: Ледена планета)
*
Europe: A Natural History (Macedonian: Дивата Европа)
* Opus Dei - Code of DaVinci (Macedonian: Опус Деи - Кодот на Да Винчи)
* Survival - Marine sniper (Macedonian: Преживување - Маринец снајперист)
External links
Website
References
{{Television in North Macedonia, state=collapsed
Television channels in North Macedonia