Media Information Agency – MIA
Медиумска Информативна Агенциjа – МИА
MIA, a state-owned public enterprise, was founded by the government as the Macedonian Information Agency in early 1998. We started producing and distributing news in Macedonian and English on Sept. 30,1998. The Albanian language news service was introduced in May 1999. Our reports have been quoted by Reuters, Associated Press, AFP, Voice of America, Deutsche Welle, and many other regional news agencies that are part of the ABNA regional network of news agencies. In April 2006, MIA was redesigned as a joint-stock company and renamed Macedonian Information Agency AD. In March 2019, in line with the Prespa Agreement, the Macedonian Information Agency changed its name to Media Information Agency.
Media Information Agency (MIA) is North Macedonia’s most influential news source. With a newsroom of more than 70 reporters and correspondents reporting from the country and
abroad, MIA produces the largest and most varied output of news in the country. We distribute a combined total of 300-350 articles a day in Macedonian, Albanian, and English. Multimedia approach is MIA’s latest challenge. Our content is produced according to professional journalism standards, which also makes us the most trustworthy source for news about North Macedonia. Fact-checked, swift and accurate is MIA;s motto. Our clients include news organizations, embassies, public relations agencies, state institutions, and multinational companies. We offer our clients live streams of main events in the country and abroad as well as videos and photos all the while developing our video-service. MIA is the leader in the fight against unprofessional coverage and fake news. Our articles are reprinted or broadcast by local media outlets across the political spectrum. We are committed to being netral and unbiased by producing content that is topical, fact-checked, timely and accurate.
Darko Janevski
Director General
Darko Janevski has a degree from the state university Ss. Cyril and Methodius and has worked as a journalist and editor in several media outlets, including Fokus (1996-2000), Nova Makedonija (2000), Vecher (2000-2003), Puls (2002-2004), Fokus again (2005-2009), and Nova Makedonija again (2009-2013).
From 2013 to 2017, Janevski was editor-in-chief of the first private Macedonian newspaper Dnevnik. After the paper’s demise in 2017, he hosted the “Bare-knuckled” political TV show on Alfa TV. Between 2018 and 2025, he edited the news portal Denesen.mk.
PANDORKA ARSOVSKA GACOVA
Editor in Chief
Pandorka Arsovska Gatsova is a journalist graduated from the Department of Journalism at the Faculty of Law of the University of St. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje.
She started working at MIA in 1998 as a reporter in the internal editorial department, covering topics from domestic politics and economics. Until 2011, she went through several levels in the internal editorial department as a shift editor, editor of reporters.
From 2011 to 2017, she was appointed editor of the internal editorial department. From 2017 to 2025, she was part of the foreign policy desk, where she works on topics from the Balkans, Europe and the World.
In May 2025, she was appointed editor-in-chief of MIA.
She began her journalistic career in 1995 at the news agency MAKPRESS and at the NIP Nova Makedonija, where she was employed during her journalism studies until 1997.
Since May 2025, she has been a Member of the Board of Directors of MIA. She also held this position from May 2008 to August 2017
PARTICIPATION IN SUMMITS, CONFERENCES AND EVENTS
Participation in the:
- Summit of Heads of State and Government of European and North American Countries in Dubrovnik, Croatia
- Summit of Presidents of Central European Countries in Varna, Bulgaria
- Summit of Presidents of European Countries in Ohrid, Macedonia
- Annual Forum of the Alliance of Civilizations in Madrid, Spain
- Alliance of Civilizations Forum in Doha, QatarCrans Montana Forum
- Open Economy for Foreign Investment in Dakhla, Morocco
- OSCE Ministerial Meeting in Brussels, Belgium
- Euro Atlantic Council (EAPC) Defense Ministers Meeting and North Atlantic Council Meeting with ISAF Contributing Countries
- Business and Investment Conference in Vienna, Austria
- International Economic Forum (SPIEF 2015) in St. Petersburg, Russia
- Audience with Pope Francis, Audience with Pope Benedict XVI, Audience with Pope John Paul II
- Traditional Prayer Breakfast organized by President Barack Obama…
