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Avas

A Male-based digital newspaper that has become one of the Maldives' principal online news sources. Avas publishes continuously updated coverage of Maldivian politics, business, tourism and sport in Dhivehi alongside an English edition, and is known for fast reporting on parliamentary and presidential politics in the capital.

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Is Avas left-leaning, right-leaning or centrist?

Crosswire lists Avas as Center within the Maldives' media spectrum — the grouping it uses both for genuinely centrist titles and for outlets the major media-bias assessments do not place consistently on one side.

Read Avas beside another title from the Maldives and the differences show up fastest in what leads the page. Digital-native outlets reorder their front pages continuously in response to reader behaviour, so Avas may look different an hour from now — reload it alongside a print-cycle title and you can see which stories have staying power and which are traffic spikes. Because Avas is listed near the centre, it works best as the fixed point in a comparison — put a left- and a right-leaning title from the Maldives either side of it and the direction each one pulls becomes measurable rather than impressionistic.

This is an approximate orientation, not a definitive judgement — and not a rating of quality or accuracy. Read how Crosswire classifies editorial leanings, including the sources behind each label. Directory last reviewed . Think this label is wrong? Suggest a correction.

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