Tag: language

As a child growing up in the Fox Lake Cree Nation in Northern Manitoba, Canada, Sharissa Neault would hear the Ininímowin (Cree) language from her grandparents. However, the language was not passed on her mother and consequently not to Neault either. “As I grew older, I heard less and less Ininímowin until I believed it was lost,” she would...

We don't need the European Union at the cost of the Macedonian identity and language, since we shall be like dust lost to the wind even after we join the EU, said today Prime Minister of North Macedonia Zoran Zaev during his visit to Resen. He is hoping that a solution will be found for the dispute with Bulgaria in...

At the 117th Government meeting held yesterday, one of the first points was the Information on the implementation of the Prespa Agreement. The measures and activities that are in accordance with the amendments to the Constitution were considered and the Government will have to take over the obligations seven days after the Agreement comes into force, i.e. by ratifying the Protocol for...

If the population's census in 2020 does not take into account the ethnicity of the population, it risks failing as it did in 2011, as well as the possibility of violating the principle of the Ohrid Framework Agreement (OFA) and the Constitution of Macedonia for equitable representation, reports "Portalb.mk". Experts have urged political parties to insist on ethnic and religious...

Less than two months before the referendum is held on 30th of September, the government has released 10 facts about the Final Agreement for resolving the Macedonian-Greek name dispute and a strategic partnership. According to the Government, the Agreement is so far the best and gives a fair opportunity for the citizens of Macedonia. "The Agreement is an investment in the...

Macedonian society remains deeply divided along ethnic and linguistic lines and it is high time for political leaders to devise an integration strategy to overcome these divisions. This was one of the conclusions of Human Rights Commissioner Nils Muižnieks after a five-day visit to the country. He told the Macedonian authorities "to implement policies that will promote integration and understanding...

Bulgarians have positive opinions towards Macedonia and 51% think that Macedonians are very alike or are identical to Bulgarians, shows the latest research carried out by the Bulgarian Institute for politics dedicated to the relations between Bulgaria and Macedonia. As Bulgarian portal "Dnes" reports, when asked whether there is a Macedonian nation that is different to the Bulgarian, 72% of...

At today's press conference, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov with his Macedonian counterpart, Zoran Zaev, while answering questions from reporters on which language the agreement on good neighborly relations will be signed in, he replied that the agreement will be "in the language that is stated in the Constitution" of Macedonia. “The details, in fact, are important, but not for...

VMRO-DPMNE completely opposes the efforts for ignoring and misusing the will of the majority of Macedonians including the will of members of the remaining ethnic communities that gave their votes for the “For a Better Macedonia” coalition, said VMRO-DPMNE ‘s press release. The press release further states that “the realization of the platform from Tirana and the effort for...

Deputy Prime Minister for Implementation of Framework Agreement Musa Xhaferi told a press conference said that the best way to implement the Framework Agreement is to follow Switzerland's example, where all ethnic communities speak three languages. Here is a glimpse of Swiss law: Swiss constitutional law is based on four key principles: equality between languages, freedom of citizens to use any...

In the coming months, until the New Year, various political working groups will undertake an in-depth study and analysis of the Ohrid Framework Agreement. Information and results will be announced at an international conference due to organised in December. This was the outcome of today’s conference on the Framework Agreement, which was attended, among others, by Macedonian Deputy Prime...