Resignations in silence
Last Prayer of My Body
Your wind is black and white is the night,
and every vein is swollen and ripe.
In this avenue of bodies, stand straight as a sword
before you collapse, blinded by white.
But the dance even then will continue as ever,
with the same mystery,...
Pleaceful gathering on main square in Skopje honors the victims of Kočani tragedy
Thousands of citizens peacefully gathered on Macedonia Square in the center of Skopje on the evining of March 18 to pay respect to the victims of the tragedy in Kočani. In an atmosphere of deep mourning, the citizens silently lit candles and bowed their...
Thousands of students gather at Skopje University, boo the Minister of Education
Rain in Skopje didn't stop several thousands students to gather on the plateau of the humanities campus of the state University Sts Cyril and Methodius (UKIM) in Skopje on Monday March 17, to pay respect to the victims of the tragedy in Kočani, where...
Kids aged 14 to 24 are victims of tragedy in Kočani, North Macedonia
At least 59 people have been killed and more than 155 injured in a fire in the Puls discotheque in Kočani, North Macedonia, government officials stated.
The nightclub fire broke out at 2:30 local time on Saturday night during a concert by domestic hip-hop band...
From Veles with clicks: For business or for politics
They flooded American conservatives with stories they were eager to read, they used social media algorithms for exactly what they were designed to do, and in doing so, they earned their city the title of “Fake News Capital of the World.” Dozens of media...
Protest for Frosina in Skopje: “Dirty money–deadly consequences”
Several hundred citizens participated in today’s protest march for Frosina Kulakova, who about three weeks ago was tragically run over on a pedestrian crossing at the Boulevard Partizanski Odredi opposite the Universal Hall in Skopje. The march, led by Frosina’s family and organized by...
From a soap opera to cyberattacks: The unexpected connection between North Macedonia and Venezuela
North Macedonia and Venezuela lie 9,400 kilometers away from each other, have different languages and have not established diplomatic missions between them (as of January 2025). Yet, they do have tales that began with a soap opera and in more recent turns, politics and...
Protest for Frosina: An irreconcilable clash between two different concepts of civilization
An irreconcilable clash between two different concepts of civilization–in these words, the father of the tragically deceased Frosina Kulakova conveyed the essence of the anger caused by her premature death. Thousands of citizens gathered in Skopje this afternoon for the "Justice for Frosina" march.
The protest...
43 years in Syria’s prisons for refusing to bomb a city
Jailed for rejecting Assad’s orders during Hama’s massacre, Al-Tatari's release after 43 years marks the resilience of human integrity.
An open letter to Mark Zuckerberg from the world’s fact-checkers
The International Fact-Checking Network has published an open letter to Mark Zuckerberg, the owner of the technology company Meta, which includes social networks Facebook, Instagram and Threads, in connection with Zuckerberg’s recent statement that he will abolish the fact-checking program in the United States....
How Macedonian Students Supported the Struggle of Their Serbian Peers
Students in North Macedonia have expressed their solidarity with their peers in Serbia, who have been fighting for justice and accountability for several weeks. Amid the intensified protests and blockades of Serbian universities, Macedonian student organizations have stated that the student voice is the...
Can the Media Be Trusted Again? Aidan White Reveals the Path to Redemption
The media today suffers from a lack of public trust due to the overwhelming spread of disinformation, bias, and propaganda, particularly through social networks, creating confusion and skepticism about even well-researched information. This mistrust is compounded by the media's failure to connect with the...
Tatyana Hilscher-Bogussevich: Authorities should find more efficient legal solutions for democratic elections, women’s representation should not be left behind
When organizing democratic elections, one of the challenges faced by countries with relatively new democratic regimes, especially those that have emerged from the communist regime, is the lack of clear mandates and sufficient resources for election management institutions. The culture of introducing incomplete changes...
Legislative changes affecting primary and secondary education leave space for discrimination, experts warn
The Network for Protection Against Discrimination (NPAD) issued a written reaction last week expressing concern over the possibility of adoption of the draft laws for primary and secondary education which, according to them, would mean backsliding rather than progress in the protection of students...
Pyysalo: Western Balkans EU integration would undermine the overall Russian objective
Disinformation and psychological interference, cyber-attacks, emerging disruptive technologies, sabotage, election interference, economic interference, instrumentalization of migration – these are just part of the issues the Hybrid Center of Excellence at countering hybrid threats is dealing with. The Head of International relations at the Hybrid...
Supreme Court of Belarus upholds harsh sentences for 20 exiled political analysts
Those convicted face immediate imprisonment if they return to Belarus.
Telegram: Pro-Russian channels’ heaven, the topic of Kosovo mobilizes pro-Russian Serbian nationalists
In the last years, channels have appeared on the Telegram application that spread pro-Serbian and pro-Russian narratives in the Western Balkans. There is no affinity for Russia and Kosovo and no pro-Russian groups have been recorded that have the goal to mobilize Kosovo Albanians....
Metamorphosis research: Stability Under Threat – FIMI in North Macedonia
Being a point of interest for the world’s superpowers, and a country where the best thriving element is corruption, in the past decade North Macedonia has faced significant challenges related to Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI). Although some of the main compounds are...
Hate speech and ethnic divisions in an anti-Albanian campaign on social networks
The reason for inciting this campaign on social networks is a post on Facebook from a suspicious closed account, in which the author, without giving further details, says that at the cash register in the “Kipper” market in Gjorce Petrov, the saleswoman refused to...
“Nulta Tachka” – Serbia’s anti-Western propaganda channel
It’s not very difficult to note that every other post on the website is anti-Western and portrays Western countries as unjust, controversial and full of crime. Conspiracy theories aimed at fostering disruption and uncertainty among citizens are based on a few postulates or main...
