800 pensioners are freelancers in the Association of pensioners!
About 800 pensioners are given a fee as a reward for additional work in local and municipal boards of the Association of pensioners in Macedonia. Their fees range from 3,000 to 5,000 denars in basic local communities, 8,000 denars in municipal organizations, up to...
Macedonian journalists will be able to report intimidation in Strasbourg
The new online platform which the Council of Europe prepared along with the European Federation of Journalists (EFN), Reporters without Borders and other international news organizations and through which European journalists can report any type of intimidation or assault, will be available to the...
The most vulnerable will suffer: Protest against the Law on fees
“We won’t pay”, “no for the state racket”, “social justice”, “it won’t pass”, “together we are stronger”, “we will triumph” were the slogans with which protesters today told the Government that they disagree with adoption of the new Law on obligatory social insurance. The...
Government passes the state exam
At today’s open session of the Government, reforms of Law on higher education, which envisage the introduction of a state exam for students, were passed. Thus, the public debate on this law, which will be sent to the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia,...
Bribery, scandals and video tapes in Greece
New political scandal in Greece after the accusations of the MP of Independent Greeks, Pavlos Haikalis, for the attempt of buying of votes for the election of president. After the announcement of the Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras that he is preparing a lawsuit...
Protests didn’t change Government’s mind
Legislative amendments which project paymentof contributions for pension and health insurance by the freelancers will be enforced from 1st of January. During today’s visit of Shtip, Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski said that the Government remains committed to the legal amendments to force employers to...
Officials will also pay contributions for additional income
The public got used SDSM to try and block every positive measure, regardless how useful it is for the citizens, especially workers, and by twisting thesis, it wants to manipulate the workers, reads the response from the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy for...
Gruevski and Tusk discussed the name dispute
After the meeting with President of the European Council Donald Tusk, Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski said that Macedonia can count on his support. Tusk was interested for the reforms in the country, and most of the meeting went into a discussion of the reason...
Putin announces new pipeline that would pass through Macedonia
Setting up a new European gas pipeline on the border between Turkey and Greece depends on Europe, said Vladimir Putin at the annual conference with the press.
- It mostly depends on Europe, provided that they want to have a stable, absolutely guaranteed and risk...
Brussels: Government to consult with everybody on the Law on state exam
Developments around the law on state exam reached the European Commission, which in a written response to META indicated that it is “familiar with the plans for introduction of changes in education.”
Through its press service, the European Commission informs that Brussels “gives great importance...
EU urges the Government to take decisive action and adress politicization, judiciary independence and media freedoms
In the conclusions which the foreign ministers of the EU should adopt within the following two days in Brussels at the regular December’s summit, worsening of the democratic condition was registered in Macedonia.
Welcoming the fact that the European agenda “remains a strategic priority,” in...
If we are not suffocated by Thursday, they will think how to save us for five days
No later than Thursday, when there would be five days since pollution exceeded the maximum permitted level, City of Skopje must send recommendations measures to the Ministry of Environment to protect citizens from the extensively polluted air, inform representatives of the City of Skopje...
Harsh first reactions: New government measures in education are humiliating
Professors harshly reacted to the new draft legal decisions the Government brought at the session yesterday. They say that, with the new measures, the Government only demeans the academic community and the people must go out and rebel because they lead to the selling...
Coat of Arms to change, flag not discussed
After the announcements of the Government for the change of the national crest, public speculates that it is an introduction for the change of the flag as well.
The Government denied this and said that so far it was not discussed, but they didn’t disclose...
Ademi and Ristovski to resign or Malcheski will sue
Risto Malcheski, professor at FON, demands the Minister of Education Abdilakim Ademi and his deputy Spiro Ristovski to resign from office. The professor’s reaction is triggered by the letter that the Ministry of Education sent to FON with a request to state their opinion...
BAS: All Macedonian dialects are Bulgarian
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) classified the Macedonian language and its dialects as part of Bulgarian dialectology. BAS and the Institute of Bulgarian Language, with financial assistance from the European Social Fund of the European Union, two days ago promoted internet audio-map of 30...
There is no assessment, but the Coat of Arms will be cheap
Authorities haven’t made analysis on how much would the announced change of the Coat of Arms cost the citizens, i.e. how much money from the budget would be appropriated for the changes in the means of application of the Coat of Arms.
Despite Government’s assurances...
Bulgarian “Telegraph” accuses: Macedonia steals our Coat of Arms
Bulgarian daily “Telegraph” accused that Macedonia is stealing the Bulgarian Coat of Arms.
“The Government in Skopje adopted a new Coat of Arms that is a copy of our,” writes Bulgarian daily “Telegraph”.
In its print edition, the daily, in an article with title “Macedonia steals...
Samaras angry with London: Greek history cannot be shared or borrowed!
Greece is angry with the decision of the British Museum to borrow part of Parthenon Marbles to Russia. After the news caused numerous reactions at the social media, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras criticized and condemned the museum in London, who categorized the move...
Macedonian tattoos: Cross and “Freedom or death” ahead of Gruevski and Mijalkov
Tattooing political symbols, portraits of politicians or logos of political parties is a trend in the Balkan countries. In our country, these tattoos are not very common, while most popular are patriotic tattoos as the symbol of “Freedom or death,” the sun of Vergina...
