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Implications of the EU Digital Services Act on critical voices in Serbia: Challenges for civil society organizations and investigative journalists

The Bots Must be Crazy – Super special, fans and haters

The promise for gradual banning of plastic bags in North Macedonia fulfilled

Behind the scenes: Chinese influence in North Macedonia

Мacedonian and Bulgarian university with a historic Russian connection will “produce” MAs in Sveti Nikole

7 February 2023

The result of the public-private partnership between the State Bulgarian University from Veliko Tarnovo “Ss. Ss. Cyril and Methodius” (VTU) and the Macedonian private International Slav University (MSU) is the offer of master studies for Macedonian students taught by Bulgarian professors. Apart from educational and scientific cooperation, both universities are connected with Russian links which […]

The construction of the 5G network brings the demise of the Chinese domination in North Macedonia’s telecommunications

24 December 2022

“Makedonski Telekom” (Macedonian Telecom) and “A1 Makedonija” (A1 Macedonia) telecoms are currently modernizing their complete mobile telephony infrastructure and working on the implementation of their 5G networks in North Macedonia. Unlike all the previous instances of a technological makeover, North Macedonia as a member of NATO and signatory of the Clean Network Program initiated by […]

Minister Bekteshi’s promise to ban the import of vehicles below EURO 5 standard is unfulfilled

8 December 2022

(This content is a translation of the original article in Macedonian, published on the 6th of December 2022) The statement of Kreshnik Bekteshi, the Minister of Economy of North Macedonia, given at the end of January 2021 that by the end of the last year the import of vehicles below the EURO 5 gas emissions […]

WHY IS IT (NOT) SO?: Myths and disinformation about the Comprehensive sexual education in North Macedonia

2 December 2022

Sexual education in schools is one of the most discussed topics in North Macedonia. Until recently in the country, just the word “sex” was considered taboo. Adolescence is a period in life when people go through big physical, psychological, emotional and personality changes, that demand some kind of guidance to help young people understand the […]

While the citizens of North Macedonia breathe pollution, diesel consumption breaks all records [Infographic]

29 November 2022

The “competition” of Skopje and the other cities in North Macedonia in breaking the world records for air pollution has commenced. While the data from “Iqair” indicates that Skopje is at the top of the world list of air pollution, together with the Asian cities New Delhi, Hanoi, Lahore or Calcutta, but also some cities […]

Buying Russian gas through a Bulgarian gas pipeline – so far the best solution for the tepid radiators in Skopje

20 October 2022

So far, the Government of North Macedonia doesn’t have any stable option for buying gas for the central heating system in the capital Skopje, apart from purchasing gas from the Russian state company Gazprom through the gas pipeline from Bulgaria to Kumanovo. But, seeing what happened at the end of the last heating season and […]

EU with same criticism for North Macedonia as last year: The construction works on Corridors 8 and 10d to be accelerated

19 October 2022

European Commission’s criticism on the transportation sector of North Macedonia is almost identical as last year, i.e. the sector remains a problem that the government must overcome. The EC’s North Macedonia 2022 Report criticizes the same projects as the last year – the construction of the railroad line to Bulgaria, the Road Corridor 10-d from […]

Let’s feed the economies, not the landfills – how the food banks help in the fight against hunger?

13 October 2022

Let’s feed the economies, not the landfills. This is the motto of the Food Bank Macedonia, which for 12 years has been fighting tirelessly against dumping food as waste and against hunger in North Macedonia. Meta.mk talked with Dushko Hristov, founder and general manager of this organization, during a period when they were preparing the […]

High school students with disabilities in North Macedonia await the new Law on Secondary Education to get educational assistants

29 September 2022

Nikola Stojanovski is one of the many high school students in North Macedonia who need an educational assistant, since he has the Down syndrome. The Convention on the Rights of the Child clearly states that education should be provided that will be directed at the development of a child’s character, its gifts and mental and […]

In NMacedonia, state institutions without web sites and social networks presence, but with press officers “who are on vacation”

29 September 2022

The levels of transparency and accountability of the state institutions in North Macedonia vary widely. Some of the state organs rank high on the list of accountable institutions, and are even among the best in the region, while others are at the bottom of the same list and almost unreachable for the citizens. Likewise, some […]

High price for the highways loan, China remains in North Macedonia constructing even with European money

26 August 2022

North Macedonia obtained a loan from the Exim Bank of China for the construction of the highways Kičevo – Ohrid, and Miladinovci – Štip, and now we are repaying the loan installments expensively due to the record strengthening of the US dollar against the Macedonian denar. In the meantime, after more than eight years and […]

How much will North Macedonia exploit the €9 billion Green Agenda for sustainable projects?

25 August 2022

The economic investment plan for Western Balkan’s green transition weighs €9 billion. North Macedonia is part of the Western Balkan’s Green Agenda, a long-term green socioeconomic scenario that should give the region a sustainable future. This country’s civic organizations are unanimous that the Green Agenda is our reality and future. It is clear that every […]

China encroaches North Macedonia’s railroad sector [infographics]

2 July 2022

The saying “Slow but steady wins the race” maybe is the simplest explanation of China’s slow entry into the North Macedonia’s railroad sector in the past several years. From the takeover of the Piraeus Port in neighboring Greece, through the purchase of locomotives and multiple-unit trains for “RNM Railways – Transport” Public enterprise to the […]

North Macedonia: Abuse of personal data of mobile phone subscribers in marketing campaigns

10 May 2022

The holidays always represent an opportunity for sales companies to conduct various marketing campaigns for their products. So, they will often call “by random choice” potential customers to offer vouchers and attractive discounts. But it isn’t clear how they manage to find the subscribers’ private mobile numbers. The people who conduct this type of marketing, […]

No shelter centers for abused women in North Macedonia’s Polog region – victims get refuge in other cities

28 April 2022

“Violence against women” is understood as a violation of human rights and a form of discrimination against women and shall mean all acts of gender‐based violence that result in, or are likely to result in, physical, sexual, psychological or economic harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts,” state Article 3 of the […]

First 2 months with new elementary education concept in North Macedonia – are there results and what has to be changed?

5 November 2021

Exactly two months have passed since the education authorities of North Macedonia have implemented the new Concept for the elementary education, which was heralded as the basis for the education reforms. The novelties planned in the document should improve the situation and follow the contemporary tendencies in education. After the system had underwent many changes […]

Urban railway vital for Skopje to ease pressure from urbanization and congestion

8 May 2021

One of the primary and instant solutions to ease the pressure from the “concretization” of the central areas of metropolitan cities in the developed countries is the development of fast, cheap, high-capacity and safe means of mass transportation of people from the city centers toward the suburban areas and vice versa. Due to the high […]

Macedonian Railways having difficulties with maintenance of the Chinese trains, timetable barely functional

30 September 2020

Although this summer the train between Skopje and Prishtina and the express trains for Belgrade and Thessaloniki didn’t travel, the RNM’s railway company can barely maintain the current timetable with only 15 planned departures from the Skopje Train Station. During the summer, the passenger train between Skopje and Kochani wasn’t operational due to maintenance of […]

Fake news and (self) regulation in the focus of the electoral manifestos of VMRO-DPMNE and SDSM

7 July 2020

The media and the self-regulation, the threats and lawsuits that the journalists face, the fake news, media literacy, and the financial support for the media are all present in the electoral manifestos of two of the biggest political parties that will be participating in North Macedonia’s parliamentary elections on the 15th of July. In VMRO-DPMNE’s […]

Analysis: Ethnic Albanian votes will elect the president in the second round

24 April 2019

The first round of the presidential elections held last Sunday left the ruling coalition shaken, with one of the lowest turnouts and other plebiscitary forms in independent Macedonia. The candidate of the ruling coalition, Stevo Pendarovski, is slightly leading the vote count ahead of his main opponent, Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova, i.e. he is advancing to the […]

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