8 April 2025
Building bridges of cooperation. Sharing lessons from different experiences with malicious fake news. Creating strategic platforms. The necessity of strategic action. These are some of the main conclusions of the second session titled: “Geopolitical 360 on information threats – European learned lessons shared for the Western Balkans,” which was held within the framework of the […]
8 April 2025
The lack of legal and institutional mechanisms to protect the digital space in the Balkans makes the region vulnerable to manipulation, disinformation, and foreign influence. While the European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA) establishes clear rules for greater transparency and accountability of online platforms, countries in the region still lack a similar regulatory framework. The […]
7 April 2025
Central News Agency (CNA) in Taipei reported that Taiwan and North Macedonia extend the mutual visa-free treatment for their nationals for another five years from January 1, until March 31, 2030. According to the agency, Taiwanese passport holders can stay for up to 90 days within 180 days. “Taiwan and the Republic of North Macedonia […]
31 March 2025
On March 31st, the world celebrates the lives, resistance, and contributions of transgender people around the world. In Macedonia, TransFormA has been organizing the March of Visibility for seven years in a row. But this year, in honor of the victims of the tragedy in Kocani, the March has been replaced by public call for […]
23 March 2025
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, with the same innocence. And […]
18 March 2025
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 heads to to the victims, who tragically lost their lives in […]
17 March 2025
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 59 mainly young persons lost their lives and over 150 were […]
16 March 2025
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 DNK, allegedly attended by around 1.500 persons. Initial reports and […]
17 February 2025
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 the “Who’s Next?” initiative, began here today. Protesters in the front […]
4 February 2025
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 was led by Frosina’s family. Her father, Todor Kulakov, addressed […]
25 December 2024
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 backbone of democracy and that any attempt to repress it is […]
25 December 2024
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 realities and concerns of ordinary people, often coming across as elitist […]
16 December 2024
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 to electoral laws just before elections harms the democratic process, while […]
25 November 2024
Despite visible progress in the fight for women’s rights, increased representation of women in politics and greater attention to issues affecting women, the tendency to express contempt and insult them persists. More specifically, these attacks target women who are increasingly exposed to hate speech due to their profession, especially on social media platforms such as […]
25 November 2024
The Deputy PM for Good Governance Policies, Arben Fetai, announced on his Facebook profile that he received a death threat on his official email. In less than half a day, media outlets reported on his status along with hate speech comments in the headlines of their articles, writes Portalb.mk. This is not the first time […]
15 November 2024
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 from discrimination and violence within the educational process in Republic of […]
19 October 2024
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 CoE, Tapio Pyysalo talks about the scope of their work, the […]
18 September 2024
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 tell the prices of the products in the Macedonian language, i.e. […]
9 September 2024
During the week ending September 5, 25 new cases of whooping cough or pertussis had been reported in North Macedonia, which is a 47.1 percent increase compared to the previous seven-day period, the Institute of Public Health of the Republic of North Macedonia announced. In regard to geographic distribution, most of the cases have been […]
4 September 2024
A Facebook post lacks context due to the fact that it does not clarify that the Embassy of Ukraine in Skopje’s announcement of the recruitment effort is not new and active, but outdated, and that it was followed by a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in which the citizens of North Macedonia are […]
