Authorities dissolve PEN Belarus
On 9 August, the Supreme Court of Belarus ruled to close down the Belarusian PEN Centre. IFEX, the global network for defending and promoting freedom of expression, informed about the reaction of the PEN International, a worldwide association of writers with member organizations in...
Global Voices: In Turkey, 13-year-old girl challenges stereotypes in athletics
A handball player from Turkey's southeastern province, Şanlıurfa, is breaking stereotypes while galvanizing support for girls’ participation in sports both in her village and around the country, writes Global Voices. Meta.mk republishes the original article, under the cooperation agreement with “Global Voices”.
A handball player...
Protest against police brutality in front of Czech Embassy in Skopje
Over 1000 citizens of North Macedonia participated in the July 3 protest in front of the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Skopje, demanding justice and responsibility for the murder of young Roma man, Stanislav Tomaš from Teplice, Czech Republic. Citizen movement AVAJA that...
Free online course on crowdfunding and collaborative journalism
The media professionals in Central and Southern Europe are invited by "Prague Media School" to attend free of charge an online interactive course on crowdfunding and collaborative journalism. The course, consisting of 7 interactive webinars and a cross-border story pitching session will be conducted...
Global Voices: Czech-Russian relations hit new low after Prague accuses Moscow of ‘state-sponsored terrorism’
Czech Republic expels 18 Russian diplomats over 2014 arms depot explosions, writes "Global Voices". Meta.mk republishes the original article, under the cooperation agreement with "Global Voices".
On April 17, the Czech government announced in an impromptu press conference that it would expel 18 Russian diplomats...
Will poetry be enough to get Czechs to embrace anti COVID-19 vaccination?
As anti-COVID-19 vaccination becomes accessible in the European Union, the Czech government has launched a new communication campaign aimed at overcoming the fear of or suspicion about vaccination. And this time, the inspiration for the campaign has found its source in an unlikely place...
The Czech Academy of Sciences published online its Old Church Slavonic archive
On the 22nd of December 2020, the Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS) published on the internet a digitalized version of its Old Church Slavonic Language archive. Among other documents, it features a voluminous dictionary consisting of over 20 000 entries and over 840 000...
Polish Legacy, Balkan Heritage: the Perspective of North Macedonia – online panel
An online public debate organized by two Polish universities will present the legacy of cultural exchange between Poland and North Macedonia and the current context of EU enlargement towards the Western Balkans and its cultural and identity dimension, paying a special attention to Poland’s...
EEAS Conference: The EU must impose its role as a factor that is moving things forward
The EU, as a sovereign subject that has a strategic autonomy, has to impose its role as a factor that is moving things forward, both in the international relations and the solving of disputes. At the same time, the Union has to try to...
Corto Maltese comics celebrates 53rd anniversary, while the character Corto would have celebrated his 113rd birthday
Comics fans celebrated the 53rd anniversary from the first publication of the Corto Maltese series of graphic novels by the Italian grand-master Hugo Pratt in 1967.
According to the stories told in graphic format by Pratt, who himself came from a multinational family, Corto was...
Cryptocurrency Scammers flood European Facebook users with geo-targeted ads for fake Forbes.com articles
Scammers using fake Forbes articles and anti-EU disinformation as bait continue to target Facebook users across Europe, Metamorphosis Foundation warned in a statement issued in Skopje on May 28.
Metamorphosis is a civil society organization from North Macedonia promoting digital rights and media literacy. Its...
Online e-Governance Conference kicks off from Estonia, summarizing European experiences
Under the motto "Giant leaps start with small steps," the e-Governance Conference started today, replacing the customary physical location in Estonian capital Tallinn with the virtual space.
The conference is organized by the e-Governance Academy, the pre-eminent Estonian organization working in the field of digital...
Russia’s World War Two diplomacy scores a win in North Macedonia
The country has shifted away from Moscow, but is reluctant to antagonise it.
This expanded story is based on cooperation between Global Voices and Meta.mk News Agency, as part of content partnership with of Metamorphosis Foundation.
Google “Russian Embassy”, “World War Two” and “monument” and you will...
NATO starting a project for rapid and accurate diagnosis of Covid-19
NATO is launching a practical scientific project to develop new tools for a rapid and accurate diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection, and is led by scientists on the front line of COVID-19 research from Italy’s Istituto Superiore di Sanità (National Health Institute) and Tor Vergata...
Western Balkans requests exemption from EU’s exporting restrictions for certain medical products
At the initiative of FM Dimitrov, the ministers of foreign affairs of Western Balkan countries today sent a request to the European Commissioner for Trade Hogan, the Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Várhelyi, and the EU High Representative and Vice President...
Plevneliev: Russia isn’t behaving like an aggressor only in Bulgaria but in the region as well
The current model for implementing sanctions against Russia isn't the most appropriate one. The sanctions don't act as they should, but not because they aren't effective but because we are shortsighted about the ways and the measures for their implementation. USA has decided to...
Hungarian funding supports spread of disinformation between Greece, Slovenia and North Macedonia
During July 2019 a new trend for spreading disinformation affected the online sphere in North Macedonia. Possibly to compensate for lack of coverage of political events that can be misconstrued during the vacation season, social media were flooded with links to old articles promoted...
Dutch Parliament rejects resolution blocking Macedonia’s EU membership negotiations
Last night, the Dutch parliament rejected two resolutions - from the Socialist Party and the Party for Freedom- with a majority of votes - not to support the start of accession negotiations for Macedonia's EU membership.
At the same time, Parliament passed a resolution against...
Plenković: We will do all we can for North Macedonia to receive a date in June
In a statement to MIA, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said that Croatia will do everything it can to help North Macedonia receive a date for negotiations in June, reports a correspondent from MIA from Brussels.
Plenković, who visited Brussels on Friday afternoon and whose...
“Facebook” removes 212 fake profiles from North Macedonia and Kosovo
In a recent report sent to the European Commission (EC), as a signatory to the Code of Practice Against Disinformation, Facebook says it has taken down eight coordinated networks of fake profiles from North Macedonia, Kosovo and Russia in the last few weeks. Facebook...
