Tag: Albanian language

The Government has announced that at its 117th session the Albanian ministers for the first time spoke Albanian, in accordance with provisions of the Law on the Use of Languages. This law was published in the "Official Gazette" even though it did not receive the President Gjorge Ivanov's signature. Government changes to the abortion law were accepted, while previous restrictions were abolished, and a...

The recent storm brewing from the verification of the constitutional changes in Parliament (11.01.2018), which changed the name of the country to "the Republic of North Macedonia", has shown no sign of stopping, and the public strongly resents the fact that the Law on Languages ​​and the Law on the Ratification of the Prespa Agreement, were published in the...

The Law on Languages ​​promotes the rights of all minority communities and does not foresee new employment. The Macedonian language with the Cyrillic alphabet remains the only official language throughout the whole territory of the Republic of Macedonia and its international relations, said the Government in today's statement regarding fake news and untruths about the application of the Law on the Use of...

The Law on the Use of Languages ​​was published today in the Official Gazette after Parliament Speaker, Talat Xhaferi, sent it without the signature of President Gjorge Ivanov yesterday. With the publication of the Law in the Official Gazette, it officially comes into force, making Albanian the second official language in Macedonia. DUI MP Artan Grubi listed things DUI had promised and...

If the population's census in 2020 does not take into account the ethnicity of the population, it risks failing as it did in 2011, as well as the possibility of violating the principle of the Ohrid Framework Agreement (OFA) and the Constitution of Macedonia for equitable representation, reports "Portalb.mk". Experts have urged political parties to insist on ethnic and religious...

These are the two conclusions that the Albanian political parties came to today, at the meeting at the "Arka" hotel, said the leader of the Movement for Reform of the DPA, Zijadin Sela. “At the meeting, they debated and discussed the joint declaration signed by the Albanian parliamentary political parties. All parties were meant to be present and I urge...

The proposals from SDSM for the use of the Albanian language, which were discussed by the general public, are unacceptable for Zijadin Sela. The president of the Reform Movement of DPA didn’t want to reveal what were these proposals about, adding that his party remains with the stance for the complete officialization of the Albanian language. "We firmly stand by our...