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Muižnieks: Society is deeply divided along ethnic and linguistic lines

2 February 2018

Macedonian society remains deeply divided along ethnic and linguistic lines and it is high time for political leaders to devise an integration strategy to overcome these divisions. This was one of the conclusions of Human Rights Commissioner Nils Muižnieks after a five-day visit to the country. He told the Macedonian authorities “to implement policies that […]

Polls: 91% of Bulgarians think that the Macedonian language is identical to Bulgarian

20 November 2017

Bulgarians have positive opinions towards Macedonia and 51% think that Macedonians are very alike or are identical to Bulgarians, shows the latest research carried out by the Bulgarian Institute for politics dedicated to the relations between Bulgaria and Macedonia. As Bulgarian portal “Dnes” reports, when asked whether there is a Macedonian nation that is different […]

Borisov said it all, apart from the term “Macedonian language”

20 June 2017

At today’s press conference, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov with his Macedonian counterpart, Zoran Zaev, while answering questions from reporters on which language the agreement on good neighborly relations will be signed in, he replied that the agreement will be “in the language that is stated in the Constitution” of Macedonia. “The details, in fact, […]

VMRO-DPMNE: SDSM’s Law for languages will cause instability in the long run

25 February 2017

VMRO-DPMNE completely opposes the efforts for ignoring and misusing the will of the majority of Macedonians including the will of members of the remaining ethnic communities that gave their votes for the “For a Better Macedonia” coalition, said VMRO-DPMNE ‘s press release. The press release further states that “the realization of the platform from Tirana […]

The Swiss Model: Equal status for all Official Languages

30 September 2015

Deputy Prime Minister for Implementation of Framework Agreement Musa Xhaferi told a press conference said that the best way to implement the Framework Agreement is to follow Switzerland’s example, where all ethnic communities speak three languages. Here is a glimpse of Swiss law: Swiss constitutional law is based on four key principles: equality between languages, […]

Xhaferi: Swiss Language Model a good base for Macedonia

29 September 2015

In the coming months, until the New Year, various political working groups will undertake an in-depth study and analysis of the Ohrid Framework Agreement. Information and results will be announced at an international conference due to organised in December. This was the outcome of today’s conference on the Framework Agreement, which was attended, among others, […]

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