26 January 2021
The Government of North Macedonia adopted a three-year strategy – the Economic Reform Programme (ERP) 2021-2023 that consists of a mid-term macroeconomic and fiscal framework, as well as the guidelines for the structural reforms that should be implemented and which were determined through a dialogue with the European Commission. The Economic Reform Programme 2021-2023, written […]
25 December 2020
The unemployment is a longstanding problem for Romani women in North Macedonia. Only 4 Romani women are at managerial positions in the 142 monitored public institutions and at other, non-managerial positions, they are present with only 0.47% out of the total number of the employees. Out of 7 647 persons that had been using the […]
23 November 2020
Cyber-security is one of the biggest challenges facing the modern digital world. Advances in technology and its inclusion in every segment of the functioning of society and state systems have also brought the risk of cyber attacks, certain structures or groups obtaining the data or information, which are super strong artillery to gain/cause great harm […]
22 November 2020
The electronic services in RNM would remove some documents from use, which should not exist, to be withdrawn from use, because they only increase the costs of the citizens and are a waste of time when applying and waiting to receive it. “The idea for digitalization of the registers in the institutions is to remove […]
20 November 2020
Citizens of North Macedonia can hardly obtain documents “with just one click” on the Internet. This is because the state provides limited electronic services, the potential of the e-portal is not fully used, and citizens, although they have the equipment, do not have enough information about electronic services. According to the research conducted by “Portalb.mk”, […]
17 September 2020
Research conducted by the Foundation for Internet and Society Metamorphosis, titled as “Conditions and challenges in the implementation of the online teaching process in elementary schools” shows that the teachers and students in North Macedonia face heavy challenges for the upcoming 2020/2021 school year. The situation with technical aids, most of all laptops and computers […]
31 July 2020
In 64% of the cases, the digital tools were used either rarely (once in two weeks or once a month) or not at all in the regular teaching process, and 51% of the students were never trained by their teachers how to use digital tools for the needs in the learning process. These are some […]
16 June 2020
7 out of 10 North Macedonian citizens aged between 18-24 would want to pay higher taxes and to live abroad, while the elderly would want to pay lower taxes and to remain to live in North Macedonia, shows the new study conducted by the Center for Economic Analyses (CEA) about the tax morality expressed through […]
29 March 2019
Has the media in the country been reformed after the period of full media darkness and the phase “captured state” especially in the period after 2011 and by the middle of 2016? How to get a free and powerful media – real bearers of the “fourth estate” in the country? Part of these questions were […]
28 March 2019
Increasing the criteria for selecting governance structures with focus on experience, introducing a transparent application and selection procedure with public involvement, and checking existing nominees, are part of the recommendations from the study “Who” governs there”, conducted by The Institute for Democracy “Societas Civilis” – Skopje (IDSCS) and funded by the United Kingdom. At the […]
11 March 2019
Most young people have relatively good knowledge and make appropriate efforts to find out whether certain news or other media content contains misinformation, however, examinations into their ability to think logically and careful reading, show that only 1 out of 100 meet the criteria for such a matter. This was demonstrated by new research conducted through the […]
16 August 2018
Most media outlets using “unnamed sources” for quotes were published in Serbia, while in Macedonia “unnamed sources” for quotes were named as such, i.e. there were as many as 43 % of the announcements, according to a survey by the Serbian NGO “CRTA” conducted from May 14th to June 10th this year. It is an […]
24 October 2017
Young people from countries in the Western Balkans, have a negative attitude towards immigrants, even though most of them have never come into contact with an immigrant. The main reason for the youth’s negative attitude towards immigrants is the negative perception of the religion of Islam. This was shown by research, and a survey on […]
12 September 2017
Macedonian citizens have the least confidence in the judiciary system, the police, the public administration, the government, the parliament and the political parties, show the latest polls conducted by “Eurobarometer.” With over 50%, the citizens trust the army (51%) and the European Union (53%). The research was conducted in May this year i.e. before the […]
15 February 2017
At today’s presentation of the study on “Legal and budgetary implications of unjustified detainment”, held at the EU Info Centre in Skopje, it was pointed out that Macedonian courts have a going rate or amount of how much it costs each day spent in custody, which ranges from 2,500 to 3,500 denars (40-50 euros). “Knowing […]
23 January 2017
Foreign investors invested seven times less than what was announced and there are three times fewer jobs than promised, shows the database “Foreign investment under scrutiny” prepared by the journalistic team BIRN Macedonia. The survey looked at 138 investments which were announced or promoted by the government from 2007 to 2016. It shows that 43 […]
22 November 2016
The rate of youth unemployment in Macedonia is 52.9%, which ranks the country third on the world list, says the study “Unemployment of Young People in Macedonia” conducted by the “Friedrich Ebert” Foundation this year. The research has shown that 60% of young people above the age of 18, believe that finding work in the country will […]
17 November 2016
The materials from the wiretapped conversations i.e. the “bombs” that were revealed last year by SDSM were subject to linguistic research conducted by one of the most highly regarded linguists, Viktor Friedman. “The research had a linguistic character, regardless whether the materials I was researching were true or false. This was a rare opportunity to […]
15 October 2016
27.6% of the population would vote for the VMRO-DPMNE, while 16.1% would vote for the SDSM, 6.3% for the DUI party and 2.9% of the population would vote for the DPA, according to the latest survey conducted by the Institute “Dimitrija Čupovski” which was carried out on 1.237 respondents via telephone, from October 7 to […]
24 September 2016
The International Republican Institute (IRI) which conducts several polls on public opinion throughout the year on different issues, there have been no announcements for pre-election poll ratings of political parties in Macedonia. “For now, we have not planned a poll which we would publish before the forthcoming parliamentary elections, which are scheduled for December 11”, […]
