13 March 2017
The strike committees from newspapers “Dnevnik”, “Utrinski Vesnik”, and “West” have decided to increase the duration of the strike up to 8 hours starting from today, said the Independent Union of Journalists and Media Workers (SSNM). “The reason for this is after all the promises made by management, that they will make the effort to […]
17 February 2017
Today, a team from the Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) entered “Media Print Macedonia” (MPM) discovered “Prizma“. The SPO’s purpose was to explore a part of the operation of the publishing house, who owns newspapers “Dnevnik”, “Utrinski Vesnik”, “West”, “Macedonian Sport”, magazine “Tea” and the internet portal “Telegraf” . The only owner of MPM left is […]
5 February 2017
The Evzoni border crossing, at the Greek-Macedonian border, is closed for traffic for the 7th day in a row, due to a strike by the Greek farmers. The border crossings Dojran and Mežitlija are open, where due to an increased frequency there is a delay of at least one hour, said AMSM. At other border […]
13 July 2016
The Union representing staff in the judiciary and civil associations and administration throughout Macedonia, known as UPOZ, today issued an open letter to Prime Minister Emil Dimitiriev, in which it was pointed out that the current situation with court administration staff being on strike, illegal activities against the strikers have been carried out. UPOZ wants […]
22 June 2016
The Macedonian Bar Association are appealing to find acceptable solutions as soon as possible regarding the strike of court administration employees, because as they say, lawyers are facing the consequences of the strikes of the court administration. “The Macedonian Bar Association supports both sides finding an acceptable solution to the problems which are the reasons […]
19 March 2016
The Union of Workers in the Administration, Judiciary and Civil Associations of Macedonia (UPOZ) and the Association of Court Administration, have announced a three day strike from the 23, 24 and 25 of March due to their dissatisfaction with the attitude of the Ministry of Information Society and Administration and the standstill in negotiations over […]
20 September 2015
Prisoners from ‘Idrizovo’ have entered their second day on a hunger strike. Their goal is to grasp the public’s attention and to show the public the inhumane conditions they are staying in. Today the strike has spread across more prisons as prisoners complain about overcrowding and the poor standard of food. Prison officials have been […]
11 September 2015
Buses and taxis transport migrants from Gevgelija to Tabanovce because of the strike by drivers from “Macedonian Railways”. Latest news says from the train station in Gevgelija, 2,000 migrants left on special trains, while the remaining 4,000 migrants in the camp went with buses and taxis. According to estimates, in the course of the day, […]
16 March 2015
The multi-ethnic education trade union (MESO) believes that the leadership of SONK made a mistake by breaking the strike and thus preventing the resolution of many issues in education. MESO assessed results of the negotiations between the Ministry of Education and Science and SONK about rewarding and penalizing teachers based on the results of external […]
4 February 2015
Who performed the coup in the strike of SONK is the main dilemma of Bitola teachers after the cessation of the strike. Teachers from technical high school “Gjorgi Naumov” in Bitola, who were united from the first day of the strike, are today revolted because of the unanswered questions by SONK. Why did SONK end […]
28 January 2015
The strike of teachers, which began last Tuesday, is still ongoing, but after the visit of the President of the European Trade Union of Education, Martin Romer, an agreement between SONK and the competent ministries is probable. Romer yesterday repeatedly stressed that a dialogue must be established. – I fully support the strike of SONK […]
27 January 2015
General strike of teachers still lasts, and members of SONK do not participate in external testing, says Jakim Nedelkov, President of SONK. – There is a strike throughout Macedonia. We go to work, but do not performing work duties. Colleagues who are also members of SONK are on strike and they will not participate in […]
27 January 2015
System of evaluation of teachers based on penalties will never create loyal representatives and will a way to circumvent it will be always sought for. Such a system is not objective and there is a possibility for subjective evaluation of teachers, said Martin Romer, president of the European Trade Union of Education regarding the general […]
27 January 2015
Substitute teachers who have not been selected on a teachers’ council carry out external testing in part of the schools in Bitola, blames regional office of SONK. Directors of several schools in the city, having realized that teachers selected on the teachers’ councils to carry out the external testing are on strike, immediately found other […]
26 January 2015
Today began the external testing of students in the third and fourth year of secondary school. Because of the strike of SONK, which lasts nearly a week, the external testing is not conducted in some schools, while it is conducted by the substitute teachers in others. – In high schools “Zef Ljush Marku” and “Arseni […]
25 January 2015
Trade Union of gymnasium “Orce Nikolov” from Skopje came out with an open letter to the public for the strike of SONK, saying that 42 teachers from the gymnasium will continue the strike. “This strike is our appeal to raise the awareness of teachers that have a personal and moral responsibility to express solidarity and […]
20 January 2015
Today began the second semester for about 280,000 elementary and high school students after three-week winter break. SONK announced strike due to the unsuccessful negotiations with the Ministry of Education and Science. The strike was supposed to be with the presence on the jobs, but without carrying out the assignments. On the tour we did […]
