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Skopje City govt. ignores massive anti-corruption protest: Youth Cultural Center hampered with nontransparent  budget cuts and replacements, mobbing

Less than a month after Youth Cultural Centre Skopje - YCC (Mladinski kulturen centar Skopje) marked the half-century anniversary, this cult institution for the youth in the capital of North Macedonia is now facing the most difficult period of its abundant history. During the current mandate of the Mayor of Skopje, Danela Arsovska, YCC has experienced budget cuts, directors...

North Macedonia, preparation of a new National Youth Strategy started

The National Youth Strategy is more than an essential document for the young in the Republic of North Macedonia. It is setting the basic principles and directions for the action of all actors in the society that will improve the young's socioeconomic position and create an environment that will allow the young to accomplish their rights, needs and interests. This...

The young aren’t a priority for the municipalities – the implementation of the Law on youth participation in North Macedonia insufficient

Expired deadlines and complacent municipalities - this is how the implementation of the Law on youth participation and youth policies in North Macedonia can be described in brief. Only 12% of the municipalities in North Macedonia have formed local youth councils, although they were obliged by law to do it by January 2021. Eleven municipalities established an office for the...

Young people in North Macedonia wait for appointment at psychologist’s office for two months

The primary and secondary school pupils, but also the undergraduate students in North Macedonia, should have access to free counseling centers, where they will be able to discuss their problems and talk freely about everything which is bothering them. This is the conclusion from the online debate that took place on the 27th of April 2022, organized by the...

COVID-19 induced stress and isolation increased the sense of apathy among youth

A new study conducted by the American Center for Disease Control and Prevention has shown that the US is seeing a significant rise in suicide attempts, especially among teenage girls. In May 2020, there was a rise in the number of adolescents aged 12 to 17 that were received in Emergency Rooms due to suicide attempts. This year, in...

The majority of young people would emigrate to a foreign country with higher taxes

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 the tax payers' profile. The...

International Youth Day celebrated with a series of events

12th of August, the International Youth day will be marked with a series of events. There will be two panel discussions that will take place in “Public Room” starting 18:00 hours. The Director of the Agency for youth and sport Darko Kaevski and Dragan Atanasov from the Youth Work Union will address the first panel discussion on the topic “Youth...

Kukan: Youth’s participation in referendum can be decisive

The right place for political dialogue and consensus is Parliament and it should not be limited to political parties, but the civil sector, experts and other formal or informal groups should be involved as well. This was stated by the Speaker of the Macedonian Parliament, Talat Xhaferi, at the conference  entitled, "Encouraging political dialogue and consensus", which is being held...

Survey: 83.7% of the youth want to leave Macedonia

A high 83.7% of young people in Macedonia want to move out of the country. Two-thirds of them, which is 52.4%, want to move to one of the western European countries, almost 12% want to go the US and Canada, and 10.3% want to move to one of the Scandinavian countries. This survey was done by the NGO InfoCentre who...

Gruevski announces, as if Prime Minister: Scholarships to the top 100 students

The leader of VMRO-DPMNE announced a new measure aimed at young people, called "Youth Ambassadors". The activity is aimed at students that will win a prize to one of the 12 International Science Olympics. “For the gold medal, a high school student will get 12,000 denars each month all year. For the silver medal, the winner will be paid after 12...