The Decree on the uniform and insignia of the police uniform, which the Government adopted a year ago on the basis of the Law on the use of languages, enters into force in the capital Skopje and in other municipalities where at least 20 percent of citizens from the communities live.

In the City of Skopje, in the municipalities in the City of Skopje and in the municipalities in which at least 20% of the citizens speak an official language other than the Macedonian language, the markings on the basic uniform are: inscription “ПОЛИЦИЈА” “POLICIA” “POLICE”, inscription “СООБРАЌАЈНА ПОЛИЦИЈА” ” POLICIA E TRAFIKUT” “TRAFFIC POLICE”, emblem “ПОЛИЦИЈА” “POLICIA” “POLICE”, emblem “ГРАНИЧНА ПОЛИЦИЈА” “POLICIA KUFITARE” “BORDER POLICE”, emblem in the form of a shield with reduced dimensions and a metal hat tag, says the Decree.

Flashback to when Zaev said that using the Albanian language on police uniforms is unconstitutional

The emblems of the Intervention Police Unit also become trilingual. The Minister of Internal Affairs, Oliver Spasovski, announced last year that by March of this year at the latest, the uniforms of the police officers will be bilingual – in Macedonian and in Albanian.

All procedures are being implemented from March 2023 for police uniforms to be in two languages. This regulation entered into force on the eighth day after it was adopted and will begin to be applied no later than one year after its entry into force, to be precise on March 26, 2023, Spasovski said.

Minister Spasovski says that local police uniforms will be made bilingual – in Albanian as well as Macedonian