Tag: albanian
Macedonia 02.07.20 | 10:59

Spasovski insists there is no need for an ethnic Albanian Prime Minister because Zaev is supported by all ethnic groups

Speaking to an Albanian language TV station, interim Prime Minister Oliver Spasovski insisted that there is no need for an ethnic Albanian candidate for Prime Minister, because SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev has the support of all ethnic communities. Zaev and SDSM and in a tight spot after the DUI party...
Macedonia 06.06.20 | 13:35

SDSM and DUI try to distract from the epidemic crisis, ignite a dispute over the ethnicity of the next Prime Minister

While the public in Macedonia is alarmed by the spiking coronavirus deaths and infections, the two ruling parties, SDSM and DUI, opened a dispute over whether an ethnic Albanian will be appointed as next Prime Minister. The issue was raised by DUI party leader Ali Ahmeti, who said that it is the next...
Macedonia 01.03.20 | 12:00

No word from the Government when it will correct Zaev’s Albanian language “mistake”

During his debate with opposition leader Hristijan Mickoski, Zoran Zaev acknowledged that his Government “made mistakes” when it placed bilingual signs, using the Albanian language along the Macedonian, in parts of Macedonia with little to no Albanians. Zaev, who is dependent on Albanian...
Macedonia 27.02.20 | 18:25

Albanian prisoners set their cells in the Kumanovo prison on fire

A group of Albanian prisoners in the Kumanovo prison set fire to their cells in a protest. The prisoners in Macedonia’s most recently built and most modern prison claim that they are banned from getting outside and after days of protests, the situation turned violent. The group was sent to the...
Macedonia 21.02.20 | 21:11

Zaev believes that SDSM will again form a Government with the help of the Albanian parties

SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev said that he expects to have major advantage over VMRO-DPMNE when it comes to post-election coalition making with the ethnic Albanian parties. Polls show SDSM losing soundly to VMRO among ethnic Macedonians but Zaev hopes that he will maneuver his party to again form a Government...
Macedonia 15.02.20 | 22:02

Albanian citizen attacked a French border agent at the Skopje airport

A French border agent deployed at the Skopje airport was attacked by an Albanian citizen after he refused his request to fly to Barcelona. The incident occurred when an Albanian family tired to fly to Spain to seek treatment for their child. Albanian citizens have visa free travel to most EU member states,...
Macedonia 25.12.19 | 20:30

Zaev wants to appoint his loyalist Justice Minister Renata Deskoska to the Venice Commission

The Expres news site reports that the Zaev Government is attempting to nominate Justice Minister Renata Deskoska as the next Macedonian representative to the Venice Commission. Deskoska is an SDSM party loyalist, and the move is planned to replace Tanja Karakamiseva, who is a strong critic of Zaev’s...
Macedonia 09.12.19 | 21:31

Venice Commission publishes its opinion with strong criticism of the Albanian language law

The Venice Commission of the Council of Europe today published its final opinion on the controversial law on the use of the Albanian language in Macedonia. As announced in the preliminary opinion, the Commission has strong objections to the law, the way it was adopted, how it goes beyond the Macedonian...
Macedonia 19.11.19 | 17:34

Zaev’s supporters in the media attack his own model of Albanian language use, in an attempt to hit out at Nikola Gruevski

Journalists and commentators supportive of the Zaev regime and its policies went had a hissy fit after Merxhan Dauti, an ethnic Albanian lawyer representing a co-defendant of former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski in one of the many cases initiated by the Special Prosecutor’s Office, demanded that...
Macedonia 08.10.19 | 14:27

The Venice Commission de facto replaces the cowed Constitutional Court of Macedonia

The move by the Venice Commission, which examines the constitutionality of Macedonia’s laws, to condemn the law on the use of the Albanian language threw a stark contrast to the cowed domestic institutions. The Constitutional Court of Macedonia should be the first to examine the law, which far...
Macedonia 07.10.19 | 13:31

Kulafkova: The Venice Commission clears the way to revoke the Albanian language law

In an interview with Republika, professor Katica Kulafkova says that the finding of the Venice Commission opens the door to abolish the law on the use of the Albanian language. The Commission found that key portions of the law violate the Macedonian Constitution, or are unworkable. Adopting the law was...
Macedonia 29.05.19 | 10:23

Probistip made bilingual even as no Albanians live there

The small city of Probistip, population 16.000, is 98.7 percent ethnic Macedonian. According to the 2002 census, the remaining 150 people living in the city include 89 Serbs, 37 Vlachs, six Turks, 1 Bosniak and no Albanians. And yet, under the Albanian language law, public institutions in Probistip are...
Economy 29.04.19 | 19:05

Albanian language media full of stories of people emigrating out of Macedonia

Albanian media outlets in Macedonia are full of reports of on-going mass emigration into European Union countries. Macedonians and Albanians are leaving the country, but the phenomenon appears especially prominent among Albanians, as indicated by the exceptionally low turnout rates in the last several...
Macedonia 25.03.19 | 15:36

Raskovski stumped when asked if he understands a word of Albanian

Government Secretary General Dragi Raskovski was left stumpted during the press conference today, when a journalist asked him if he understands a word of what Deputy Prime Minister Bujar Osmani is saying in Albanian. Raskovski and Osmani held a joint press conference to discuss the implementation of...
Macedonia 24.02.19 | 11:22

Zaev’s Government orders the creation of an inspection service which will go after public sector officials who don’t speak Albanian

Transcripts from a meeting of the Macedonian Government held earlier this week reveal that, as part of the implementation of the Albanian language law, an inspection will be formed which will determine whether Government employees and institutions are using the language in official capacity. The controversial...
Culture 13.02.19 | 19:48

Culture Ministry Secretary acknowledges funding redistribution was meant to favor Albanian artists

Valmir Aziri, State Secretary in the Culture Ministry, defended the decision of Minister Asaf Ademi to radically redistribute funding for cultural programs, saying that in the past Albanians were discriminated by the Ministry. Aziri, who like Ademi is Albanian, with this seemingly confirmed that the...
Macedonia 04.02.19 | 09:34

Albanian politicians campaign on the case of seven children in a small village near Veles

Alliance of Albanians leader Ziadin Sela visited the Star Grad village in the mountains over Veles to bring Albanian language text books to the 7 children living there. The children were attending school in Macedonian due to the lack of enough children to form an Albanian language class. After the story...
Macedonia 01.02.19 | 13:49

Zaev confirms that Albanian ministers don’t even use the costly translation service put in place

In his rambling interview with N1 TV station, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev revealed that the Albanian members of his Government are not really using the Albanian language in Government sessions, despite their long insistance that a law making Macedonia fully bilingual is adopted. Zaev was asked by N1 what...
Macedonia 30.01.19 | 13:54

Macedonian Government holds bilingual session

During the session of the Macedonian Government on Tuesday, for the first time ethnic Albanian ministers spoke in Albanian, as provided in the controversial law on the use of languages. The law, which clearly violates the articles of the Constitution regulating the use of minority languages to municipalities...
News 29.01.19 | 19:02

Veles Mayor Kocevski says that next time he will walk out of an Albanian – only press conference

Impacted by the implementation of the new law on the use of the Albanian language, Veles Mayor Ace Kocevski said that in the future he will not accept to be “used for decoration” and attend press conferences where he doesn’t understand what is being said. Kocevski, who comes from the...
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