Tag: census
Macedonia 08.09.21 | 11:32

Despite technical difficulties, census expected to continue

The State Statistics Bureau informed that it has resolved the current technical difficulties and will resume the census, after under 200,000 citizens were processed in two days. The system has been reloaded. We have teams from the application provider and from the internet provider on call read to intervene,...
Macedonia 07.09.21 | 15:35

Mickoski urges Macedonians to fully participate in the census

During his interview on Monday evening, VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski called on the ethnic Macedonians to fully participate in the on-going census, warning that a boycott would skew the ethnic break-down of the country. The populist Levica party is calling for a boycott, citing the fear of...
Macedonia 07.09.21 | 13:20

Despite technical difficulties, more than 130,000 citizens processed in the census

A total of 136,773 citizens from 41,478 houses and 59,953 apartments were processed in the first two days of the census, despite the technical difficulties experienced on the second day. DZS statistics bureau director Apostol Simovski said that he is working to identify bugs in the program and avoid...
Balkans 07.09.21 | 11:06

Bulgarian census system hacked on the first day

The electronic system used for the census in Bulgaria was hacked today, on the first day of the electronic portion of the census. The Bulgarian interim Government said that it expects the problem to be overcome quickly. The in-person portion of the census is expected to begin in ten days.
Macedonia 06.09.21 | 23:24

EC: The census is an important exercise and part of the EU accession process

The European Commission encourages everyone in Macedonia to participate in the Population and Housing Census, adding that the census is part of the EU accession process, MIA’s Brussels correspondent reports. European Commission spokeswoman Ana Pisonero told MIA that Brussels was pleased with the ongoing...
Macedonia 06.09.21 | 22:08

Mickoski urges Macedonian citizens to register in the census en masse

The Government and the SSO are responsible for the legal and accurate conduct of the census. Everything else in this process is folklore, the leader of VMRO-DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski said Monday on the “24 Analysis” show. What VMRO-DPMNE did at the beginning of this year was practical to...
Macedonia 06.09.21 | 13:45

Census interrupted after the electronic system crashed

The census process that began yesterday, hit its first serious obstacle today. The electronic system used by the canvassers crashed today and work had to be temporarily suspended. Canvassers have devices that allow them the compare key data given by citizens with the data already available to the Interior...
Macedonia 06.09.21 | 10:03

About 90,000 citizens covered on the first day of the census

A little over 90,000 citizens were covered on the first day of the census yesterday, the State Statistics Bureau (DZS) said. The controversial census takes place in the midst of a major coronavirus wave, and also provides that all emigrants will be counted as if they were residents – in an apparent...
Macedonia 05.09.21 | 15:49

Census begins despite ethnic and coronavirus controversies

Teams of canvassers began moving door to door to collect data from citizens for the census. The controversial procedure led to calls for boycott, as it’s being undertaken at a time when Macedonia has a major new wave in the coronavirus pandemic. The census is also controversial for the decision...
Macedonia 03.09.21 | 21:31

Osmani: The Albanian diaspora will be counted along with the residents in the census

In a TV interview, Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani said that the census, which the Zaev regime plans to hold in September, will count emigrants as if they are actual residents. If you remember the divisive issue of the 2011 interrupted census was how to register those who don’t live here. Then the agreement...
Macedonia 03.09.21 | 21:06

Justice Minister Maricic threatens citizens who refuse to participate in the census

Justice Minister Bojan Maricic joined in the threats Zaev regime officials are aiming at citizens who refuse to participate in the census. There is widespread public anxiety over the census that begins this weekend, as Macedonia is in the midst of a huge coronavirus wave. There are fines in place for...
Macedonia 02.09.21 | 14:50

Census starts on Sunday: How situations involving citizens who will not allow inside unvaccinated census takers will he handled

PM Zoran Zaev said on Thursday that he doesn’t expect any issues to arise during the census. In regard to how situations involving citizens who will not allow inside unvaccinated census workers will he handled, he told reporters that they will be swapped out. We will try every time with maximum flexibility....
Macedonia 01.09.21 | 14:54

Census to be launched on Sunday

Macedonia is ready for the launch of the census on Sunday, September 5, government spokesperson Dusko Arsovski told a press conference on Wednesday, adding that in all the commissions of the 50 census districts the trainings of the district instructors and the district census takers have been completed. The...
Macedonia 26.08.21 | 12:38

Zaev dismisses epidemic concerns from citizens, insists that the census must take place in September

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev insisted that the census must take place as planned, in September. Zaev is ignoring growing protests from the public, concerned that having an in-person census will add to the already fast growing number of coronavirus cases. I urge you to be serious. We haven’t had a...
Macedonia 26.08.21 | 09:47

Despite the huge coronavirus spike, Zaev official insists that the census will be conducted in-person

Apostol Simovski, the Zaev regime appointed head of the State Statistics Bureau (DZS), rejected the request from VMRO-DPMNE that the census is held electronically. The demand was made as the number of coronavirus cases spikes, and citizens are scared of allowing census takers in their homes. DZS is having...
Macedonia 25.08.21 | 15:45

Nikoloski: To avoid spreading the contagion, VMRO-DPMNE demands that the census is conducted electronically

Given the high rate of deaths and infections, VMRO-DPMNE proposes that the census planned for September is conducted using electronic means. The party’s Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski said that the State Statistics Bureau obviously can’t provide enough canvassers due to coronavirus fears,...
Macedonia 23.08.21 | 22:04

Simovski threatens again: There will be sanctions for those who do not want to register in the census

The director of the State Statistical Office, Apostol Simovski, says that the campaign for the boycott of the census is active again, and he warns that there will be consequences for the people who will refuse to register in the census. We must all understand that this is a mandatory activity. This is...
Macedonia 23.08.21 | 21:02

Simovski: Only the Parliament can change the census law

The State Statistical Office isn’t authorized to postpone the census. Parliament is the only institution that can change the census law, SSO head Apostol Simovski told Kanal 5 TV on Monday evening. The State Statistical Office, stressed Simovski, maintains the positions that it can conduct the census...
Macedonia 23.08.21 | 09:52

Two more days left in the call for canvassers, as the census is again put in doubt

The State Statistics Bureau (DZS) urged unemployed citizens to register as census takers, as it gets down to the last two remaining days for registration. While students normally fill these positions quickly, this year, with the huge spike in coronavirus cases during August, the DZS still lacks hundreds...
Macedonia 18.08.21 | 17:05

Zaev again insists on holding a “corona census” in September

Despite the quickly spiking number of deaths and infections from the coronavirus epidemic, Zoran Zaev today insisted that the census will go ahead as planned, in September. The census was already postponed once, because of the major Third Wave of the epidemic in March and April. Zaev insisted that the...
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