Tag: census
Macedonia 15.03.21 | 21:06

Osmani travels to Switzerland to help add as many of the emigrants to the census as possible

Foreign Affairs Minister Bujar Osmani is in Switzerland tomorrow to urge diaspora members to register in the coming census. Osmani is from the DUI party which represents ethnic Albanians, and which insists on having as many Albanian members of the diaspora counted in the census. Switzerland has a large...
Macedonia 15.03.21 | 12:48

Osmani: Over 60,000 citizens from the diaspora register in the census, mostly from Switzerland, Germany and Italy, weaker results in Canada and Australia

The headcount of diplomats ends today, but continues for the diaspora. The number of registered citizens from the diaspora exceeded 60 thousand. In the first place is Switzerland with about 16 thousand, which is a quarter of the expected numbers, followed by Germany with 10 thousand, Italy with six thousand,...
Macedonia 14.03.21 | 23:13

Zaev’s plan: Curfew by night, census by day

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev urged the public today to register in the census, even as the coronavirus epidemic infection rate and mortality rate are approaching levels from the worst days of the fall wave. Currently only emigrants are registering, through a website, but Zaev fully intends to send teams...
Macedonia 12.03.21 | 10:48

Nearly 50,000 emigrants registered in the online census so far

The State Statistics Bureau reports that just under 50,000 people registered online for the census so far. Online registration is meant for Macedonians living abroad, and it was introduced after the controversial decision to include the diaspora into the census. Citizens are asked to give their state...
Macedonia 11.03.21 | 21:07

State Statistical Office: We haven’t asked for postponement, census to begin on April 1

The State Statistical Office (SSO) denied Thursday media reports it has asked for a postponement of the Census due to the coronavirus situation. SSO informs that they are preparing for the field census activities, which are taking place in accordance with the planned deadlines. All measures according...
Macedonia 11.03.21 | 17:44

We are more when we are together: Ahmeti called on the Albanian diaspora to respond to the census

DUI leader Ali Ahmeti called on the Albanian diaspora to respond en masse to the census via Facebook. In a video message he says that the more Albanians from the diaspora are listed in the census, the stronger they will be. We are more when we are together, said Ahmeti. Ahmeti called on the diaspora...
Macedonia 11.03.21 | 12:13

In a letter to diplomatic representatives, Mickoski urges that the census is postponed till September, and focus is diverted to obtaining vaccines

In a letter addressed to diplomatic representatives in Macedonia, VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski urges that the census is postponed for September and the municipal elections are held in early October. Mickoski, who is himself recovering from a bad Covid-19 infection, says that the risks of holding...
Macedonia 10.03.21 | 16:47

Over 45,000 citizens living abroad have filled out the online census survey so far

A total of 45,755 citizens living abroad have filled out the online census survey until 9 am today, according to the State Statistical Office. The online census survey is available to emigrants and employees in the diplomatic-consular missions. The census in the country will start on April 1 and will...
Macedonia 08.03.21 | 12:21

Zaev imposes a curfew due to rising number of coronavirus cases, but still wants to go ahead with the census

Despite the rising coronavirus infection numbers and the plan to introduce overnight curfews starting on Wednesday, the Zaev regime still plans to go ahead with an in-person census. The process should begin in April and will include census taking teams visiting individual households for over half an...
Macedonia 05.03.21 | 11:08

Census campaign launched

Under the slogan “I Live Here, Decide, Exist”, the Census campaign is launched in the country, created and implemented by the Agency for Community Rights Realization, funded by the European Union. In the meantime, the online census for the diaspora continues and will run until April 21. A total of...
Macedonia 04.03.21 | 18:33

Over 22,000 citizens registered on the online census

The State Statistics Bureau (DZS) informed that 22,000 Macedonian citizens have registered using the census website that went online earlier this week. After numerous reports of problems with the website and security lapses, DZS insists that not all these applications will be counted toward the final...
Macedonia 03.03.21 | 14:41

VMRO-DPMNE proposes bill to urgently stop the planned census

VMRO-DPMNE proposed to the Parliament a bill that will postpone the census planned for April. The opposition party collected over 100,000 signatures from citizens in a week and insists that this completely deligitimizes the census. With the enormous popular support behind us, we propose that the census...
Macedonia 02.03.21 | 22:27

Statistics Bureau chief threatens people who access the census website from hidden locations

Statistics Bureau (DZS) director Apostol Simovski insisted that accessing the census website from VPN connections that mask the actual location of the user is a criminal act and that those who do so will be prosecuted. The latest threat from the DZS director comes after a number of social media posts...
Macedonia 02.03.21 | 13:58

Expats complain: It is easier to register in the census from Macedonia than from abroad

The diaspora census as the first step in the population census began with much controversy and inconsistencies. After several It experts informed that they had easily breached the system and that they had registered from Macedonia, although it should be available only from abroad, the State Statistical...
Macedonia 02.03.21 | 12:23

Mickoski: Current government is not capable of replacing a burned out street light bulb, let alone organizing a complex statistical operation

The leader of VMRO-DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski, reacted Tuesday that the beginning of the census of the diaspora again in action showed that the government is incapable of conducting a complex and important operation such as the census. The current government is not capable of replacing a burned out street...
Macedonia 02.03.21 | 11:41

Simovski: Three years in prison for anyone who registers in the census app as if they were abroad

The census system is maximally protected and no one can break in with fake data, and criminal charges will be filed against anyone who tries to manipulate the system, ie to register as diaspora from their computer in Macedonia, the director of the State Statistical Office, Apostol Simovski told “Plusinfo”,...
Macedonia 02.03.21 | 09:15

Mihajlovski: The fact that the census website is operated by a Bulgarian company clearly states the intentions

Talking on TV Alfa late Monday about the fact that a Bulgarian company operated the census website, actor Toni Mihajlovski from VMRO-DPMNE said that it would not be a problem if the situation with Bulgaria was different. If the situation with Bulgaria was not as it is, their rhetoric towards Macedonia...
Macedonia 02.03.21 | 09:07

Census application breached, no hacking skills required: People in Skopje register as if they were in Serbia, Bulgaria

It did not take long for another piece of evidence to emerge that the census is being conducted in a dubious manner. That the purpose of the operation is not statistical at all is confirmed by the failure to develop a solid protected application for the diaspora census. And even worse – hacking...
Macedonia 01.03.21 | 17:39

Zaev’s Statistics Bureau chief again threatens citizens with penalties if they don’t participate in the census

Apostol Simovski, head of the State Statistics Bureau, again threatened citizens with penalties if they don’t participate in the census. The Zaev regime insists on holding a census in April despite the currently rising number of coronavirus infections, lack of vaccines and the high mortality rate,...
Macedonia 01.03.21 | 12:11

Mucunski: Current census is fulfilling political wishes

What is most important at this moment is the time period in which this census will be conducted. Unfortunately, I would not like that to be the reality, I would like Macedonia to have a vaccination rate, not necessarily like Israel, but to be approximately like Serbia, but unfortunately at this moment...
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