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Macedonia 20.07.23 | 09:26

Karakamiseva: The Preamble is confusing and harmful to the position of the Macedonian nation

According to law professor Tanja Karakamiseva, the proposed changes to the Constitution, which would add the Bulgarian nation and five other nations to the Preamble, are confusing and misleading. She points out to the eclectic nature of the Preamble, which keeps getting rewritten, and now names the citizens,...
Macedonia 18.05.23 | 13:46

Karakamiseva: The Preamble of the Constitution cannot be amended by constitutional amendments

Law Professor Tanja Karakamiseva offered a draft text for the new Prеambula of the Macedonian Constitution, one which would protect the Macedonian people’s sovereignty and uphold the continuity of the Krusevo Republic, the ASNOM (Antifascist Council of the People’s Liberation of Macedonia)...
Macedonia 02.02.22 | 17:55

After Constitutional Court refuses to review the Prespa Treaty, professor Karakamiseva announces she will file a case with the European Court of Human Rights

Law professor Tanja Karakamiseva responded to the prompt decision of the Constitutional Court to refuse to review her petition against the Prespa Treaty, and the way it was rammed through Parliament. According to judge Osman Kadriu, the treaty is not an individual act and its effects are not individual...
Macedonia 12.11.21 | 11:49

Since the vote did not take place, Zaev does not get a “grace period” of 90 days

The Zaev – Ahmeti regime seems prepared to declare the events in the Parliament yesterday as a completed vote of no confidence, which failed and meant that the Zaev Government remains in place. The vote was abandoned by the opposition after one BESA member of Parliament went missing during the...
Macedonia 23.09.20 | 11:02

For nine months the Constitutional Court has refused to take up the extensive challenge on the Albanian language law

It’s been nine months since 17 law professors submitted a challenge to the Constitutional Court, over the law that makes Macedonia a fully bilingual – Macedonian – Albanian country. The law is clearly unconstitutional, says professor Tanja Karakamiseva who initiated the procedure, but...
Macedonia 19.08.20 | 22:45

Zaev would need to amend the Constitution to make Artan Grubi his co-Prime Minister

The proposal to nominate Artan Grubi from the DUI party as Deputy Prime Minister who would have veto power over all major decision made by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev may require new constitutional amendments. DUI gave up on its key request – that it gets an ethnic Albanian named as Prime Minister,...
Macedonia 23.05.20 | 10:50

NATO refers to Macedonians as “citizens of the Republic of North Macedonia”

Despite assurances from the SDSM party that the Prespa treaty they signed with Greece safeguards Macedonian national identity, examples of its intrusion come daily. One such example was shared online yesterday, and comes from the job vacancies portion of the NATO web site. It asks applicants to choose...
Macedonia 15.05.20 | 18:12

Karakamiseva: With no Parliament in place, there is no way for Zaev to go back to a fully SDSM led Government

Law professor Tanja Karakamiseva insisted that a call from SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev that the Government is reorganized into a purely political, SDSM dominated one, is not doable. Zaev agreed to resign as Prime Minister and allow several opposition VMRO-DPMNE officials to assume positions in the Government...
Macedonia 02.01.20 | 11:57

Professor Karakamiseva shares her challenge to the Albanian language law with the diplomatic corps and the Venice Commission

Law professor Tanja Karakamiseva, who is the Macedonian representative in the Venice Commission, published the English language version of her initiative to re-examine the Law on the use of Languages. The Venice Commission already found that the law has serious violations and is inapplicable. But the...
Macedonia 19.12.19 | 16:01

Professor Karakamiseva submits a challenge to the controversial Albanian language law

A group of 15 university professors, led by constitutional law professor Tanja Karakamiseva, submitted a challenge before the Constitutional Court, calling on it to strike down the Law on the use of Languages. The controversial law goes far beyond the provisions of the Constitution about the use of minority...
Macedonia 07.12.19 | 15:41

Venice Commission finds major problems with the law that turns Macedonia into a bilingual country

Law professor Tanja Karakamiseva, who is the Macedonian representative in the Venice Commission, published a list of most important conclusions which the Council of Europe body reached with regard to the controversial law to introduce full bilingualism in Macedonia, with official use of the Albanian...
Macedonia 05.12.19 | 13:58

Osmani will defend the bilingualism law before the Venice Commission

Deputy Prime Minister Bujar Osmani announced that he will appear before the Venice Commission to defend the controversial law for the use of the Albanian language, which turns Macedonia into a fully bilingual country. The Commission issued a highly critical opinion of the law, calling it costly and insisting...
Macedonia 24.01.19 | 22:44

Osmani hurls new insults at Karakamiseva in row over the Albanian languages law

Law professor Tanja Karakamiseva, who is one of the most prominent critics of the Government for which he received a late night police visit to her home, says that the Venice Commission, where she is the Macedonian representative, rebuked the Macedonian Government for its actions. I was informed that...
Macedonia 21.01.19 | 14:08

Karakamiseva: Albanians make up less than 17 percent of Macedonia’s population

Due to the lack of reliable census results in Macedonia, law professor and political activist Tanja Karakamiseva published data on the number of total citizenships issued in the country. According to Karakamiseva, the results show that ethnic Albanians amount to less that 17 percent of the total population,...

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