Tag: language law
Macedonia 09.07.20 | 13:20

Zaev: No one has lost anything with the adoption of the Language Law

Gostivar is the source of the concept of one society for all and we confirm that spirit throughout the country, said SDSM leader Zoran Zaev at a party event in Gostivar. Gostivar has always been an example of multiethnicity, an example of unity. That is the future, that unity is the only right path,...

Macedonia 02.03.20 | 16:36

The language law and the placing of signs is clear, Spasovski says

The Law on Languages and the placing of bilingual signs is clear and has been published in the Official Gazette, said Monday interim prime minister Oliver Spasovski, answering a reporter’s question over who is right, the coalition partner DUI or Vice Bujar Osmani saying that the placing of bilingual...

Macedonia 20.12.19 | 12:15

Outgoing PM Zaev: I’m Zoran Zaev, I defended the Language Law even when Albanians were reserved

The government has never sought to postpone the publication of the Venice Commission’s opinion on the Law on the Use of Languages, outgoing Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said Friday, answering a journalist’s question whether it was true that postponement of the opinion was requested because it...

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 08.10.19 | 19:53

TV Alfa: Venice Commission report postponed under government pressure

Macedonian authorities have asked the most important European expert institution to postpone the debate on the opinion on the Macedonian language law, TV Alfa reported. As Alfa reports, according to a preliminary report by the Venice Commission released on Sunday, full implementation of the language...