Tag: Ombudsman
Macedonia 26.06.23 | 16:15

Ombudsman’s Annual Report: Inhumane and humiliating treatment in the penitentiaries and mental hospitals

Inhuman and humiliating treatment of the convicted persons in Macedonia’s penitentiaries – that is the conclusion of the Ombudsman’s annual report on the National Prevention Mechanism. In Idrizovo penitentiary, two prisoners shared the same bed, and in some parts of the prison there...
Economy 22.05.23 | 18:55

Ombudsman: the number on complaints on the so-called “fast credits” is increasing

The number of complaints with the Ombudsman on the so-called “fast credits” in the South-Western part of the country is drastically increasing, the Office of the Ombudsman reported on Monday. “The situation is alarming, the fast credits lure large numbers of gullible people, catching...
Macedonia 30.09.22 | 12:59

Ombudsman: Lack of textbooks, neglect of students’ mental health, lack of educational assistants

The lack of textbooks or the use of damaged textbooks in teaching, insufficient care for the mental health of students, the lack of educational assistants for students with disabilities in secondary schools, and the impact of the energy crisis on the work of schools have been noted in the report of the...
Macedonia 17.10.21 | 08:53

Ombudsman opens free phone line for citizens to report voting rights violations

Citizens will be able to report voting rights violations for the 2021 local elections on the free phone line 0800-54321 which will be operating from 7am to 9pm launched by the Ombudsman Office. The Ombudsman Office also informed that all seven offices of the Ombudsman in Skopje, Bitola, Kicevo, Kumanovo,...
Macedonia 22.04.21 | 22:36

The ombudsman in Albania demands reversal of the quarantine decision for Macedonian nationals

The ombudsman in Albania demanded that the quarantine decision for the citizens of Macedonia and Greece be reversed. The reason, as he stated, is the prevention of the constitutional right to vote of those emigrants who want to exercise this basic right in the general parliamentary elections, set be...
Macedonia 07.08.20 | 11:51

The Ombudsman urges the Education Ministry to create conditions for digitalization of education, make it available to all students

The Deputy Ombudsman, Vaska Bajramova Mustafova, urged the Ministry of Education and Science to fulfill all the preconditions for the digitalization of education, and make it available to all students. She says that students who have problems adapting to distance learning should not be neglected, due...
Macedonia 12.01.20 | 19:46

Spasovski’s midnight decisions lasted two years – The Ombudsman reacted, but in vain

The Ombudsman’s Office found that Oliver Spasovski was abusing the issuance of orders for the reassignment of police officers out of their their place of residence. The Ombudsman believes that orders under the law can last up to 2 months, and not more than 20 months in succession as they occur...
Macedonia 19.04.19 | 12:32

Ombudsman opens free phone line for citizens to report voting rights violations

Citizens will be able to report voting rights violations for the 2019 presidential elections and early local election in municipalities of Ohrid, Debar and Novo Selo at the Office of the Ombudsman, on the free phone line 0800 54321, which will be operating from 7am to 7pm on Election Day (April 21). As...
Macedonia 29.03.19 | 18:34

Ombudsman calls for fair and democratic elections

Ahead of the presidential election and the early elections for mayors of the municipalities of Ohrid, Debar and Novo Selo, the Ombudsman issued Friday a press release, urging institutions and everyone else about the obligation and responsibility to create real conditions for enabling, respecting and...

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