Tag: protest
Macedonia 01.09.24 | 16:00

Only a few dozen people turned out to Filipce’s teacher protest

Only a few dozen SDSM party activists showed up at the scheduled protests that was supposed to include thousands of public school teachers. The opposition party called on the teachers to show up before the Education Ministry today and demand higher salaries, but the attempt was a dud. We saw a fiasco...
Macedonia 31.08.24 | 16:48

Largest teachers’ union will not support protests initiated by SDSM

Following a call from SDSM to public school teachers to prepare for protests, the largest teachers’ union SONK renounced the call and said taht they will not participate. We are in the process of intensive negotiations to find solutions how to elevate the social status of the education workers....
Macedonia 03.02.24 | 18:00

Students will begin protests on Monday

An association calling itself Student Revolution announced protests on Monday in front of the Education Ministry. Students are protesting the fact that they still haven’t received any money from the state scholarships for the current school year. Despite the false promises and the expensive PR...
Macedonia 24.11.23 | 20:19

Judges and prosecutors organize a protest and call on lawmakers to back the call for increased pay

Court and prosecutorial employees plan to hold a demonstration this Friday outside the Parliament, calling on lawmakers across all party lines to include their salary increase requests in the upcoming year’s budget, currently under discussion by members of parliament. Organized by the Union of...
Economy 25.10.23 | 12:05

Kavadarci retirees organize a subsequent demonstration, issuing warnings of potential roadblocks at the exit to Negotino

Once more, retirees from Kavadarci congregated in the town square, expressing their discontent with inadequate pension payments. They fervently called for a 5,000 denar increment in pensions and the establishment of a national minimum pension of 20,000 denars.
Macedonia 15.09.23 | 19:28

Family members demand resignations and a serious investigation into the Tetovo hospital disaster

Famliies of the patients killed in the devastating hospital fire in Tetovo in 2021 protested in front of the office of state prosecutors in Skopje today. Pictures of the 14 victims were shown at the protest and the family members demanded the removal of state prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski, for the way...
Macedonia 11.09.23 | 21:30

Another protest against the Oncology Clinic scandal

Hundreds of protesters gathered again in front of the Government building and the state prosecutor’s office to demand accountability for the gruesome Oncology Clinic scandal. Doctors and nurses are suspected of stealing expensive chemotherapy drugs they should have been administering to cancer...
Macedonia 04.09.23 | 20:23

Oncology Clinic scandal: Citizens and cancer patients protest in front of the Government

Hundreds of people came out in front of the Government building today to demand accountability for the gruesome scandal at the Oncology Clinic. The protesters were joined by cancer patients, who fear that they were lied to and given saline solution instead of the expensive chemotherapy drugs they were...
Macedonia 03.09.23 | 17:14

Oncology Clinic scandal: Protest planned in front of the Government on Monday

Following the major scandal at the Oncology Clinic, with allegations that the expensive chemotherapy drugs were being stolen and sold on the black market, a protest is being announced for tomorrow. Social media personality Stefan Lazarov is the first to make the call, urging all citizens to come before...
Macedonia 30.08.23 | 13:00

Pensioners from Sveti Nikole blocked the highway to Shtip

Pensioners from the eastern city of Sveti Nikole blocked the highway to Stip for an hour on Wednesday, demanding a linear raise of their pensions by MKD3,500 (€50). This is their second blockade, following last week’s blockade of the highway to Kumanovo (border with Serbia) The pensioners demand...
Economy 26.08.23 | 16:39

All railway traffic stopped because of unpaid salaries

Rail transport through Macedonia has stopped since yesterday evening. The Macedonian Railways union began protests after they were not given the second half of their July salaries. The protest includes both passenger and cargo trains. Toni Dimovski, union representative, said that they will remain on...
Macedonia 14.08.23 | 14:33

They don’t want misery and breadcrumbs, they want a decent life: The pensioners on protest

With a demand for a resignation from the Chairwoman of the Union of Pensioners’ Associations of Macedonia, the retired persons began their Monday general protest in the capital Skopje. Pensioners from all around the country came to the protest. The pensioners are demanding a linear raise of the...
Economy 14.08.23 | 09:29

Protest of pensioners in Skopje

Organizations of retirees will hold a protest in Skopje, to demand a more equitable and larger increase of their pensions. Recipients of lower pensions are angry at the Government as it plans to hand out an increase of just 6.8 percent – far below the rate of inflation – that will be divided...
Macedonia 31.07.23 | 19:23

MIA stages third warning protest over higher wages

Employees of the Media Information Agency (MIA) staged Monday a third half-an-hour warning protest in front of the agency’s premises since the Government has still not responded to their demand for higher wages. The most urgent demand is increased wages and their balancing with the rising living...
Macedonia 29.06.23 | 23:48

Archbishop Stefan: We are gathered here to say YES to life and the sanctity of family formed by a man and a woman

Here we are, children of the Macedonian Orthodox Church, together with representatives of all churches and religious communities to say YES to life and the sanctity of the family formed by a man and a woman, to say that we will defend our dearest – the children from the unacceptable and uglyfing...
Macedonia 31.05.23 | 19:21

Pressures and threats towards the Government employees after they announced a protest

For the first time in history, a protest in front of  the Government will be carried out by – Government employees. The protests are result of the officials’ deafness to the employees’ demands for higher salaries. The employees’ revolt culminated when the Ministry of Finance,...
Macedonia 28.03.23 | 10:42

Ministry of Culture employees demand salary increase: 70 percent of employees receive 25 thousand denars

Employees of the Ministry of Culture, the Cultural Heritage Protection Office and the Film Agency will gather again today to protest their low salaries in front of the Ministry of Finance, after it denied them raises but raised the salaries of its own staff by 30 percent. At the protest, which started...
Macedonia 27.03.23 | 09:17

Ministry of Culture employees to stage protest, demand higher salaries

The employees of the Ministry of Culture, the Administration for the Protection of Cultural Heritage and the Film Agency are protesting again in front of the Ministry of Finance today. Through a peaceful protest, they will express their dissatisfaction due to their undignified monthly incomes. In the...
Macedonia 17.03.23 | 10:16

Student protests in Skopje

The ODAS student association plans to protest in front of the Education Ministry today, demanding a number of changes in the treatment of university students. According to ODAS head Anisija Ugrinovska, their key demands are that the graduation exams are reduced – due to the holes in education during...
Health 22.02.23 | 12:44

In three years, instead of the promised 10, we got 5% salary increase, the ruling party ran the campaign on our backs, say healthcare workers who protested today

In three years, instead of the promised 10, we got a five percent salary increase, and the ruling party ran the election campaign on our backs. We demand an increase in wages and compliance with the changes in the minimum wage, say the healthcare workers who protested today during the break in front...
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