Tag: protest
Economy 14.08.20 | 22:01

Protest against electricity price hike in Skopje

Carrying banners reading “Enough is enough”, “You are torturing us”, with a march starting from two locations all the way to the government building, several hundred people took part in a protest against the increase in electricity prices. In the midst of a pandemic, with many...
Economy 13.08.20 | 18:16

Protests against the increase of electricity prices to resume Friday

Protests against the electricity prices hike will resume Friday in several cities across the country. So far, protests have been announced in Skopje, Tetovo, Kumanovo, Gostivar, Kicevo and Debar. Today, the Coordination Council asked the Energy Regulatory Commission to withdraw the decision to increase...
Balkans 07.08.20 | 13:40

Bulgarian police clear protest camp blockades in capital

The Bulgarian police on Friday cleared illegal protest camps that were blocking roads and enraging citizens during weeks of anti-government demonstrations. Two dozen tents were removed from three main intersections in the capital Sofia, which were erected a week ago without authorization in order to...
Economy 29.07.20 | 20:37

Tourism workers warn that 5,000 people would lose their jobs if the state didn’t act immediately

Tourism industry workers staged Wednesday a protest in Skopje demanding government assistance for the crisis-hit sector to be kept afloat. Protesters gathered in front of the government in downtown Skopje carrying banners that read “Tourism on Ventilators,” “We Need Help Now,” and “Help for...
Economy 29.07.20 | 17:25

VIDEO: Tourism workers stage protest

Tourism industry workers are staging Wednesday a peaceful protest to highlight the hardship the industry is in due to the coronavirus pandemic, which they claim it cannot survive without state support. Five months without work. The second wave of the epidemic in the region, and the restrictive border...
Macedonia 27.07.20 | 22:47

DUI didn’t win the elections, the right to vote must be respected, the AA/Alternativa coalition said at the protest in Skopje

A country that is about to open negotiations with the EU must not allow some of its citizens to be denied the right to elect and to be elected, one of the main human and political rights in the EU, the Alliance for the Albanians/Alternativa coalition said Monday at a protest it organized in Skopje under...
Economy 27.07.20 | 21:55

Struggling tourism workers to protest in Skopje on Wednesday

Tourism industry workers will stage a peaceful protest on July 29 (Wednesday) to highlight the hardship the industry is in due to the coronavirus pandemic, which they claim it cannot survive without state support. More than 700 people will take part, who will be followed by buses, protest organizers...
Macedonia 27.07.20 | 20:30

VIDEO: Alliance for Albanians/Alternativa coalition holds protest march

The Alliance for Albanians/Alternativa Coalition is holding Monday a protest march, starting from the Cair Park in Skopje, through the government building and planned to end in front of the offices of the EU delegation. The march is a sign of revolt for election day and the counting of votes in the early...
Balkans 08.07.20 | 11:45

23 people arrested, 43 officers injured in Belgrade protest

Serbian police said on Wednesday they have arrested 23 people in riots triggered by the return of Covid-19 restrictions the night before in which 43 officers were injured. Several police vehicles were also torched and totally burned out, police director Vladimir Rebic told the state broadcaster RTS. Violence...
Balkans 08.07.20 | 09:42

Return of Covid curfew sparks protest in Belgrade

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic’s announcement of a weekend curfew because of the deteriorating epidemiological situation in the country sparked a protest in Belgrade on Tuesday night, with a group of demonstrators breaking into parliament. Around 1,000 people gathered in front of the legislature...
Macedonia 23.06.20 | 22:11

Protesters revolted by the short sentence in the murder of a young boy marched in front of the Justice Ministry

Thousands of citizens protested today after the court gave a prison sentence fo just three years in the ethnically divisive murder of a 17 year old Macedonian youngster in Skopje. Nikola Hristovski was stabbed to death in the Novo Lisice after a group of youths from Cair provoked an incident. What message...
Macedonia 20.06.20 | 14:04

After helping Zaev grab power, former Colored Revolution activists plan to protest his corruption

A group of former Colored Revolution activists are planning protests after the series of corruption scandals involving Zoran Zaev and his SDSM party. The Colored Revolution included leftist NGO groups protesting together with SDSM, using props such as paintballs against monuments and Government offices...
Macedonia 15.06.20 | 23:07

Protest “Justice for Koljo”: End street killings!

Justice for Nikola Hristovski was demanded by hundreds of citizens in protest of the low prison sentence for his killer. In disbelief, they heard the verdict of the Skopje Criminal Court with which the killer of the 17-year-old boy, was sentenced to just 3 years in prison. The parents of the murdered...
Macedonia 15.06.20 | 19:36

LIVE: Protest “Justice for Koljo”

Many people gathered in Skopje’s Novo Lisice neighborhood to seek justice for the murder of the young Nikola Hristovski-Koljo. People are outraged that the18-year-old attacker identified as A.T, charged with the murder of 17-year-old Nikola, was sentenced to just three years in prison. Protests...
Macedonia 15.06.20 | 16:01

Protests planned after the court gives a short sentence to the perpetrator in the ethnically divisive murder of Nikola Hristovski (17)

As citizens in Skopje’s Aerodrom and Novo Lisice districts prepare for protests today, after the shockingly low sentence in the murder of a young local boy, the Skopje court came out with an explanation for its sentencing. Nikola Hristovski (17) was stabbed to death last August by an 18 year old...
Economy 28.04.20 | 11:37

Truckers protest in Skopje against the gas tax hike

The Makam-trans trucking union announced a protest today against the Government decree that increased the gas tax by three denars per liter. The union insists that the tax will increase their costs at a crucial time for the economy, when much of the country relies on their deliveries. Protesters announced...
Macedonia 14.04.20 | 12:23

Mayor Georgievski defends his actions during the near riot in Cento

Following the near riot in one of Skopje’s north-eastern districts yesterday evening, local Mayor Boris Georgievski said that he went to the Cento area to calm down the protesters. He glossed over the fact that the protesters were activists of his own SDSM party, and that they were released from...
Macedonia 26.02.20 | 19:48

Mickoski asks institutions to launch investigation into Zaev’s abuse of office

Today we are protesting because injustice is becoming unbearable everyday. And because we saw why Zaev fought so hard for a prosecution law under which he hoped the bombs would not apply. But if we are silent about this, then why should there be judiciary and prosecution. And the prosecution and the...
Macedonia 25.02.20 | 19:22

There must be accountability because it is the only way to have a state

We are not the same in the seriousness of the feasibility and the future results of the project reforms that we are promising unlike what Zoran Zaev promised and did not fulfill. We are not the same in the people who are with us today, and they will prove to you that not only can we work much better...
Macedonia 24.02.20 | 12:36

Green groups from across the Balkans plan a coordinated protest on Friday

A coordinated protest of environmental groups from five Balkan countries will be held on Friday. Protesters, who are inspired by the Fridays for Future movement of Greta Thunberg, demand measures that would reduce air pollution. The protests are planned in Skopje, Belgrade, Pristina, Sarajevo, Podgorica...
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