Tag: university
Macedonia 28.06.24 | 18:49

New Government revokes DUI’s parting gift to one of its corrupt officials

In one of its first decisions, the newly elected Government determined that the Interior University of Struga, owned by controversial Mayor Ramiz Merko, will not be allowed to open a medical faculty. The outgoing DUI led Government allowed its high ranking official Merko to set up this potentially highly...
Macedonia 21.05.21 | 12:01

Name dispute over the Bulgarian university that is set to open a branch in Macedonia

Rector Nikola Jankulovski, who heads the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University (UKIM) in Skopje, said that he will push against the registration of the name-sake university from the Bulgarian city of Veliko Trnovo in Macedonia, on name copyright grounds. The Veliko Trnovo university announced it received...
Macedonia 15.05.21 | 09:57

Bulgarian university will open a branch in Macedonia

The Ss. Cyril and Methodius University from the Bulgarian city of Veliko Trnovo will open a branch in Macedonia, through the International Slavic University in Sveti Nikole.  Rector Hristo Bondzolov told Bulgarian media that he was informed about the approval directly by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev. “He...
Macedonia 31.03.21 | 11:19

Kragujevac university issued fake diplomas to citizens of Macedonia, Kosovo and Croatia

Serbian prosecutors and the police have launched an investigation into the illegal issuance of 22 diplomas from the Faculty of Medical Sciences of the University of Kragujevac for nurses from Croatia and another 15 PhD diplomas obtained at various faculties, mainly in management and economics, issued...
Macedonia 23.03.21 | 09:43

Inspectors investigating the Tetovo Medical Faculty after plagiarism scandal

Inspectors are investigating the State University in Tetovo after reports that seven of its professors had plagiarized their work. Considered as one of the lowest quality public universities in Macedonia, the Tetovo university was recently hit by the scandal centered on its medical faculty. Students...
Macedonia 03.12.20 | 13:05

Sofia and Bitola universities jointly honor their patron St. Clement of Ohrid

The St. Clement of Ohrid University from Sofia and the St. Clement of Ohrid University from Bitola organized a joint celebration of the day of the Christian saint today. The universities held a conference attended by Macedonian Education Minister Mila Carovska and the Bulgarian Deputy Education Minister...
Macedonia 19.03.20 | 15:03

Online university lectures begin next week

University students in Macedonia will resume their lectures, interrupted by the coronavirus, through online courses, the Education Ministry announced today. Minister Arbr Ademi said that online teaching will begin next week. Schools and universities have been closed for over a week now. There are still...
Macedonia 07.06.19 | 00:09

Tetovo University raided after allegations that Government officials were distributing positions between themselves

State education inspectors (DPI) raided the Tetovo University today, seizing documents in an investigation prompted by allegations of unlawful appointments of Government officials to positions in the institution. The allegations were raised by an inspector who went public with the claims. The state inspectorate...

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