Politics of North Macedonia

Big parties have changed the rules to make it far more difficult for independent and non-party candidates to run in North Macedonia elections with no prior ... Show more   balkaninsight.com/2024/04/11/north-macedonia-big-parties-squeeze-independents-out-of-election-races/

The right-wing party that is expected to win the North Macedonian elections wants to abolish the mechanism that imposes quotas on ethnic minority personnel in ... Show more   balkaninsight.com/2024/04/16/north-macedonias-next-govt-will-struggle-to-scrap-ethnic-quotas/

Without notice or explanation, the major parties pushed through a rule change that makes it much more difficult for independent and non-party candidates to ... Show more   balkaninsight.com/2024/04/11/north-macedonia-big-parties-squeeze-independents-out-of-election-races/

The right-wing party seems tipped to come first in spring elections in North Macedonia – but whether it can form a government may depend on its ability to ... Show more   balkaninsight.com/2024/03/06/eyeing-victory-north-macedonias-opposition-faces-post-election-dilemma/

US Treasury sanctions two individuals and five companies associated with the Intellexa Spyware Consortium – including one company from Greece and one company ... Show more   balkaninsight.com/2024/03/06/us-sanctions-greek-north-macedonian-firms-linked-to-spyware-consortium/

From canceled marriage proposals to missed job opportunities, big delays in issuing new personal travel documents in North Macedonia are causing people no end ... Show more   balkaninsight.com/2024/04/02/stranded-and-angry-north-macedonia-citizens-suffer-passport-gridlock/

Nine months since parliament in North Macedonia passed legislative changes to write off decades-old utility debts owed by working-class families ... Show more   balkaninsight.com/2024/03/28/after-long-awaited-debt-write-off-in-north-macedonia-debts-remain/

North Macedonia built a border crossing to Bulgaria some three decades ago – but it remains unused and abandoned, depriving the isolated eastern town of Berovo ... Show more   balkaninsight.com/2024/03/25/forgotten-frontier-shuttered-border-crossing-condemns-remote-north-macedonia-region-to-decline/

It is likely that Putin will welcome the measures taken by the Transnistrian Congress of Deputies and present his observations on the situation: www.tagesspiegel.de/internationales/isw-warnt-vor-abstimmung-am-28-februar-transnistrien-konnte-wohl-referendum-uber-russland-anschluss-organisieren-11261164.html

Major Vladyslav Rykov, a 30-year-old pilot, was killed on 7 February 2024, near Kurakhove in the Donetsk sector while flying a combat mission on a Su-25 ... Show more

Two MPs from Greece’s ruling New Democracy party received intimidating letters from supporters of the banned far-right Golden Dawn after voting for a law to ... Show more   balkaninsight.com/2024/03/12/far-right-golden-dawn-targets-greek-mps-who-backed-same-sex-marriage/

North Macedonia long ago declared the process of denationalization, as restitution is called in the country, successfully over. Read our analysis. 👇balkaninsight.com/2024/03/08/unfinished-business-macedonians-seeking-restitution-get-trapped-in-legal-loop/

A record total of 249 portals have applied for a slice of the money the state will spend on political parties’ ads for the upcoming elections – with no sign ... Show more   balkaninsight.com/2024/03/05/money-pot-north-macedonia-portals-queue-for-election-ad-funds/

The current and previous leaders of an ethnic Albanian party that could tip the scales in North Macedonia’s spring elections are feuding openly over whether to ... Show more   balkaninsight.com/2024/02/05/north-macedonias-alliance-for-albanians-split-over-election-strategy/

Reporting Democracy : Peter Gasparovic, who was sentenced in Slovakia for corruption, fled to Mostar while on parole and has sought asylum there ... Show more   balkaninsight.com/2024/02/29/north-macedonias-students-take-to-ai-amid-absence-of-rules/

Reporting Democracy : Peter Gasparovic, who was sentenced in Slovakia for corruption, fled to Mostar while on parole and has sought asylum there ... Show more   balkaninsight.com/2024/02/29/north-macedonias-students-take-to-ai-amid-absence-of-rules/

The ethnic Albanian opposition bloc's decision to field its own candidate in North Macedonia's spring presidential elections has upset the plans of the ruling ... Show more   balkaninsight.com/2024/02/15/north-macedonias-albanian-opposition-nominates-own-runner-shakes-up-presidential-race/

Gambling establishments in North Macedonia have protested, arguing that up to 10,000 jobs in the sector are at stake, after parliament on Wednesday adopted a ... Show more   balkaninsight.com/2024/02/08/north-macedonia-passes-law-banning-gambling-near-schools/

After mustering his supporters on Thursday, the head of the Alliance for Albanians, Arben Taravari, said on Friday that the majority in the party supported ... Show more   balkaninsight.com/2024/02/09/rift-over-elections-widens-in-north-macedonia-albanian-party/

North Macedonia, in 2024, will get its first-ever ethnic Albanian prime minister and hold elections for president and parliament. However ... Show more   balkaninsight.com/2024/01/15/north-macedonia-in-2024-elections-and-unfinished-homework/

He was only 23… Vladyslav Zalistovskyi, call sign “Blue Helmet,” was killed in combat on 5 January 2024 while flying a MiG-29 combat aircraft ... Show more

Meet the Heroes of 2023 - people and organizations that marked the year in Central and Southeastern European countries. The hero of 2023 from North Macedonia ... Show more   balkaninsight.com/2023/12/25/heroes-of-2023-people-who-made-a-difference/

Social media spending has become key to election campaigning, yet it is still unregulated in North Macedonia ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections ... Show more   balkaninsight.com/2024/01/22/north-macedonia-nears-election-double-bill-without-social-media-rules/

The EU’s proactive efforts with Ukraine and Moldova contrast sharply with its approach to North Macedonia's accession process. Read more 👇balkaninsight.com/2023/12/20/eu-creativity-over-ukraine-has-left-macedonians-frustrated/

In the closing months of 2023, a wave of misinformation gripped North Macedonia, Hungary, Romania, and Turkey. Deceptive political narratives ... Show more   balkaninsight.com/2024/01/18/2023-ends-with-wave-of-misinformation-online-attacks-and-scams-across-balkans/

At the end of 2023, the Balkans were ensnared in a complex tapestry of digital misdirection, a surge of online attacks targeting women ... Show more   balkaninsight.com/2024/01/18/2023-ends-with-wave-of-misinformation-online-attacks-and-scams-across-balkans/