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28th March 2019 Skopje, North Macedonia

Rachel Galloway

Rachel Galloway

British Ambassador to North Macedonia

How well do you know your world?

This was the title of the presentation I had the pleasure to hear during my visit to Kumanovo this week during an English language class in one of their high schools. The theme of how well we know our world seemed to be the central topic of the hospitality I received during the visit. In […]

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19th March 2019 Skopje, North Macedonia

Rudina Pasholli

Rudina Pasholli

Project coordinator, Centre for Common Ground

Chess, football and basketball – bringing youth together in North Macedonia

Sport is one of the best ways to socialise with peers, it has a positive impact on the well-being of children and youth and therefore it can raise productivity and change our everyday life. Youth in Chair, municipality in Skopje, North Macedonia were actively engaged in three tournaments this March, bringing together children from three […]

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7th March 2019 Skopje, North Macedonia

Rachel Galloway

Rachel Galloway

British Ambassador to North Macedonia

Education, engagement and economy – my first visit to Shtip

One-hour drive from central to eastern North Macedonia, away from Skopje’s urban noise, you drive into a wide greenfield area full of agricultural land known as Ovche Pole. Its name in the Macedonian language means “plain of sheep” and it spreads left and right as a wide wave of green and wind. It is noted by Rebecca West in the famous “Black […]

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20th February 2019 Skopje, North Macedonia

Uranija Pirovska

Uranija Pirovska

Executive Director, Helsinki Committe for Human Rights in North Macedonia

Workers’ rights in North Macedonia

“Everyone has the right to work, to freely choose his or her employment, to be protected at work and to be provided with material security during temporary unemployment.” Article 32 of the Constitution of the Republic of North Macedonia World Day of Social Justice 20th of February is a suitable occasion to talk about workers’ […]

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13th February 2019 Skopje, North Macedonia

Miroslav Draganov

Miroslav Draganov

Programme Coordinator, Institute for Human Rights (IHR)

Judicial Council as a guarantee of the judicial independence

“In the eyes of reasonable, just, truthful and informed person, the behaviour of a Judicial Council member should be flawless” – provision from the Code of Ethics of the Judicial Council. All wrongdoings made by individuals, no matter in which capacity they are, and no matter whether they have been done intentionally or by negligence, have […]

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5th February 2019 Skopje, North Macedonia

Bardhyl Jashari

Bardhyl Jashari

Director of Metamorphosis, Foundation for Internet and Society

Open Data in Macedonia – towards a culture of openness

Macedonia is firmly set to use open data to continue its path towards more accountable and transparent state institutions. The current government has upgraded the already initiated process by not just committing to the Open Government Partnership, but also by drafting an Open Data Strategy with Action Plan, by adopting the International Open Data Charter […]

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