Macedonia

30.09.2008 The CIRa Institutional Development Centre and the First Children Embassy in the World Megjasi launched a campaign, on Friday, September 26, to create a Fund for Support of Children and Youth Victims of Sexual Abuses.

17.09.2008 On the eve of the publication of the 2008 Progress Report for the Republic of Macedonia, prepared by the European Commission, and concerned by recent statements by Government representatives speculating on possible causes for the likely negative general tone of the Report, a group of 30 civic organizations asked the Government to stop its public opinion spin efforts and to not avoid its responsiblity if the Progress Report proves to be negative.

22.08.2008 Increasing awareness of human rights and gender sensitivity among the NGOs dealing with human trafficking issues is the aim of a training course that begins in Skopje tomorrow.

30.07.2008 The Foundation Open Society Institute Macedonia, the Criminal Law and Criminology Association and the Helsinki Committee of Human Rights expressed their concerns over the newly adopted changes in the Law on Criminal Investigation Procedures and the Law on Communications Surveillance (all forms of wire-tapping and interception) without the proper public debate that could lead to a sensible balance of the fight against organized crime and the right to privacy.

22.07.2008 The Association of Journalists of Macedonia demands from Greek authorities to put an end to the practice of selecting the events that it deems appropriate to be covered by Macedonian media and journalists, depending on their own agreement with those events.

23.06.2008 A poll conducted by the National Roma Centre (NRC) from Kumanovo, shows that almost a half of the polled Roma women live in extramarital communities, while only one in ten Roma women owns personal ID documents and proof of citizenship, which leads to the situation in which their children are not entered in the new-born children registries.

04.06.2008 Under the dark shadow of the violent incidents that took place at last Sunday`s Parliamentary Elections, the Civil nongovernmental organization launched the Macedonian campaign against armed violence, which is part of the Global Action Week against Armed Violence, June 2-9, 2008.

03.06.2008 The 2008 Parliamentary Elections in Macedonia, held last Sunday, June 1, were tainted by serious violence on the ballot day, resulting in one death, several wounded people and dozens of arrests.

21.05.2008 After Sarajevo, Prijedor, Pančevo and Zaječar, the Peace Caravan 2008 arrived in Skopje on May 19, 2008, to end this year`s trip with an action on the `Makedonija` Square.

19.05.2008 Following the development of the electoral process in Macedonia and rising number of serious violent incidents, Civil expresses its deepest concern over the fact that the life of the citizens in Tetovo, Gostivar and other cities and towns in Macedonia are threatened, whilst the election process gets a face of an everyday terror, not the highest democratic process in the society.