Macedonia

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.

16.05.2008 A group of about 50 leftist anti-militarist and progressive activists from Greece will visit Macedonia on Saturday, May 17, to meet in a joint debate with their Macedonian hosts (Hotel Continental, 13:00 hours).

13.05.2008 The Youth Education Forum (MOF) accused the Student Union at the `Kiril and Metodij` University in Skopje (SSUKM) of neglect of the Constitutional Court ruling to delete provisions in articles 56 and 106 of the University Statute, on MOF`s initiative.

12.05.2008 The First Children Embassy in the World – Megjasi, invoking Article 92 of the Law on Protection of Children, demands from political parties to protect the children from abuses to gain political goals in election campaigns.

22.04.2008 Macedonia marked this year`s Earth Day last Sunday, April 20, with a series of related events on Macedonian Square in Skopje, including a special programme for children.

18.04.2008 Civil NGO appeals to all citizens of Macedonia, especially political parties and community leaders to denounce the use of armed violence and respect laws and democratic principles.