Europe Day is a day of peace and unity among all citizens, a day when human rights and freedoms, equality and multiculturalism are celebrated. CIVIL congratulates Europe day to all ...

In a period of a global health crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, and in a situation in which a greater part of citizens is opposing the vaccination, appropriately designed ...

by Xhabir Deralla / published by HEINRICH-BÖLL-STIFTUNG Working as a human rights defender in North Macedonia I am a human rights activist, journalist and writer, working for almost 22 years for CIVIL, a Macedonian ...

by: DEHRAN MURATOV “Home defenders”, or parapolice were formed following the protest that was held on April 8, where some residents of Trajanovo Trlo demanded from the competent institutions to take ...

by: PETRIT SARACINI And this year as well, for the fourth year in a row, we have maintained the progress in the Reporters Without Borders’ World Press Freedom Index, an international ...

Citizens are not paying politicians to sow hatred and hostility, they are not paying them to harm the institutions and democratic processes, but to work and make decisions for the ...

CIVIL most strongly condemns the behaviour of certain political and other structures in the country in the case with the Kocani settlement Trajanovo Trlo, where extreme racism and nationalist raging are ...

by: XHABIR DERALLA What do the expressions “close to the government” or “close to the opposition” mean? Very often, these expressions are used to shorten or silence the view that a ...

Roma are often the target of various prejudices and condemnations from the society, at the same time forgotten by the institutions and politicians, which are visited only during the pre-election ...

Mabera Kamberi, representative of the MLSP, at the CIVIL debate “At the ‘ball'” for the human rights of the Roma, focused on the inclusion of Roma children in the education ...

Ramush Muarem-Cirko, a journalist, at the CIVIL debate “At the ‘ball'” for the human rights of the Roma, pointed out the need to celebrate the Roma identity.

Tefik Mahmut, a civil activist, at the CIVIL debate “At the ‘ball'” on Roma human rights, in his short speech said: “There is no law that regulates the equitable and ...

Elvis Memeti, advisor for Roma inclusion in the Government of the RSM, at the CIVIL debate “At the “ball”” for the human rights of the Roma referred to the most ...

Vaska Bajramovska-Mustafa, Deputy Ombudsman, at the CIVIL debate “At the “ball “for the human rights of the Roma referred to the protection of the rights of the Roma.

by: XHABIR DERALLA No one can tell for sure how much money is being spent on creating and spreading black campaigns. But it is known that it concerns millions, and the ...

CIVIL today and tomorrow (April 2 and 3) will hold two more free webinars on citizen journalism and media literacy, starting at 1 p.m. The webinars will last until 16:30. ...

After the agreement between the Prime Minister and leader of SDSM, Zoran Zaev and the leader of VMRO-DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski, to postpone the census for September, the citizens are waiting ...

The MP from the ranks of SDSM, Slavjanka Petrovska, at the panel discussion of CIVIL, referred to the census that it is still a statistical operation.

“The census has been postponed, but the question remains – why is it postponed? It is unclear to me why the census was postponed, whether it was postponed due to ...

The editor-in-chief of “Capital” Ljupcho Zikov, at the panel discussion of CIVIL spoke about the census from an economic point of view. I am glad that the economy is given ...

As a socially responsible organization, CIVIL has organized a series of debates on the census, starting in early December last year. As always, the organization acted “decentralized” in this topic, so it ...

CIVIL is organizing a panel discussion “Census: Statistics, not politics” on Tuesday, March 30, at the Park & Spa Residence Hotel, Skopje, starting at 1 p.m. Participants will be Apostol Simovski, ...

Or: The lack of understanding and true commitment to the values in society, the irresponsibility, greediness, corruptness, fraudulence and illiteracy, accompanied with laziness, illiteracy and carelessness have led to degradation ...

Politics should be separated from statistics, because the census is a statistical operation, not a testing ground for ethno-political calculations. Gevgelija residents believe that the census should be conducted and ...

"The census should be held because it is extremely important for the country. We have not conducted a census for 20 years and we do not know the exact numbers. ...

The census is a statistical operation. The question is how a society should function. A country must have a census to be able to create policies, and we have the ...

Politics should be separated from statistics, because the census is a statistical operation, not a testing ground for ethno-political calculations. The citizens of Gostivar are unanimous that the census should ...

This webinar is an excellent opportunity for all citizens who would like to be involved in CIVIL’s projects, initiatives and activities. The webinars will be held on March 12 and ...

“When the census for the diaspora started, the citizens from outside contacted me that the census started very chaotically. We are helping as a political party to have success in ...

“The census is essential, the only thing we as a party do not agree on is to postpone it from the health point of view,” said Marjan Siljanoski, councilor from ...

“The census is a complex statistical operation. Macedonia must conduct a census. It is held in every state every 10 years. We have not had a census since 2002, and ...

The Mayor of the Municipality of Gostivar, Arben Taravari, at the panel discussion of CIVIL “Census: Statistics, not politics”, referred to using the opportunity to have a census of the ...

Following the panel discussion in Stip, Gostivar is also on CIVIL’s map. “Census: Statistics, not politics” is the title of the panel discussion that will be held in Gostivar on March 11, ...

Politics should be separated from statistics, because the census is a statistical operation, not a testing ground for ethno-political calculations. The started census is the topic of this issue of ...

The director of the Youth Center, Goran Trajkov at the CIVIL panel "Census: Statistics not politics": We are political beings. We practice politics every day, we make political decisions every ...

The chairwoman of the census commission, Sonja Kitanova, at the panel discussion of CIVIL "Census: Statistics, not politics, referred to the technical part of the statistical operation census. The commission ...

The census of the population and households, instead of being a statistical operation, is politicized and abused for political purposes and the deterioration of interethnic relations. In this issue of ...

Following announcements in some media about the supposed return of specialists from the surgical team of our country that are attending a training in Norway, CIVIL’s monitoring team turned to ...

The census scheduled for April is very much needed by the Republic of North Macedonia. Not only because the country has not conducted a census and is practically the only ...

CIVIL is organizing a panel discussion on the topic “How the census can be (mis)used?”, on Tuesday, February 9 at Hotel “Solun” in Skopje, starting at 1.00 pm. The panel discussion will be ...

EU integration, reforms, education, Covid-19, census, anti-corruption, fake news, innovation, elections… what awaits us in 2021 what are the challenges and prospects. (fourth part) editing: Arian Mehmeti

CIVIL is organizing the Conference on Human Rights, Justice and Anti-Corruption “Next Station: Europe” on December 10, International Human Rights Day, starting at 12 o’clock. The conference will be held ...

International Anti-Corruption Day, December 9, marks the continuous fight against the greatest enemy of the rule of law, but also of democracy and human rights. It also implies everyday effort ...

On the occasion of the International Human Rights Day, December 10, CIVIL is organizing the multimedia Freedom Festival, which this year is under the motto “Next Station: Europe”. The festival ...

Hybrid attacks are primarily based on fake news, disinformation, hate speech, generated from certain centers of power, but also fraud, sabotage, use of pranks… Hybrid threats – internet insidiousness, is ...

We asked the citizens how and how much the local authorities promote European values, how realistically are we on the road to achieving the EU dream, whether and what we ...

CIVIL most strongly condemns hate speech, hate crime and violence that result from the inability or unpreparedness to debate publically with arguments. Regardless of which “side” the destructive incidents come ...

CIVIL most strongly condemns the hate speech, spreading of ethnic hatred and calls for lynching that fan groups have been promoting continuously and for years. Specifically, the reason for this ...

“May they rot in shit with all the traitors of Macedonia! A bullet for Zaev, Shekerinska and all pigs in power”, comments “patriot” Ivan Premov in the Facebook video live ...

Hate speech against the deceased MP from the first structure of the Macedonian Parliament, from among the lines of VMRO-DPMNE, Ratka Dimitrova, mother of politician and outgoing Minister of Foreign ...

Unofficially, we find out that the Stip Sector of Interior within the Public Security Bureau of the MOI has filed criminal charges against K.GJ., member of the Council of the ...

A presentation on the initiative “Vote”, the campaign against fake news and hate speech, as well as the report from CIVIL’s long-term monitoring, will be held tomorrow, Saturday, July 11, ...

CIVIL has launched the initiative “Vote” on the social networks, in order to encourage citizens to use their right to vote and to vote on July 15. The elections have caught us in ...

CIVIL’s monitoring on the financing of the election campaign has determined that in the past seven days of the election campaign, more specifically, from last Monday to midnight Sunday, the ...

Fake news, disinformation and hate speech in the election process, premature start of the election campaign, political financing, coronavirus protection measures, CIVIL’s messages and monitoring, are topics that will be ...

CIVIL’s office again is a target of vandalism with threatening and insulting messages. The panel in the little courtyard behind the office of the organization that is used for meetings ...

Ahead of the early parliamentary elections on July 15, CIVIL calls on all participants in the election process to maximally respect the good electoral practices, democratic standards and legal regulations ...

In North Macedonia one of the political “specialties”, aside from early parliamentary elections, is of course also the culture of leaders’ meetings.

CIVIL most strongly condemns the attacks, slanders and threats that these days Konstantin Plevnes, Professor at ЕСРА, has referred to Professor Katerina Kolozova and her friends. Even more so because ...

Exactly five years ago, the biggest civil protest against Nikola Gruevski’s regime was held on May 17, 2015. According to estimations of foreign media, between 70 to 100 thousand citizens took ...

What grew from a CIVIL announcement into an #End Profligacy Initiative that was supported by thousands of citizens exactly one year ago, on May 17, 2019, was incorporated into demands ...

CIVIL announces that it has decided to intensify its monitoring from today. Part of the long-term observers, who were deactivated because of the postponement of the elections due to the ...

CIVIL congratulates all citizens of the Republic of North Macedonia and Europe on Europe Day.

As the coronavirus continues to spread across our countries and regions, we are all concerned about the severe consequences of the pandemic on our daily lives, as well as about ...

CIVIL congratulates all workers in the Republic of North Macedonia and the world on May 1st. This day is dedicated to the workers’ protest and to the loud demands to ...

Even though seemingly invisible, cyber-attacks have shown to be an excellent mechanism in the run-up to elections. What are cyber-attacks, how do they affect the work of the media, what ...

CIVIL, as an organization for human rights and freedoms, is reacting sharply to the increased intensity of fake news and hate speech being published in the media and on the ...

We are “bombarded” with misinformation, fake news or half-truths every day. Fake news are literally coming from every segment and are spread by so many. This turns on the alarm ...

Esma Rustemova, the mother of little Alara Rustemova, says that the teacher Ljupco Gorgiev in the primary school of “Rade Kratovce” in Kocani acted badly with her daughter, hitting her ...

The new draft government budget is about 3.9 billion euros. Who will receive funds from the budget and how much, and on what basis the money will be spent, is ...

CIVIL is organizing the final night of this year’s Freedom Festival on December 10,  International Human Rights Day, at the Museum of the City of Skopje, from 5.30 pm to ...

What were and what are the key challenges? How to achieve a more visible and more influential civil sector and better results in the future? These are some of the ...

Electoral reforms as a precondition for implementing free and democratic elections with an equal opportunity for all suggests fully changing the current Electoral Code, which means also changing the electoral ...

Be the change that you want to see in the world, non-violence is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of humanity, build a culture of ...

The number of participants who have registered for the Elections Reforms Conference “Perspectives of the Macedonian Elections”  is growing by the hour, which is organized by CIVIL and will be held in ...

After the address by the President of the State Commission for Prevention of Corruption and Conflict of Interests at CIVIL’s seminar “Transparency and responsibility in the political processes”, a discussion was ...

CIVIL’s media platform has been entirely, for many years, offering citizens the possibility to engage in monitoring and reporting of problems in several areas. Hence, the CIVIC LENSES website is part ...

Within the framework of CIVIL fest, six more awards were awarded for the most successful stories of citizen journalists who have submitted photos and video-stories to the editorial office of ...

Dragan Sekulovski, Executive Director of the Association of Journalists of Macedonia, acknowledged citizen journalists and the role of citizen journalism in the development of the democratic society.

“Members of Levica detained”, a story by citizen journalist Vulnet Mahmuti, is the first-prize winner at today’s awarding ceremony for citizen journalists of the competition that is organized by CIVIL-Center for ...

Citizen journalist Damjan Temkov won one of the two fourth prizes for the video contribution “Orange phase: Workers on the field, inspections cannot keep up”.

Participate in the #Civic Lenses project, become part of the great family of citizen journalists around the world who are changing society. With your video or photo on the topic ...

CIVIL – Center for Freedom recently started an interesting initiative “I demand an answer!”. The idea is innovative, and it is about citizens asking politicians or a public figure questions, through a ...

Skopje is getting cleaned up quickly, in order to leave a better impression for the tourists that these days have flooded into the capital for tomorrow’s Super Cup game between ...

Last month, three stories of citizen journalists from Skopje stirred up huge attention among the media and the wider public. in addition to the attention, these stories created a quick ...

Police in Skopje detained four members of the Levica Party, who this afternoon were at the square in Skopje where there was a presentation of the US and ARM military ...

Several Roma from Skopje, on Sunday night, were brutally beaten at the City Pool “Snoopy” in Veles, by a dozen people, among which were also members of the pool’s security ...

CIVIL – Center for Freedom tomorrow in Bitola will hold a multimedia event titled “I report without fear and censorship”, for promotion of the “Civic Lenses” project.

Only the new pay tolls are finished from the new highway Skopje – Kumanovo, which was supposed to be put into function June last year.

A citizen journalist from Skopje sent photos and a video to the editorial office of CIVIL Media, from a kindergarten in Cair conducting religous indoctrination of the children who visit ...

The story of citizen journalist Sotir Gabeloski about the sports hall “Vojvoda Gjorgji Stojanov”  in Krusevo, has woken the local self-government from sleep.

Due to increased interest in citizen journalism, CIVIL is organizing a workshop for a dozen more interested citizens from Skopje on July 19, from 16:30 to 19:00h.

CIVIL – Center for Freedom tomorrow, in front of the South East European University, will organize a public event for promotion of citizen journalism, which is gaining momentum worldwide and in ...

The civil initiative “Green Taftalidze”, last night once again organized a protest in the Municipality of Karpos, under the slogan “A stop to the urban mafia!”.

The Sports Hall “Vojvoda Gjorgji Stojanov” in Krusevo is in a dreadful condition. The photos sent by Sotir Gabeloski, citizen journalist from Krusevo, show the sports hall, which until recently ...

CIVIL – Center for Freedom continues with the successful workshops on citizen journalism across the country. On Saturday, in Kavadarci, a dozen young citizens had the opportunity to participate in the ...

The situation in the Macedonian health care is far from ideal, while the conditions in which the hospitals work in along with the treatment and care for the patients have ...

On June 10 (Saturday), CIVIL – Center for Freedom is organizing a workshop on citizen journalism in Kavadarci, in which a dozen interested citizens will participate.

At today’s workshop on citizen journalism, several young people from Gostivar had the opportunity to learn about citizen journalism and to see how in a more different and more practical ...

CIVIL – Center for Freedom will promote citizen journalism, as a new and innovative way of fighting for freedom of informing and reporting, tomorrow, June 9, at the City Square of ...

Following the announcement of a citizen journalist  from Ohrid, who reveals the manner in which the Public Enterprise “Ohridski Komunalec” deals with the problem of homeless dogs in the city, ...

The illegal landfill in Kicevo is a source of contagions. It is located almost in the center of the city, behind the hospital, and near the “Temnica” River that flows ...

CIVIL is awarding five prizes for citizen journalism on Wednesday , May 31, at Hotel City Park, starting at 12.00 noon.

Almost two thirds of the palms planted in the park next to the Officer’s Home in Veles, were cut this morning and thrown away.

CIVIL – Center for Freedom invites Stip citizens to register for the workshop on citizen journalism that will be held on May 10, from 12:00 – 16:00h, in Stip, and ...

Bukovo landfill, June 7, 2017, 5:00pm. Our fears that dogs have been captured by the communal service and dislocated, have shown to be true. These souls disappeared overnight, after wandering ...

CIVIL is organizing a workshop for a dozen more people who are interested from Tetovo, on May 4, from 14:00 – 18:00h. CIVIL – Center for Freedom  is calling on citizens ...

Skopje, Parliament of Republic of Macedonia, 27/4/2017, 20:51h A citizen journalist reports that the violent crowd in front of the Parliament of RM has not allowed an ambulance to intervene ...

Last night at the protest of “For a Joint Macedonia” in Prilep, there were huge trucks carrying marble blocks among the lines of the citizens who were marching through the ...

Due to the great interest of ciizens for citizen journalism, CIVIL – Center for Freedom held a workshop in Veles on Wednesday, as part of the “Civic Lenses” project. A dozen ...

A video from a statement made by one of the participants in the protest for clean air that was held this weekend in the Skopje City Park.

Following the successful seminar on citizen journalism in Veles on December 24-25, CIVIL is organizing a workshop for ten more people who are interested in Veles, on April 26, Wednesday, ...

The rainy weather did not stop CIVIL’s team today as well, from being on the streets throughout Skopje with the purpose of promoting  citizen journalism and enbling citizens to get more familiar with ...

Citizen journalist Vulnet Mahmuti first took a photo of the bags on April 14, Good Friday, a non-working day, when hundreds of people were strolling by the riverside with their ...

The team of CIVIL – Center for Freedom, today put up an info-stand at the entrance of Skopje’s Old Bazaar, where citizens had the opportunity to learn about the idea of citizen ...

Citizen journalism for me is more than just a hobby. It is a passion that has been preoccupying me for several months now! I learned about this citizen concept of ...

Guerrilla action in Skopje. Even the birds  reacted against the cutting of trees.

CIVIL – Center for Freedom today in the center of Skopje put up an Info Stand where citizens could learn about the idea of citizen journalism.

The sixth regional seminar on citizen journalism will be held on April 22-23, in Hotel City Park, Skopje, starting at 11:00am on Saturday. Citizens from Skopje, Gostivar, Tetovo, Kumanovo, Kriva ...

On April Fools’ Day, on the day of laughter, several adults tried to stop with threats several children from singing who were participants in the children’s festival “Vinozito” (Rainbow) because ...

The children’s event “April Fools’ Day – Skopje is laughing” was held on Saturday on the Macedonia Square in Skopje

The former municipal building in the village of Oblesevo, in which four decades ago there was a health care facility in it with an occasional general practitioner and a permanent ...

CIVIL – Center for Freedom awarded the prizes for the most successful journalists for stories that spoke about election vote buying, unfulfilled pre-election promises, young people leaving the country, abuse of ...

CIVIL is inviting you to be part of the big family of citizen journalists who in the past five seminars on citizen journalism acquired theoretic and practical skills on citizen activism, ...

A fountain worth 150.000 euros without water feeding and drainage pipes, a football field worth 100.000 euros at which not a single training or match has been held, are just ...

An artificial landfill, created with the construction of the roadway section Kicevo – Ohrid, is a potential threat to residents of the village of Drugovo.

A citizen journalist who wished to remain anonymous sent a video testimony from the day when early parliamentary elections were held on December 11, 2016. In a conversation with a ...

At the fifth regional seminar held in Struga on March 18-19, within the framework of the Civic Lenses project, citizen journalists Goran Karafiloski and Amdija Emini from Kicevo and Elzana ...

From “For Macedonia to be in one piece” up to children’s songs about Hahn could all be heard at today’s protest of the initiative “For a Joint Macedonia”. A citizen ...

This morning in Kicevo, print outs displaying banknotes of 50 denars with the double-headed eagle on them had been put up at entrances of residential buildings in which, as the ...

Smart, active and bold – that is the short description for the citizen journalists who this weekend attended the regional seminar in Struga.

Smart, active and bold – that is the short description for the citizen journalists who this weekend attended the regional seminar in Struga.

Following Skopje and Veles, warrants have also appeared in Kavadarci for members of the coalition “For Life in Macedonia”. Member of Parliament Betian Kitev is the target of the black ...

The pressure and abuse of minors does not seem to stop. In the context of the everyday protests “For a Joint Macedonia”, there is information coming from several secondary schools ...

Even though almost three months have passed since early parliamentary elections in the country, the black campaign has continued. In a report that was sent to us by a citizen ...

Yesterday employees in TPP Oslomej – Kicevo who were working second shift, were called and organized by automobiles to attend the protest in Kicevo, reports a citizen journalist who wants ...

CIVIL – Center for Freedom is inviting all interested citizens to register for the fifth seminar on citizen journalism in Stip, and to once more show the innovative side of journalism. 

An anonymous citizen journalist sent a photo of an announcement that was circulating these days in a high school in the center of Skopje. According to the report of the ...

During the protests of the supporters of VMRO-DPMNE in Skopje against, as they say, “bilingualism and redefining of the state”, in a bus of the Public Transport Enterprise – Skopje ...

Graffiti with hate speech that call for nationalism have appeared on the walls of a building in the ownership of the Municipality of Veles. The municipal organization of SDSM and ...

Several hundred people in Kicevo tonight, at a peaceful march that started from 6.00pm in front of the Cultural Center “Koco Racin” and continued through the center of the city, ...

In the midst of a politically heated December, CIVIL is awarding citizen journalists who with their cameras have documented numerous events of the turbulent Macedonian reality. Our organization provides citizen ...

In the city shopping center “Garnizon” in Kumanovo, citizen journalist Erjona Sulejmani noticed a boy sleeping on the floor of the stairways in the early morning hours, covered with an ...

The “Rada Poceva” kindergarten in Kavadarci, which has a capacity of 560 children, for several years now has been accommodating twice as many children! This problem culminated four years ago, ...

High school students from the Tetovo Gymnasium “Kiril Pejcinovic”, who learn in the Macedonia language, began their school year today, but their classes were held on the city square in ...

The residents of the Kicevo village of Knezino can safely use the local road to Kicevo, for now. The construction company “Granit”, under the pressure of the Municipality of Kicevo, ...

About 50 residents of the Kicevo village of Knezino and owners of holiday homes who live near the “Krusino” sports and recreation tourist complex, will remain cut off from civilization ...

CIVIL – Center for Freedom and citizen journalists from around the country are fighting against apathy, and is continuing with its series of events dedicated to citizen journalism. This time, CIVIL ...

CIVIL – Center for Freedom organizes the multimedia event ”For Freedom of Expression” on Wednesday, June 1, starting at 8.00pm, on Macedonia Street, near the Monument of Mother Teresa.

Almost a thousand people from Strumica expressed their warm welcome to CIVIL – Center for Freedom yesterday night at the Small city park in Strumica, where CIVIL was promoting citizen ...

Ilija Baltovski from the Association “It’s About Us” and Xhabir Deralla from CIVIL spoke on the occasion of the presentation of the Civic Lenses Project in Bitola, on 19 May. 

Citizen journalists have led the main coverage on the situation with the pro-democracy citizens' protests for justice, freedom and democracy in the past two months. This also marks the course ...