by SATES16@KU.EDU.TR | Jun 11, 2022 | Koç University
The 11 years of governance by VMRO-DPMNE has seen the party engage in divisive social rhetoric and erasure of legislative institutions essential to Macedonian social rights and civil liberties. The looming 2024 elections, where VMRO-DPMNE remains electorally strong,...
by Jason Wright | Mar 7, 2022 | Ohio State University
In June 2020, a court in North Macedonia handed down sentences for two high-profile defendants: nine years in jail for flamboyant TV personality Bojan Jovanovski, commonly known as Boki 13, and seven years for former special prosecutor Katica Janeva. The...
by gomara21@ku.edu.tr | Jan 17, 2022 | Koç University
Despite the ousting of the corrupt Gruevski, North Macedonia’s successor has been just a change of the guard, further kicking the nation’s accession into the EU down the road North Macedonia for the past 10 years endured the heavy hand of a corrupt Prime minister who...
by Nicholas Oestreich | Dec 3, 2021 | Georgia State University
Throughout the late 20th and 21st centuries, a worrying trend has emerged in global politics, referred to as democratic erosion. Even large liberal democracies like the United States have not been immune to these problems. Covid 19 has substantially exacerbated these...
by Kaan Basar Tezel | May 9, 2020 | Koç University
In June 2018, an important agreement was reached between Macedonia and Greece, solving the legal name dispute between the two neighbors. As a consequence of the agreement, Macedonia acknowledged altering its official name as North Macedonia, while Greece promised to...
