Elections “steal” the census term


Macedonia is out of luck when it comes to conducting a population census. It is either delayed or unsuccessful. On the other hand, the country is doing well when it comes to holding elections. It has them every single year. According to announcements, it will be so in 2020 as well, when the tenth parliamentary […]

Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs will discuss the proposed Census Law


The Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs will discuss the proposed Law on the 2020 Population and Housing Census, the first one since the 2011 tally of the population was cut short by a governmental decision. According to the proposed law, the State Statistical Office is to carry out a population and housing census in April […]

Zaev: No deal yet with Mickoski over SPO, census and electoral code


There’s no agreement yet for a leaders’ meeting with VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski to discuss three issues – the Special Public Prosecution, census and the Electoral Code, said Prime Minister Zoran Zaev. The Prime Minister said he expected a leaders’ meeting to be scheduled soon. “If the opposition and other stakeholders have other issues that […]

Boycott of the census – a disaster for the State


Due to a trivial reason, the draft law on the population census, families and households has suddenly disappeared from the parliamentary procedure, where it entered Friday under a European flag. The European Affairs Committee, according to its President Artan Grubi, failed to provide a representative of the EU Mission, nor did it invite representatives of […]

Talks of boycotting the census


Announcements for conducting the census in April 2020 without recording ethnic and religious affiliation, and recording only the mother tongue, has already polarized the public. Social networks also announce a boycott of this statistical operation, political parties argue between each other, and experts compare different examples in the neighborhood and across Europe with bi or […]

Census without questions about ethnicity and religion


The questions of ethnic and religious affiliation to be excluded from the census that should be conducted in April 2020, the State Statistical Office proposes. The definitive decision on this issue will have to be made with the Census Law expected no later than February next year. The purpose of the proposal is to avoid […]

Population census to be conducted between April 1 and 21, 2020


The population census in the Republic of Macedonia in 2020 will be conducted from 1 to 21 April. About 5,000 people will be engaged on field, and this time will be used a combined method that implies besides using field data, and data from registries. It is estimated that this operation will cost up to […]

Mancevski: Population register not a substitute of population census


Organizations, companies and citizens in the coming two weeks have the chance to have an insight into and give their comments regarding draft-laws on a central population register and electronic management and electronic services, which have been already posted online. The Ministry of Information Society and Administration on Friday organized the first public debate about the two […]

SPO: Gruevski and Ahmeti stopped the census for personal reasons


The Special Public Prosecutor’s Office today announced three new investigations against 25 individuals and four legal entities for crimes involving abuse of office, fraud and money laundering. This was announced at today’s press conference by special prosecutor Fatime Fetai. The first investigation is conducted under the name “Census” against the presidents of VMRO-DPMNE Nikola Gruevski […]

Remenski: Preparations for the population census have started


– According to my information, preparations are under way to begin the population census, SDSM MP Frosina Tasevska Remenski said in yesterday’s TV show “Click Plus” on TV21. “But let’s not fool ourselves that we will be able to lower rights that are bind to percentage, which are acquired rights,” she said in a debate on […]

Remenski: Preparations for the population census have started


– According to my information, preparations are under way to begin the population census, SDSM MP Frosina Tasevska Remenski said in yesterday’s TV show “Click Plus” on TV21. “But let’s not fool ourselves that we will be able to lower rights that are bind to percentage, which are acquired rights,” she said in a debate on […]