Zbogar: Postponement of the census is a logical decision in order to eliminate any political influence


EU Ambassador Samuel Zbogar has said that postponement of the Census due to the early parliamentary elections is a logical decision in order to eliminate any political influence, in hope the statistical operation will take place by 2021 at the latest. “The census had to be postponed due to the decision on the early elections, …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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