Week in Review: Between Optimism and Gridlock
Our selection of Premium stories this week brings a note of optimism that some long-standing problems and deadlocks could be resolved in the near future, tempered with an inevitable dose…
North Macedonia ‘Not Doing Enough’ to Protect Women Victims of Violence
Predictable dangers are often ignored and systemic gaps in services leave victims of gender-based violence without the protection they need, campaigner Ana Avramovska-Nushkova tells BIRN. KAYNAK: Balkan Insight
New Anti-Graft Chief Raises Cautious Optimism in North Macedonia
Lawyer Adem Chuchulj faces a fight to restore the credibility of North Macedonia’s State Anti-Corruption Commission. KAYNAK: Balkan Insight
Defendants Plead Not Guilty in North Macedonia Nightclub Fire Trial
All 35 defendants and the representatives of the three companies who are being tried for the deadly fire at the Pulse nightclub in Kocani in March pleaded not guilty. KAYNAK:…