Europe | Macedonia | Activism

Critical Voices ‘Erased from Macedonian Arts’

When artist Irena Paskali created a billboard poster questioning why many Macedonians had chosen to pay twice for utilities rather than object to being double-billed, she didn’t quite get the reaction she expected. Her billboard was to have been included in the 2014 exhibition Billboard Art 2: Procrastination organised by the Institute for Culture and Art (Ars Acta) and held in the streets of the capital Skopje. To Paskali’s surprise, however, the exhibition organisers couldn’t find a Macedonian printing house willing to print the billboard, which she had entitled: Double for Every

Europe | Macedonia | Activism

Macedonian Women Form Human Shield Around Police to Keep Protests Peaceful

Source: GlobalVoices

In an extraordinary sight only one day after police violently dispersed demonstrators in Macedonia with water cannons, smoke bombs and batons, a group of women out to protest formed a human shield around officers to protect them from provocateurs throwing glass bottles. The women in Skopje, Macedonia's capital city, were participating in a second day of protests demanding justice after leaked recordings seemed to show officials tried to cover up the 2011 murder of Martin Neshkovski at the hands of a police officer.

Europe | Macedonia | Politics

In front of Bazhdari, Doda chooses Voltana Ademi

Source: albeu

DP MP Mesila Doda says that the right person to run in Shkodra in front of Keti Bazhdari is Voltana Ademi. According to her, given that SP has chosen a woman to run for mayor, the race would be more interesting and would also be a model of how women know how to do politics. "Voltana would be the right name to go. I would chose her. In this case, we could give the example of a campaign without criminals used by parties and a model of how women know how to do politics and serve their community much better than men", writes Doda