(LOCAL ELECTIONS 2025) The voices of hate that humiliated democracy: Sexism, ethnic divisions and nationalism
Ahead of the Local Elections 2025, North Macedonia faced a serious wave of hate speech, ethnic and...
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Category: ELECTIONS
North Macedonia Local Elections 2025: Generally Peaceful Process Marked by Serious Systemic and Institutional Weaknesses — CIVIL’s Preliminary Assessment
CIVIL assesses that the 2025 Local Elections in North Macedonia were held without major incidents, yet burdened by deep structural, institutional, and political weaknesses that call into question the integrity of the electoral process and the democratic capacity of the institutions and society.
CIVIL presented its preliminary assessment of the second round and the overall conduct of the 2025...
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CIVIL’s third report: Over 230 reports from the ground, cases of limited voting rights and party pressures
Repeated incidents with people released from prison for the weekend, remarks about the secrecy of voting, inaccessible polling stations and presence of party observers with marks
At CIVIL’s third, one before the last online press conference, the following reports from the...
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CIVIL’s Second Report: Deceased Persons in the Voters Register, Violation of Voting Secrecy, Reports of Pressure, and Inaccessible Polling Stations
CIVIL’s second report at 3:00 p.m., reveals irregularities and problems on the ground, but also...
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Nationalism, ethnic tensions and populism: The ethnic map has colored the race ahead of the second round
DEHRAN MURATOV Ahead of the second round of local elections in North Macedonia, there has been a...
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The elections and the coalition: VLEN has rocked Mickoski’s boat
However, in the complex ethnic structure of the country, this is not at all naive – we have incompetent leaders in power who came to that position with heated nationalist slogans. Now they can only reap the fruits. It’s bad that the consequences are - general!
LJUBOMIR KOSTOVSKI The ruling coalition has no ideological affinities – they won votes in the...
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Russian Influence on the 2025 Local Elections: Pro-Russian Parties, Moscow-Linked Financiers, Russian Propaganda in the Media
By Dragan Mishev In cooperation with the CIVIL Hybrid Threats Monitoring Team (CHTM) Translated...
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North Macedonia Local Elections, First Round: CIVIL’s Preliminary Assessment
Skopje, North Macedonia, Oct. 19, 2025, 9 a.m. CET — CIVIL conducted comprehensive long-term...
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North Macedonia Local Elections: SEC delivers decision annulling the Turkish Unity Movement’s candidate list – the party demands resignations and postponement of the elections
Skopje, North Macedonia, Oct. 18, 2025 — The State Election Commission (SEC) has officially...
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Increased frequency of Russian propaganda narratives in Macedonian media ahead of elections
CIVIL Hybrid Threats Monitoring Team reports a noticeable increase of media content with Russian propaganda narratives ahead of the local elections.
As previously reported by CIVIL Media, based on the findings of CIVIL Hybrid Threats Monitoring...
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El Cheka throws а “pre-election bomb”: Recordings with compromising content about Kicevo Mayor Fatmir Dehari released
A scandal has shaken the Municipality of Kičevo after audio recordings with compromising content...
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Strengthening China’s “Soft Power” in North Macedonia: From education, IT, and TikTok to influence on elections
In recent years, China has gradually strengthened its presence in North Macedonia through a “soft power” strategy—a combination of cultural diplomacy, academic cooperation, and technological donations. This strategy aims to foster a positive image of China, its development model, and its companies, at a time when North Macedonia is a NATO member state and aspires to join the European Union.
DRAGAN MISHEV China’s “soft power” has in the past decade attracted growing attention as an...
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