North Macedonia weathered a series of ethnically-charged incidents in 2023, a relatively calm period despite economic hardships, and opens 2024 with the prospect of a politician from the country’s ethnic Albanian minority becoming prime minister

Albanian law students from North Macedonia ask be allowed to take the bar exam in their mother tongue, reopening a dispute on the heartfelt problem of unfulfilled language rights

Controversy is surrounding the appointment of new members to North Macedonia’s Anti-Discrimination Commission; a key human rights body, in the past it derived towards political interests and fears over its credibility are mounting

A wave of new drug seizures cast further doubt over North Macedonia’s ability to keep its medicinal cannabis industry in check

A prominent prosecutor resigned citing political pressure: removed from two politically sensitive cases concerning alleged corruption within the ruling party, she said this follows moves aimed at preventing her from doing her job