Labyrinth follows the student protests in Serbia
Serbian students were welcomed in every city with tears in their eyes, loud applause and fireworks. After the big rally in Kragujevac, the students also organized a walk to Niš. They set off from several different cities and walked for five days to their final destination. As a sign of support, several citizens, a group of marathon runners, as well as a group of cyclists, joined them, and the locals organized a welcome with loud cheers and torches. Throughout their journey, the students had medical support provided by medical students, as well as by medical staff from institutions across Serbia who volunteered to treat their wounds. Watch the reportage from part of the students' journey, and tomorrow the second part will follow, namely the reportage from the big rally on March 1st.
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Democracy should rely on active and organized citizens – says Ambassador Hulman
Interview with the Ambassador of Switzerland, Veronique Hulmann
Macedonian-Swiss friendship has lasted for more than 30 years, says the Ambassador of Switzerland, Veronique Hulmann, in a guest appearance at Labyrinth. We discussed the new cooperation program launched by the Embassy of Switzerland, as well as the experience with Macedonian institutions so far. We discussed the three areas in which Switzerland helps North Macedonia, democracy, economic development and the environment, and we asked the Ambassador what her favorite place for hiking in the country is.
Watch the full interview.
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Syria freed from dictator, but terrorism is still a threat
Interview with war reporter Bud Wichers
After 13 years of civil war, the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria has fallen almost without a fight. The rebel HTS (Hayat Tahrir al-Sham) has taken power and is trying to make a peaceful transition. In the meantime, the US, Israel and Turkey are bombing places that are strongholds of ISIS, the Kurdish party or places that are suspected of having remnants of chemical weapons used by Assad. In this episode, we talk to war reporter Bud Wichers from the Netherlands who has been reporting from Syria since the very beginning of the uprising in 2011. Wichers has extensive experience reporting from the Middle East, and in Syria he reported from the biggest hot spots and was in contact with almost all the factions fighting in Syria. He says it is good that the regime has finally fallen, but he is still suspicious of possible terrorist hot spots, that is, he suspects that HTS has severed all ties with its previous “umbrella” Al Nusra Front, which was practically the Syrian branch of Al Qaeda.
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The challenges before the European Union in the post-covid era
Analysis of the developments in Europe in the face of military conflicts, economic problems and social post-covid consolidation.
The Ervopeum forum, which was organized by the Institute for European Politics, gave an overview of the current situation with the mechanisms for the rule of law in the EU and the mechanism for the growth of the union, within which the progress of many aspirants on the way to the EU was considered when it comes to governance of law.
Such events have for the overall promotion of the reforms that even more candidates can undertake before the membership, making the forces candidates for implementing reforms with the aim of Europeanizing the social-institutional environment in these countries.
The road to the Union is paved with the successfully implemented reform, but is Macedonia on the road to the EU?
Can Macedonia defeat corruption, which is the main problem of the state when it comes to Europeanization?
How to free the judiciary from the chain of political and business entrapment - Laws are in powers, but how are they implemented?
Watch the new edition of Labyrinth and find out what's next in the battle for EU membership, where Macedonia is on the map and will the right path to integration emerge? Our guest in this issue is Beba Žagar from the Institute for European Politics.
