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  “THREE YEARS SAME INDEX OF CORRUPTION
Macedonia is on the 105th place from 136 countries of the annual global list for the index of corruption of “Transparency international”, presented in Berlin. Three years in a row this country has the same index of corruption (2.7) and it continues to fall in the annual statements of TI. Las year we were on the 103rd place, and the year before that on the 97th. On the index, the number 10 means that the corruption doesn’t exist, and zero that the whole society is contagious with it. Macedonia in 2006 is on the 105th place together with Bolivia, Iran, Libya, Malawi and Uganda. The index of corruption for 2006 is a complicate census prepared on the basis of some polls of experts, who estimate the corruption in the public sectors in 163 countries, which till now is the biggest number of countries from the foundation of the index in 1995. According to the list of TI for 2006, Macedonia is on the penultimate place in the region of Southeast Europe. Albania is on the last 111th place with index of 2.6.

RELIGION TEACHING IN THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

The council of religious collaboration of the Republic of Macedonia consisted of representatives of the churches and of the religious communities, mentioned in the Constitution of RM, (MOC, prof. d-r Ratomir Grozdanovski, IRC, Mr. Jakub Selimosvki, KC, Mr. Ante Cirimotic, EMC Mr. Mihail Cekov and EZ, Mr. Viktor Mizrahi), held a meeting on which was said that the alignment of the Orthodox God faculty and the Faculty of the Islamic sciences to the universities in RM is a necessarily that have to be realized as soon as possible. After that the Council is asking from the next school year a religious science to be inducted in the educational system of RM, and at the same time the Council ascertains that the process of the denationalization of the properties of the churches and of the religious communities is not satisfying and should be realized in the more intensive way.

A PROMOTION OF MACEDONIAN EDITIONS IN BELGRADE
At the 17th International conference in organization by the Institute of international policy and economy from Belgrade, a promotion of Macedonian editions “From Panony to the Aegean part” and “The contribution of Macedonia in the world civilization” by the academic d-r Antonije Shkokljev-Donco and Slave Nikolovski-Katin, has been held. An introduction speech for the first work, that is related with the conncetion of Panony and the antic Macedonia, has the professor Edita Stojik-Karanovik, who stated his meaning in which a large number if information for the truth of the Balkan in the antic period have been represented, with a special accent to the ancient Macedonia. For the book “The contribution of Macedonia in the world civilization”, beside professor Edita Stojik-Karanovik, the authors of the books also spoke. In addition, academic A. Shkokljev-Donco gave an extensive explanation for this work, in which the contribution of Macedonia towards the world in the period of ten centuries, staring from VI century BC, the period of the big Macedonian Empire – the reign of Phillip and Alexander the Macedonian till tsar Samuil, is been underlined.

“AUTUMN MUSICAL CEREMONIES”
With a concert of the violoncellist Reno Dezarden and the pianist Marta Godeni from France, in the Museum of Skopje the annual “Autumn musical ceremonies” were opened. On the manifestation that this year was held for the seventh time, till the end of the month on the stages in the Club of ARM, the Museum of Skoje, Daut-pashin amam, the cinema “Frosina” and the Macedonian opera and ballet will attend more musicians from our country, and participants from abroad as well. The Direction of culture and art is the organizer and they say that modern flows of the classic music will be presented.		  
     
     
     
 

 

  
     
     
     
 

 

  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 NEWS

  EUROPEAN COMMISSION REPORT ON MACEDONIA PROGRESS RELEASED

The European Commission (EC)welcomes the reforms Macedonia has realized last year, recommending to the Government to step up its efforts in transforming the judiciary, police and anti-corruption measures, reads the EC report on the country's progress, released Wednesday.
- Macedonia is well on the way to satisfy the political criteria. It has pursued political reforms in 2006, although at a slower pace. To some extent, this is due to formation of a new government, reads the EC report on the country's progress, released Wednesday.
Parliamentary elections were generally conducted in a peaceful and orderly manner and largely in accordance with international standards.
However, there were significant irregularities on the election day - ballot stuffing, family voting, intimidation and other types of fraud. Vote participation was low - at 56%., which require for the citizens' trust to be further strengthened. Strong political will commitment will be needed to ensure higher standards at the new elections due in 2009, the report says.
- The increased tensions between the majority and the opposition, especially with DUI-PDP, needs to be addressed. It will be essential for the government to seek consensus on a number of critical reforms, due to the specificities of the country's political model, and in the interest of political stability. The opposition will need to assume its role fully and constructively, which will be important in areas linked to the reforms undertaken to implement the Ohrid Framework Agreement.
EC considers that reforms in the organization of the public administration are taking place progressively and aim to improve management and increase transparency. However, implementing the administration and police reforms remains serious challenge.
Referring to the judicial system, the report notifies that the constitutional and legal framework for an independent and efficient judiciary is largely in place. However, most of the reforms in the judiciary have not yet entered into force. There are important challenges in his field, which require a sustained reform program.
Some progress has been made in strengthening the legal and institutional framework for fighting corruption. However, corruption remains widespread. Many allegations of corruption have yet to be investigated. Strong political will is required to step up efforts to combat corruption effectively, the report says.
It has also registered no major violation of civil and political rights, recommending more efforts for improving the legal framework and enhancing effective implementation of those rights.