The upcoming elections, the electoral models, the situation in the Parliament, the international law, the Hague ruling and its impact on the name issue were topics of interest of the students of the Faculty of Law in Kicevo, where the President of the Republic of Macedonia, Dr. Gjorge Ivanov, held a lecture on the rule of law”.
The topic caused great interest for these students as future lawyers, who have already deeply involved into the secrets of the law, and given the questions they asked and what that concluded, it is a scientific institution I see great prosperity. Although the rule of law is abstract and voluminous topic, it always comes down to what is our real life, all the challenges that we face, issues that we consider on a daily basis and therefore are of interest for the students”, President Ivanov said, adding that he was pleased to accept the invitation to be their guest.
President Ivanov met with the Dean of the Faculty, Dr. Ilija Todorovski, who introduce the curricula and the functioning of the Faculty to the President. They discussed the processes in the higher education in the Republic of Macedonia.
Asked to comment on the appointment of new defence minister and the protests in response to his appointment, President Ivanov said the following:
“Still fresh are the memories of what happened in Macedonia in 2001 and many wounds of the conflict are not healed. It is a sensitive topic and his appointment caused such reactions. However, I, as Commander-in-Chief, urge all those who are members of the Army and those who are not members of the Army not to have concerns about the Army. During my office, three defence ministers have changed, but the Army has sustained. Always assessed with the highest grades and serves as an example in terms of its performance and fulfillment of all assignments in the countries we are invited to participate. Many ministers, supreme commanders, heads of state will come and go, but the Army will remain what it has always been and will become even stronger and will always be an example of how other institutions should function”, President Ivanov said.
Asked what the prospects of Macedonia are this year to get a date for the start of negotiations, given that the political impasse is overcome, President Ivanov said that he expects Macedonia, after four positive reports, to be given the deserved date for negotiations.
"We fulfill our obligations, although the so called political crisis distracted us and took some of our time. However, due to our accomplishments, and if local elections are conducted smoothly, we deserve to get a date, because it belongs to us, it should not be seen as a gift. After four positive reports received, the date is something that belongs to the Republic of Macedonia”, the Macedonian Head of State said during his visit to Kicevo.
Last year, the World Water Day in the Republic of Macedonia was marked with a four-months cleaning action of the lake in the canyon Matka, supported by President Ivanov and the Embassy of the Kingdom of Norwey.
“I expect, as everyone else expects, the elections to be administered in the best possible manner and every citizen to exercise his democratic and constitutional right in giving his vote to the ones he believes can do most for his region. After the campaign, the citizens can freely decide who they will give their votes to. I urge, however, as before, these elections as the previous, to be conducted in the best possible way primarily because we are being monitored and the election cycle is being scrutinized. It is not acceptable, after 21 year in democracy, to do again some things we have done in the past. Therefore, I urge all stakeholders, all participants in the local elections to contribute to the election to be administered in the best possible manner, and those who attempt to derail the electoral process should seriously sanctioned”, President Ivanov said in response to a journalist’s question during his visit to Dojran.
Katerina Baceva was born in 1984 in Kavadarci. Her was educated and acquired her MSc in Chemical Sciences at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University "Ss. Cyril and Methodius" in Skopje. Since 2010, Baceva works as a demonstrator at the Institute of Chemistry at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. In 2011, her doctoral dissertation on "Distribution of heavy and toxic metals in environmental samples in the vicinity of the mine Alshar" was accepted.
She announced that several students have already won gold medals because they are best ranked in individual competition (among the best 100) and they will receive their certificates by mail.
our problems, issues and needs. We talked about the conditions offered by the university, the study programs, the cooperation of the University with other universities, as well as the cooperation with the companies, Osmani said. Magdalena Bozinovska, a student at the Faculty of Philology, department of Macedonian language and literature, said that the topic of discussion of the meeting was primarily the Bologna system. There is currently lack of practical work and teaching, in our university and in others. I would like to express my gratitude to President Ivanov who received us here in his office to hear our ideas and concerns about the current and further studying. The goal, of course, is to achieve better results and to have better quality studies, Bozinovska said.
