The Referendum in Macedonia is planned to be held on 30 September 2018. The question included in the referendum is as follows: Do you support EU and NATO membership by accepting the deal between Macedonia and Greece?". It is related to the 27-year long dispute between Macedonia and Greece over the former name and follows an agreement with Greece on the issue which has prevented the accession of Macedonia to the European Union and NATO. According to Telma’s survey, the majority of respondents (41.5%) would accept the agreement, whereas 35.1% would vote against.
When asked about the attendance in the referendum, 66.4% of respondents declare that they are going to vote, 19.8% want to boycott the referendum, and 12.4% of the respondents cannot determine. The ethnical analysis of responses shows that the Albanian majority would like to vote for the agreement (88%), whereas among the Macedonians such support is less popular (27.4%). Most of Macedonians would like to vote against the change of the name (45.2%), among Albanians only 2.2% Young and educated people are the vast majority of respondents that are in favour of the agreement (48.2%). 73% of respondents were informed about the agreement from the media. For 48.3% of respondents, the referendum question is clear, but for 44.8% it is not understandable. The survey was conducted by telephone. 1,026 respondents were tested from 24th of July to 1st of August. Sources: Telma, Anketa, SonjaNikolovska, availableat:https://telma.com.mk/anketa-41-5-ke-glasaat-za-35-1-protiv/ (accessed: 7.08.2018) Zuzanna Halina Sielska
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Canada will become the first country in the world to federally legalize Marijuana. Over many decades of debate, taboo, and laws that prevent people from smoking pot, Canada its changing that. Will this be the country that can lead other countries to that direction? Its hard to say. Here in the Balkans many countries have laws against it. Lets just take a look at some of the countries and laws in the Balkans:
Why should other countries join? More money for the government. Canada is a G7 country, that is one of the best countries to live in the world, its not considered a corrupt country, and I would say a majority of countries in the balkans like Slovenia and Croatia could see benefits for there government. Taxes that come in, from the selling of marijuana is huge. Look at the United States, its already over a billion dollar industry. That could see alot of positives: - Better infustructure - More spending for security and military - Money spent on education So should we see mairjuana legal in the balkans? Will let you decide as a tax payer, but we shall see. Janez K. |
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