{"id":83715,"date":"2026-04-06T14:45:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T12:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=83715"},"modified":"2026-04-06T19:19:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T17:19:29","slug":"protest-in-skopje-students-demand-to-take-exams-in-the-albanian-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/protest-in-skopje-students-demand-to-take-exams-in-the-albanian-language\/","title":{"rendered":"Protest in Skopje: Students demand to take exams in the Albanian language"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today in Skopje, hundreds of Albanian law students in North Macedonia staged a large protest, demanding the use of their mother tongue in graduation exams\u2014a right that exists in practice only on paper.<\/p>\n<p>With chants such as \u201cAlbanian language is our right,\u201d \u201cWe speak Albanian,\u201d and \u201cThere is no state without youth,\u201d the large number of students held various banners and red-and-black flags, calling for something that is already guaranteed.<\/p>\n<p>Although the Albanian language has official status in North Macedonia, the bar exam\u2014required to practice legal professions such as lawyer, judge, or prosecutor\u2014is conducted mainly in the Macedonian language.<\/p>\n<p>Students have also signed a petition on this issue, which Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski initially described as justified, but later withdrew his support, stating that \u201cthe law does not allow such a thing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today in Skopje, hundreds of Albanian law students in North Macedonia staged a large protest, demanding the use of their mother tongue in graduation exams\u2014a right that exists in practice only on paper. 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