Claim: The Presidency of North Macedonia has removed the Albanian language from the official online platform.
Verdict: Context is missing.
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On May 30, 2024, several Albanian-language portals reported that the official website of the North Macedonian Presidency had removed the option to view the page in Albanian following the appointment of the new president, Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova. Some headlines directly implicated President Siljanovska-Davkova in this alleged controversy.
| Ballkan, 30 May 2024, 23:18
North Macedonia’s Presidency takes a scandalous step, removing the Albanian language from the official page |
| Gordana Siljanovska removes the use of the Albanian language from the website of the Presidency of North Macedonia. |
| News
Express Newspaper 30/05/2024 North Macedonia’s Presidency takes a scandalous step, removing the Albanian language from the official page |
The above articles lack additional details or a screenshot of the official presidency website where the option to display content in Albanian is absent.
However, Faktoje uncovered that on May 29, 2024, the Albanian version of the official presidency website displayed a message stating that the requested page could not be found.
However, as of the time of writing this article on May 31, 2024, the official website of the Presidency of North Macedonia still includes the option to view it in Albanian and English, in addition to Macedonian.
Moreover, the Albanian version of the presidency’s website is now fully operational.
| President Siljana Davkova convened with Ukrainian Ambassador Dir, Swiss Ambassador Ulman, and EU Ambassador Gir. |
Chances are, the temporary absence of the Albanian version of the website wasn’t intended to target Albanians specifically, but rather stemmed from a technical glitch or temporary adjustment of the site’s content, which now appears to have been corrected.
