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Today, at 4:30 PM, Albanian students will protest in front of the Stone Bridge in Skopje for conducting the law exam in their native language.
"Unite with the students, all together," is the slogan of the protest, whose message is the protection of the right to language for professional exams.
During the week, there were dozens of reactions in support of the students from public figures such as Ramush Haradinaj, Shkurte Fejza, the Albanian ambassador in Skopje, and even the PDK.
Former Prime Minister Pandeli Majko and Jorida Tabaku also joined the calls for protest.
This is the second protest organized by Albanian students and comes as a result of the rejection of their request by the Minister of Justice.
On April 6, 2026 in Skopje, thousands of Albanian students and citizens came out into the heart of Skopje and demanded respect for their rights and justice, prompting Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski to hastily declare that his government was working on a solution and would soon have a concrete proposal.
What does the law say about the bar exam?
There is no legal provision in the Law on the Bar Examination stating that this exam can only be held in Macedonian. Article 2 of the Law on the Use of Languages states that “state government institutions must enable the use of other official languages spoken by at least 20% of citizens”, which is the Albanian language.
The draft proposal that would enable the jurisprudence exam to be taken in the Albanian language was ready in 2024 by the Ministry of Justice, but with the change in parliamentary composition and the new government, it was removed from the assembly agenda and was no longer mentioned by the current government.
The Law on the Implementation of Languages came into force in 2019, and since then, four justice ministers have been replaced in North Macedonia, including Bojan Maričić, Nikola Tupančevski, and Krenar Lloga. The current minister is Igor Filkov.
Article 2 and Article 5 of this law state that “institutions are obliged to enable the use of the Albanian language in all procedures before courts and other state bodies.” This means that if the law on the bar exam does not limit the administration of this exam only in the Macedonian language, it should also be enabled in the Albanian language.
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