VLEN Adheres to Idea for Ethnic Albanian Academy of Sciences

Despite the criticism of the idea, VLEN is not giving up on forming an ethnic Albanian academy of sciences and arts. On Wednesday, it called for support for its pre-election promise, adding it would end discrimination of intellectuals from the ethnic Albanian community in science.

“The Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts is not an inclusive institution in which there is room for Albanians. This is the only way to change that,” the coalition said. According to VLEN, there are four countries in the world, Serbia, Belgium, Finland, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, that each have two-three academies.

On the other hand, the same day, PM Hristijan Mickoski again said there was no room for divisions along ethnic lines in science.