New newspaper in 4 languages in Gostivar, Macedonia
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New newspaper in 4 languages in Gostivar, Macedonia
LOCAL MONTHLY NEWSPAPER IN 4 LANGUAGES IN GOSTIVAR, MACEDONIA
Published by Inter-ethnic Project Gostivar
Today (22nd October 2001) the first issue of Gostivar Voice is
published. Gostivar Voice is a local newspaper appearing every month
in 4 different languages in 4 different issues: Macedonian, Albanian,
Turkish and Roma. Gostivar Voice informs citizens of Gostivar from all
nationalities in their own language about what's happening in their
city. The total number of copies is 3.500
In the first issue appear articles about drugs in Gostivar, increasing
unemployment, beginning of the new school year, concert by Area, news
from the City Council, humanitarian aid to refugees, problem of
ecology, bad infrastructure in the city and a new building for primary
school Mosha Pijada, etc. The topic of this month in the series
'taboos in Gostivar' is homosexuality.
Gostivar Voice is made by a multi-ethnic team of young journalists
from Gostivar. Gostivar Voice is distributed for free.
The newspaper is published by Inter-ethnic Project Gostivar (IPG)
which is a local NGO based in Gostivar, Macedonia. IPG wants to
improve community life in Gostivar through a joint effort of all
nationalities in Gostivar. All activities by IPG have a multi-ethnic
character. IPG has a multi-ethnic staff, board and assembly.
Previous activities by IPG have been financial support for local
projects:
Local organisations PPC (Albanian) and Denica (Macedonian) changed a
garbage belt at the banks of the river Vardar into a park with grass,
trees and benches. The project was implemented by unemployed ethnic
Macedonian and ethnic Albanian workers and by inter-ethnic teams of
school children. High school students from different nationalities
represented Gostivar in a youth conference in Bratislava.
IPG financed humanitarian aid to refugees from all nationalities who
were staying in Gostivar. This activity was organised by 5 local
Gostivar organisations from all nationalities. At this moment an
awareness campaign on the position of handicapped people (involving
all nationalities) is starting.
Because of the crisis in the country IPG produced a video clip showing
children from all nationalities building together a house of lego. The
words on the screen in different languages said: "it's in our hands to
build or destroy; let's listen to our children." This video clip was
shown many times on all local TV stations in Gostivar.
IPG is supported by the Dutch Interchurch Peace Council (IKV) and by
the Dutch donors Hivos and Novib. For Gostivar Voice IPG received
additional support from the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Skopje.
IPG
Inter-ethnic Project Gostivar
Goce Delcev 66
Post fah 150
1230 Gostivar
Macedonia
Tel +389 42 221 970
Fax +389 42 221 971
E-mail [email protected]
[email protected]
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