29.10.2021

“Portalb: It is illegal to ask citizens to pay for new certificates not older than 6 months” – Meta.mk

The first page of the birth certificate and the seal on the back; Photo: Suad Bajrami, Portalb.mk “It is not valid, the certificate must not be older than six months.” Of course, many

20.08.2021

Digital transformation: learning to live with the change

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay   The ongoing Covid-19 crisis had a huge impact in forcing governments and businesses worldwide to hasten towards the implementation of various digital solutions. According to the

23.07.2021

Some young people in North Macedonia during the coronavirus crisis managed to build successful businesses

Photo: Archive of Meta.mk During the coronavirus crisis, some young people in North Macedonia saw the opportunity to start their own businesses or to adapt their existing businesses to the new normal that

11.06.2021

Rural Coalition: Farmers still “hang” on the counters, the application of digitalization in its initial stage

Age, habits, mentality, lack of sufficient knowledge, resistance to change and learning something new, fear of making a mistake – what is the key reason for the low level of digitalization in Macedonian

04.06.2021

Zero Roaming in the Balkans from July 1st – Majlinda Bregu: Success, in the future we’ll have zero tariffs even with the EU

Starting from July 1st, the cell phone tariffs are not changing even while crossing the national borders in the Western Balkans. This process was lead from the Regional Cooperation Council, and Majlinda Bregu,

23.04.2021

Open Data Misconceptions: Experience from the Western Balkans

Source: www.pixabay.com   Open data as a concept is relatively new, it hasn’t yet celebrated its 30th birthday since it was first mentioned as a term in 1995 from an American scientific agency.

31.03.2021

A closer look at AI-powered governments

Unsplash / Markus Winkler Who would imagine that people – even the elderly or those with no knowledge about computers – would vote over this quirky new thing called the Internet 30 years

08.03.2021

Overcoming the challenges of cybersecurity awareness

The range of threats in the Internet space is enormous and does not tend to decrease. New technologies, with their diversity in the structure, contribute to the continuous emergence of new vulnerabilities, and

02.03.2021

A short review of the EU regulative for online disinformation

Disinformation causes many harmful societal consequences, such as, poses security threats; erodes the election system and process; it undermines the trust in the institutions; and, legally, it represents hampering of the freedom of

02.03.2021

The impact of the 5G disinformation during the Covid19 crisis

We live in a time of unseen technological advances, innovations and scientific discoveries, especially in information and communication technologies (ICT), where the implementation and use of the 5G network worldwide can be singled

26.02.2021

Accelerated digital advancement and its impact on job-skills demand in the Western Balkans

The situation with the outbreak of the Coronavirus not only accelerated the digital shift but also increased the need for resolving pre-existing issues and new policy responses in the Western Balkan countries. When

02.02.2021

Investigative article: “RNM, waiting and wandering: The road of two young people towards getting a marriage certificate – Portalb.mk”

Marriage Certificate. Photo: Portalb.mk The citizens of our country face everyday problems of different nature when it comes to obtaining documents. The public administration does not always function properly and this is best