{"id":10590,"date":"2017-12-14T10:42:08","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T10:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.epi.org.mk\/?p=10590"},"modified":"2021-03-18T11:38:03","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T10:38:03","slug":"bencher-2016-macedonia-country-analysis-from-a-free-fall-to-a-new-take-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/sq\/post\/10590","title":{"rendered":"(BENCHER) 2016 Macedonia country analysis: From a free fall to a new take-off?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-8\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>Since the publishing of the last European Commission (EC) country report for Macedonia, in which it was portrayed as a captured state, a lot of things have changed in the country. Thus, this analysis covers the events that have taken place during three periods: the findings of the EC in the period up to November 2016; the events that took place up until the new government was formed, between December 2016 and June 2017; and the changes that have occurred since the new government was formed in June 2017. This structure aims to outline the recent changes that have occurred and to identify if further steps have been taken to implement some of the\u00a0 recommendations of the EC.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_btn3-container vc_btn3-inline vc_do_btn\" ><a class=\"vc_general vc_btn3 vc_btn3-size-md vc_btn3-shape-rounded vc_btn3-style-3d vc_btn3-color-purple\" href=\"https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/docs\/C.A_Macedonia_BENCHER.pdf\" title=\"\">DOWNLOAD PDF<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_left wpb_content_element\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/docs\/C.A_Macedonia_BENCHER.pdf\" target=\"_self\" class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper vc_box_shadow_3d  vc_box_border_grey\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"566\" height=\"801\" src=\"https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/macedonia.png\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\" alt=\"\" title=\"macedonia\" srcset=\"https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/macedonia.png 566w, https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/macedonia-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/macedonia-8x12.png 8w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Since the publishing of the last European Commission (EC) country report for Macedonia, in which it was portrayed as a captured state, a lot of things have changed in the country. 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