Macedoia’s Ministry of Economy on Thursday became the first institution to start applying the provisions of the new Law on the Use of Languages, which extends the official use of Albanian across the country.
The ministry has replaced the plaque on its entrance with a bilingual sign written in Macedonian and Albanian.
Under article 7 of the law, which was published in the official gazette on Tuesday – without the signature of President Gjorge Ivanov – all state institutions must change their signs into bilingual ones, with their names written in equally sized fonts in both languages, but with the one in Macedonian displayed first.
This will also apply to some municipal buildings and their utility companies, as well as to street names, border crossings and airports, if they are located in an area where at least 20 per cent of the population are not ethnic Macedonian.
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