What happened: On 15.03.2018, an unknown perpetrator wrote graffiti with offensive content on the
building of the Cultural Heritage Institute of Albanians, on “Ilindenska” Blvd, in Skopje.
Date, time and location of the incident: 15.03.2018 unspecified time, the Cultural Heritage Institute of
Albanians in North Macedonia.
Source of information: MoI’s daily newsletter.
Victim(s) involved: none.
Type of crime(s): Damage of Objects of Others (Article 243, CC)
Perpetrator(s): unknown perpetrator(s).
Brief description of the event with bias indicators: In this incident, the bias motive is ethnicity, while the
bias indicators are:
1. Pattern of previous incidents – Graffiti spreading hate speech on grounds of ethnicity had been written on
previous occasions as well
Status of the case: Unknown
Response of the local authorities: MoI’s response to the request for information states that they had
conducted inspection and interviewed the responsible person from the Institute, whereby he was told that this
is a case which is pursued ex officio, and that they need to submit a record of receiving the report. So far no
such record or statement has been submitted to MoI.
Impact on the victims and the community: This incident calls into question the ethnic co-existence of
the two major ethnic communities in the country.
