A new government takes charge of implementing much-needed reforms to North Macedonia’s Gambling Act. Regulatory proceedings will have to accommodate the complexities of North Macedonia’s societal and ethnic make-up and its relationship with Balkan neighbours.
Examining the political dynamics and fault lines of a young North Macedonia reshaping its gambling regime, Ivan Kurochkin, Partner and Head of the Eastern Europe Desk at 4H Agency, provides a low-down on Europe’s most complex regulatory jurisdiction.
In May, North Macedonia witnessed the landslide victory of the ‘Nationalist Allies’ (VMRO-DPMNE) led by Gordana Siljanovska-Davkov, who became the Balkan nation’s sixth President and first female leader since independence from the former Yugoslav Republic in 1991.
Having been in opposition since 2017, the right-wing bloc led by Gordana secured an overwhelming majority at Skopje’s Kuvendi (General Assembly). The bloc has pledged to implement a ‘nationalist mandate’ to “eradicate cor..