North Macedonia

North Macedonia

North Macedonia regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR. North Macedonia implemented ODIHR's Training Against Hate Crimes for Law Enforcement (TAHCLE) Programme in 2014, training more than 2,000 police officers under the programme by 2018. Following changes to the hate crime provisions in 2018, a refresher training-of-trainers session for police was conducted by ODIHR in December 2021. North Macedonia implemented ODIHR's Prosecutors and Hate Crime Training (PAHCT) programme in 2019, and in 2022 completed a training on hate crimes for the judiciary together with the OSCE Mission to Skopje. 

Hate crime data collection in North Macedonia
Support for hate crime victims in North Macedonia
North Macedonia's hate crime legislation
Download the 2019 hate crime report for North Macedonia

OFFICIAL DATA REPORTED BY STATES

Year Hate crimes recorded by police Prosecuted Sentenced
2023 41 Not available Not available
2022 54 Not available Not available
2021 22 125 Not available
2020 29 Not available Not available
2019 23 - -
2018 33 - -
2017 Not available Not available Not available
2016 2 - -
2015 5 3 2
2014 Not available Not available Not available
2013 Not available Not available Not available
2012 Not available Not available Not available
2011 Not available Not available Not available
2010 Not available Not available Not available
2009 Not available Not available Not available

About 2019 Data

    Figures include cases of incitement to hatred, threats and attacks due to political affiliation, which may fall outside of the OSCE's hate crime definition.

Hate crime recorded by police

The records below may include hate speech cases that fall outside of the OSCE's definition of hate crime. Detailed data on different types of crime or bias motivations are not available.

National developments

Amendments to the Criminal Code adopted in late 2018 entered into force in 2019. These included a hate crime definition, the introduction of specific penalty enhancing provisions for a number of offences and updates to the aggravating circumstance provision applicable to all offences in the Code. The Department for Criminal Intelligence and Analysis of the Ministry of Interior changed the hate crime recording registration form in accordance with amendments to the Criminal Code that stipulate a specific definition of hatred. The Department also amended relevant provisions and incorporated hatred as a motive for committing a number of existing crimes, with the aim of creating a comprehensive framework for monitoring hate crime trends and to improve the institutional response to hate crime in terms of recognizing, detecting and sentencing such crimes.

The Ministry of Justice has prepared a working version of the Law on Payment of Monetary Compensation for Victims of Violent Crimes. The purpose of this law is to provide monetary compensation to victims of violent crimes in accordance with the principle of social solidarity, but also to prevent the secondary victimization of victims during proceedings.

KEY OBSERVATION

ODIHR observes that the law enforcement agencies of North Macedonia have not recorded the bias motivations of hate crimes.

INCIDENTS REPORTED BY CIVIL SOCIETY

Racist and xenophobic hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2019-05 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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2019-05 Attacks against property
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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2019-06 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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2019-06 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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2019 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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2019-11 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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2019-11 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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2019-06 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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2019-01 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-01 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-01 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-01 Threats/Harassment
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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2019-01 Attacks against property
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-01 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-03 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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2019-04 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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2019-03 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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2019-06 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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2019-11 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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2019-04 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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2019-08 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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2019-04 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-04 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-02 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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2019-07 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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2019-05 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-05 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-05 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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2019-05 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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2019-06 Attacks against property
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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2019-05 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-06 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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2019-05 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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2019-07 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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2019-06 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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2019-06 Attacks against property
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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2019-09 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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2019-09 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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2019-09 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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2019-09 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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2019-11 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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2019-11 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-11 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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2019-12 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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2019-03 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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2019-02 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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2019-03 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-03 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-03 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-03 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-03 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-02 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-04 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-04 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-04 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-04 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-05 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-05 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-04 Threats/Harassment
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-05 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-05 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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2019-07 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-07 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-07 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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2019-09 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-09 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-11 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-09 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-09 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-10 Threats/Harassment
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-02 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-11 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-06 Attacks against property
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-01 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-01 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-01 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-02 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-02 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-02 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-02 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-03 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-01 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-01 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-01 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-03 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-03 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-03 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-03 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-04 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-04 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-04 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-04 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-04 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-08 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-04 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-04 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-03 Threats/Harassment
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-08 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-04 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-05 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-05 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-05 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-06 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-05 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-05 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-05 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-05 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-06 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-06 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-06 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-07 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-07 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-08 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-08 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-08 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-09 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-09 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-09 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-10 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-10 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-11 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-11 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-11 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-11 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-11 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-11 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-11 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-12 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-05 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-06 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-03 Threats/Harassment
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-04 Threats/Harassment
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-01 Threats/Harassment
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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2019-03 Threats/Harassment
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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Anti-Roma hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2019-03 Violent attacks against people
European Roma Rights Center (ERRC)
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Anti-Muslim hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2019-03 Threats/Harassment
SETA
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Anti-Christian hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2019-06 Attacks against property
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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2019-03 Attacks against property
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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2019-04 Attacks against property
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
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Anti-LGBTI hate crime

Date Type of incident Source Description
2019 Threats/Harassment
Eurasian Coalition on Health, Rights, Gender and Sexual Diversity
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2019 Violent attacks against people
Eurasian Coalition on Health, Rights, Gender and Sexual Diversity
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2019-06 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-01 Violent attacks against people
Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Skopje
OSCE Mission to Skopje
 Show info
2019-03 Violent attacks against people
Eurasian Coalition on Health, Rights, Gender and Sexual Diversity
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2019 Violent attacks against people
Eurasian Coalition on Health, Rights, Gender and Sexual Diversity
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INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

No information is available.