 In January 2017, the "Stop Operation Soros" (SOS) initiative was launched in Macedonia.SOS seeks to present "questions and answers about the way Soros operates worldwide" and invites citizens to contribute to the research.In a press conference held during the same month, Nenad Mircevski, one of the founders of the initiative, stated that SOS would work towards the "de-Soros-ization" of Macedonia.