Public administration has become a social category, union members say The Confederation of Free Trade Unions has launched a campaign for higher salaries in the public sector “Decent pay for decent living” that will take place on social networks, visits, rallies and conferences in several cities, depending on the membership requirements. – We will put […]
Athens and Skopje are close to agreement and Greece is waiting for decisions of the Prime Minister of the neighboring country, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ioannis Amanatidis said in an interview with TV Skai. Amanatidis considers that an agreement on the name issue is in the interest of both countries and ‘settle problems in […]
Macedonia and Kosovo are set to strengthen cooperation in numerous fields – railway traffic, diaspora, defense, innovations, culture, economy – through the signing of bilateral agreements at the first joint session of the countries’ governments. “Vice Premier for European Affairs Bujar Osmani has been designated as coordinator for the joint session. The date for the […]
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew is working intensively behind the scenes and is committed to close the Skopje church issue, says Stavros Theodorakis, leader of Greek party Potami. In an interview with Greek radio Alpha 989, Theodorakis says he asked the patriarch during his recent visit to Athens what will happen to the Macedonian orthodox church. “He […]
More than 120 representatives of central banks from about 20 countries take part at the 11. conference on payments and market infrastructure “Time for Digitization”, which takes place in Ohrid on June 6-8. The conference is organized by the National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia (NBRM), in cooperation with the Central Bank of the […]
The telephone conversation waiting to happen between prime ministers Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras to finalize the issue of the name, has not yet taken place. Prime Minister Zaev’s office stated that this telephone conversation will take place once there’s a final decision. According to political analyst, Ibrahim Memeti this is a gridlock in the […]
Speaking to a Skopje TV network on Monday evening, the Albanian DUI party MP Artan Grubi said that reaching an agreement on the name dispute between Macedonia and Greece is a matter of days. Grubi is considered the closest colleague of the party’s head, Ali Ahmeti. Grubi noted that the two governments have agreed to all elements […]
The Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias in an interview with the state-run ERT television channel, on Monday evening, he expressed his optimism that the name issue dispute between Macedonia and Greece will be resolved. There is no diplomatic wreck in the negotiations, Nikos Kotzias said. “Of course, never say never, until the documents are signed, something I […]
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev again urged Tuesday President Gjorge Ivanov to sign the Law on the Use of Languages and enable the continual functionality of democracy in the society. PM Zaev told reporters at the sidelines of a conference of Network 23+ that he tried to motivate President Ivanov at several meetings to sign the […]
The name is not in the jurisdiction of the Holy Synod of the Greek Orthodox Church and it would be helpful if it did not interfere, says Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias. “They are concerned as citizens, but the issue is not in their jurisdiction as an institution,” says Kotzias in an interview with national […]
“The message has been sent. The message of the people of Macedonia. The fall of SDSM begins. People are waking up. They cannot lie and threaten the people forever. This is their country. An excellent and powerful national gathering. Congratulations to all,” wrote former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski after Monday’s opposition rally in front of […]
Every person matters and this is most important in the EU integration process, especially for a country of two million citizens. The Government must increase the institutional capacities, but we cannot do this alone, said Vice Premier and Defense Minister Radmila Sekerinska at roundtable “Creating Public Policies in Perspective of European Integration” on Monday. “We […]
Finance Minister Dragan Tevdovski announced Monday grants for construction of new kindergartens and overhaul of existing ones. The World Bank project worth US$ 33,4 million would also be used for enhancement of curricula and training of staff in pre-school institutions, as well as for local social services. “The World Bank mission is currently assessing the […]
The four ministers elected by the Parliament by the end of last week will assume their posts on Monday. Arbr Ademi will take over as Minister of Education and Science from Renata Deskoska, who is now the Minister of Justice following the resignation of Bilen Saliji. Robert Alagjozovski hands over the post Minister of Culture […]
Vice Premier for Economic Affairs Koco Angjusev announced Sunday a couple of new investments in Technological-Industrial Development Zone Skopje 1-Bunardzik in the amount of EUR 11 million. “The economic advice committee has given a recommendation to the Government over the endorsement of state support agreements for investments of Zenith International Product from the United Arab […]
Macedonia-Germany trade exchange in 2017 amounted to EUR 3,2 billion, of which EUR 2,4 billion exports from Macedonia, a record to date, said Finance Minister Dragan Tevdovski late on Friday. “The positive trend has continued in the first quarter of 2018 with a 16-percent growth in exports, which is an indicator of the Government’s sound policies. […]
President Gjorge Ivanov asked Prime Minister Zoran Zaev on Friday for documents related to name negations to be submitted to the head of state. ‘In the absence of key documents, and in order to provide a broader consensus on the name issue, President Ivanov encourages PM Zaev to submit the proposal for conducting the (name) negotiations on […]
The population census in the Republic of Macedonia in 2020 will be conducted from 1 to 21 April. About 5,000 people will be engaged on field, and this time will be used a combined method that implies besides using field data, and data from registries. It is estimated that this operation will cost up to […]
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said yesterday that there is still no final agreement on the name Republic of Northern Macedonia, but that Greece and Macedonia have defined the terms and principles, and are very close to closing this issue. Zaev announced that he would talk to his Greek counterpart Alexis Tsipras today, or Friday the […]
A solution to Macedonia’s name under ‘erga omnes’ condition is not acceptable for President Gjorge Ivanov, his office said in a press release on Wednesday, ahead of a meeting with the head of diplomacy, on which he is supposed to be briefed on the negotiations with Greece. With this message, President Ivanov basically announces that […]
