Macedonia

Minister Mancevski: Depoliticization and fair salary system in public administration

A professional, efficient, accountable and transparent administration is one of the Government’s main priorities in the Strategy on Public Administration Reforms 2018-2020, unveiled by Minister of Information Society and Administration Damjan Mancevski on Wednesday. Policy creation and coordination, public service and human resource management, responsibility, accountability and transparency, public services and ICT support for administration, […]

Justice Minister Saliji meets US legal adviser McNeil, focus on judiciary reforms

There is preparedness for cooperation in the implementation of judiciary reforms, agreed Justice Minister Bilen Saliji and the US Embassy legal adviser John McNeil at a meeting on Wednesday. Saliji thanked McNeil for the U.S. assistance and briefed him on the steps undertaken by the ministry regarding the implementation of judiciary reforms, the Justice Ministry […]

EU Ambassador Zbogar says Juncker’s visit to Macedonia message in itself

The upcoming visit of European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker to Skopje is a message in itself, EU Ambassador to Macedonia Samuel Zbogar told MIA on Wednesday. ‘It is also known that the European Union is here for you. The European Commission has clearly notified in its strategy that the Western Balkans belongs within the […]

LOT Polish Airlines launches new Warsaw-Skopje route starting June 1

 Starting from June 1, LOT Polish Airlines is going to launch the first direct connection from Warsaw to Skopje, TAV Macedonia and LOT Polish Airlines announced Wednesday. Flights on this route will be operated daily, 6 times a week, apart from Sundays, by modern Embraer jets. Tickets are already available for purchase sale, via LOT’s […]

MPs elect Parliament Vice-Speakers

 MPs Goran Misovski, Frosina Tasevska Remenski and Vesel Memedi were elected Parliament Vice-Speakers on Tuesday. Misovski, Tasevska-Remenski and Memedi were elected by 61 votes ‘in favor’, one abstained and none against. The opposition VMRO-DPMNE did not attend the session.

Ministry of Labor: Underage pregnant girls were not sexually abused

No sexual abuse or sexual exploitation has been identified in the two new cases of teenage pregnancy, involving two girls sheltered at the May 25 institution for children with social problems in Skopje. They got pregnant after having consensual sexual relations with boys from the institutions with whom they were in a relationship, the Ministry […]

Bakoyannis: We want a package deal the whole international community will accept

The whole international community, including the countries that have been using the name ‘Macedonia’ bilaterally, should accept the solution, said former Foreign Minister of Greece Dora Bakoyannis in a TV interview, MIA’s Athens correspondent reports. “We want a solution the whole international community will accept. That’s the goal because currently they are being called ‘Macedonia’ by […]

Zaev-Csaba: Canada supports Macedonia’s NATO integration

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and Canadian Ambassador to Macedonia Kathleen Csaba met Tuesday and assessed that Macedonia’s NATO integration will significantly contribute to stability and security in the country, but also to the entire region. Csaba welcomed the steps made by PM Zaev and new government in regard to stability after the political crisis in […]

Government discusses amendments to media law

The draft amendments to the Law on Audio and Audiovisual Media Services will be discussed at government’s 55th session on Tuesday. The ministers will also review the proposed amendments to the Law on Establishing the Public Enterprise Macedonian Broadcasting. The agenda also includes draft law on free legal aid, information for realization of the 2014-2020 […]

President Ivanov wins World Best Leader in New Generation Investing award

Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov received late Monday the award “The Best Leader of the World Investing in the New Generation” on presentation of School of Young Leaders as 2017 best socially responsible project in Europe by World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF). Ivanov in his address said that the goal of the School of Young […]

Zaev to meet Merkel on Feb. 21 in Berlin

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev will meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday (Feb. 21) in Berlin. The meeting will be held within the visit of Macedonian government delegation led by PM Zaev to Germany, government press service told. After the meeting Merkel and Zaev will hold a joint press conference. During his visit, Zaev […]

MP Sela testifies in trial against his attackers

Giving testimony at a trial regarding the violent events in Parliament on 27 April 2017, Zijadin Sela – MP and leader of the Alliance for the Albanians – said in the press room he had been knocked over with a flag pole and had heard threats that he was going to be killed. While receiving […]

Zaev-Markus: Slovakia supports Macedonia’s EU, NATO integration

 Slovakia supports Macedonia’s EU and NATO integration process and will assist the country in significant areas, agreed Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and Slovak Ambassador Henrik Markus at Monday’s meeting. Interlocutors referred to the positive climate for progress in Macedonia, as well as the possibility for expert support from Slovakia in the EU accession negotiations, the […]

Osmani-Thimonier: France supports Macedonia’s European perspectives

Vice Premier for European Affairs Bujar Osmani met Monday with French Ambassador Christian Thimonier on occasion of the formal inclusion of French technical expert Francois Lafond as a full member of the Secretariat for European Affairs. Vice Premier Osmani thanked France for the sincere support to Macedonia, highlighting its importance as Union member-state in the […]

Greek FM Kotzias to visit Skopje by February-end or March

 Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias is coming to Skopje again by the end of February or the beginning of March, sources from the Macedonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs told MIA. Greek media reported that Kotzias would pay a visit to Skopje this week, but the packed agendas of the countries’ FMs are cited as the […]

President Ivanov pays official visit to Turkey

 President Gjorge Ivanov, accompanied by First Lady Maja Ivanova, is paying an official visit to the Republic of Turkey. President Ivanov will meet host Recept Tayyip Erdogan and lay a wreath at the Ataturk Mausoleum in Ankara. During the visit, Ivanov will also deliver lecture titled “Challenges of University Education in the third Millennium” before […]

Zaev: Macedonia hopes to settle name dispute with Greece by July

Macedonia expects to reach a settlement of its decades-old name row with Greece by a NATO summit in the summer, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev told Austrian radio station ORF, Reuters reports. “I believe we will be able to conclude the negotiations successfully by the NATO summit in July,” says PM Zaev. He adds, “We have an […]

DM Sekerinska activities at Munich Security Conference

At the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference (MSC), Macedonia’s Defense Minister Radmila Sekerinska held numerous meetings with her counterparts from Canada Harjit Sajjan, Bulgaria – Krasimir Karakachanov; Lithuania – Raimundas Karoblis; Montenegro – Predrag Boskovic, as well as NATO Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller, Euro-Commissioner Johannes Hahn and MSC Chairman Wolfgang Ischinger. At the […]

Speaker Xhaferi attends Kosovo independence celebration

Macedonian Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi attended Sunday the celebration marking the 10th anniversary of Kosovo independence. On the occasion, Xhaferi attended a formal session of Kosovo Parliament and a military parade. He was also a guest at Kosovo President Hashim Thaci’s reception of in honor of the jubilee, the Speaker’s Office said in a press […]

BESA Movement elects Afrim Gashi for its leader

Afrim Gashi has been elected Sunday for a new leader of the opposition ‘BESA’ Movement. At the party’s first congress in Tetovo, Gashi scooped 522 votes out of 575 delegates. From this day on BESA will be a party not only of Albanians, but of all people living in Macedonia, Gashi said. He notified his […]

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