After a 25:24 victory against Slovenia in their EHF EURO 2018 opener in Zagreb, Macedonia recorded another one-goal win in Group C on Monday, thereby booking their ticket for the next stage. It was another hard-earned win for coach Raul Gonzalez’s side and top scorer Filip Mirkulovski, who was awarded best player of the match […]
Johannes Hahn, Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, welcomed Monday the decision of Macedonia’s Parliament to ratify the Friendship Treaty with Bulgaria. ‘It is an important step into the right direction towards the country’s EU- path. The treaty is also a milestone for good neighborly relations in the entire Western Balkans region,’ Hahn […]
Macedonians living in the US staged Sunday a protest in front of Macedonia’s Embassy in Washington, voicing their opposition to a potential change of the country’s constitutional name. During the protest United Macedonian Diaspora (UMD) President Meto Koloski launched a new movement ‘We are Macedonia’ as a response to worrisome political development in the homeland, […]
The Skopje Appellate Court at a closed session on Monday rejected seven more appeals, calling them ‘groundless’, against the detention of suspects for terrorism and constitutional enlargement in connection to the events of 27 April 2017 in Parliament. Under the ruling, seven people – Ivan Cvetanovski, Abduljafet Alimi, Ljuben Arnaudov, Jane Cento, Johan Tarculovski, Saso […]
The visit of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks for itself. It means that that the new government has managed for the last six months to bring the country back on the Euro-Atlantic track, Defense Minister Radmila Sekerinska told reporters on Monday. ‘We have managed to create a fresh opportunity for Macedonia. We view the […]
The Macedonian Parliament at a session on Monday adopted the Law on Amnesty under which some 670 people sentenced to at least six month in prison will be fully exempted from serving time. Also, 3,097 convicts will see their prison sentenced cut down by 30%. The amnesty law doesn’t cover people sentenced to life, those serving […]
The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry welcomed Monday the decision of the Macedonian Parliament to ratify the Treaty of Friendship, BTA reports. The ratification confirms the will to foster good-neighbourly relations which are an important element of the European perspective of all countries in the Western Balkans, Bulgaria’s MoFA said in statement. Bulgaria will continue its active […]
Transport Minister Goran Sugareski met Monday with the Russian Ambassador to Macedonia Oleg Shcherbak and discussed about infrastructure projects in Macedonia aimed at Russian companies to obtain more detailed information and if they show interest to participate in their realization. Sugareski presented projects for construction and reconstruction of road network in Macedonia and introduced Scherbak […]
Moscow, 15 January 2018 – The intensified Macedonia’s name talks is linked to the desire of the United States to bring this country into NATO, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Monday during his annual press conference in Moscow. Lavrov said that efforts have been in long-standing twilight sleep for number of years and US decided to […]
President Gjorge Ivanov is expected by Thursday midnight to sign into law the bill regulating the use of languages or to send it back to Parliament with or without remarks. Parliament adopted the Law on the Use of Languages on January 11 before the document was sent to the President’s office. It is uncertain how […]
Skopje, 15 January 2018 – Bulgaria supports Macedonia’s EU and NATO membership, Bulgarian Ambassador to Skopje Ivan Velikov Petkov told Monday the Parliament’s Committee on European Affairs, presenting the priorities of the Bulgaria’s Presidency of the EU Council. “Bulgaria supports Macedonian government’s efforts, the opposition and the civil society to achieve the highest national goals – membership […]
Skopje, 15 January 2018 – Parliament on Monday voted in favor of a draft-law on ratification of the Agreement on Friendship, Good Neighborliness and Cooperation between the Republic of Macedonia and the Republic of Bulgaria. 61 MPs voted in favor with one MP in abstention. Today’s session was not attended by lawmakers of the opposition party […]
Athens, 15 January 2018 – UN mediator in the name dispute between the Republic of Macedonia and Republic of Greece Matthew Nimetz in the interview with the Greek state television ERT said that there is no new name proposal and he will table proposals, which were discussed in the past at the new meeting, scheduled for […]
The number of mobile and landline phone subscribers in Macedonia is dropping, whereas the one of service packages is increasing, says the Agency for Electronic Communications (AEC). As of Q2 of 2017, there are 2,022,678 mobile phone subscribers, almost 27,000 less than the same period in 2016. The number of landline subscribers is also dropping […]
Athens, 14 January 2018 – Panos Kammenos, the leader of junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL), has proposed holding a referendum on the name dispute, MIA reports from Athens. “The Greek people will have to decide on the unprecedented, in the history of man, [decision to] cede their history and civilization to another people,” Kammenos said in […]
Athens, 14 January 2018 – Online edition of Greek newspaper Real says Prime Minister Zoran Zaev will meet Greek counterpart Alexis Tsipras during the World Economic Forum in Davos, MIA reports from Athens. “Tsipras will meet Zaev on January 24, a fact that confirms reports over large progress achieved at the last meeting between the countries’ foreign […]
Athens, 14 January 2018 – A poll has showed that 68 percent of Greeks are against including term ‘Macedonia’ in the name, MIA reports from Athens. A Marc poll for Greek newspaper Proto Thema shows that only 23.6 percent of respondents agree over the inclusion of term ‘Macedonia’ in a compound name. According to the results, 63.8 […]
Athens, 14 January 2018 – Georgios Katrougalos, Greece’s Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs, has said the possible name solution should not be a tool for irredentism, MIA reports from Athens. “We are negotiating a name that will make a clear distinction between the historical Greek Macedonia and the country which capital is Skopje, a name that will […]
Kosovo on Thursday welcomed the Macedonian Parliament for adopting the law on the use of languages. According to Kosovo President Hashim Thaci, it is a top democratic achievement for the neighboring country, one of the first nations that have recognized Kosovo. Macedonia recognized Kosovo in 2008. “To advance the political rights of the Albanians in […]
Skopje/Thessaloniki 11 January 2018 – The Macedonian, Greek Foreign Ministers, Nikola Dimitrov and Nikos Kotzias respectively, expect for UN mediator Matthew Nimetz to offer an initial framework that will make substantial progress in surpassing Skopje-Athens differences over the name. Dimitrov and Kotzias discussed Thursday in Thessaloniki on the methodology, approach of the two countries and the […]
