The invitation to join the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) has been addressed to Albania and North Macedonia by Russia’s Permanent Representative to the EU, Vladimir Chizhov, during the Eurasian Economic Forum in Verona, Italy on Friday. Albania and North Macedonia will find understanding sooner within the EEU than in the EU, the Russian diplomat noted. […]
North Macedonia’s PM Zoran Zaev said on Thursday that he had met with Russian Ambassador to Skopje Sergey Bazdnikin at the Government, and the two agreed that the case with the Russian pranksters wouldn’t affect bilateral relations and cooperation. “Friendship with Russia certainly continues. It’s our duty to strengthen and enhance it. We’re working on […]
I was the victim of a prank by a well-organized structure, which benefits from new tactics, forms, and tools in an attempt to publicly discredit people and countries with Euro-Atlantic aspirations. I will not resign, and there is neither any fault in my team. I was tricked by frauds, but I represented the interests of […]
Anti-NATO structures stand behind the phone conversations, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev commented on the audio posted on YouTube by Russian pranksters Vovan and Lexus, adding that they want to threaten the country’s strategic goal to join the Alliance. Some of the audio has been edited and taken out of context, PM Zaev said, and some […]
Famous Russian comedians, Vladimir Kuzencov and Alexei Stolarov have published two materials containing hoax calls made to Prime Minister of North Macedonia Zoran Zaev. One of them pretended to be Ukraine’s president, Petro Poroshenko and the other, NATO’s Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg. These materials were all over the news today in North Macedonia, but the […]
Mystery continues to surround allegations of a link between the March 2018 poisoning attack on former Russian intelligence officer Sergey Skripal and the April 2015 poisoning of Bulgarian weapons industry businessman Emil Gebrev. The link, according to claims by the website Bellingcat, takes the form of Sergey Fedotov, an officer of Russian military intelligence GRU, […]
Russia recognized country under its constitutional name – the Republic of North Macedonia, Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday. Press release of the Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs reads that on February 18, Macedonia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a note to the Russian Embassy in Skopje informing that the official name of […]
Russia recognized country under its constitutional name – the Republic of North Macedonia, Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday. Press release of the Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs reads that on February 18, Macedonia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a note to the Russian Embassy in Skopje informing that the official name of […]
Citizens of North Macedonia are divided regarding the foreign policy of the four superpowers: USA, Russia, China and European Union. This is suggested by an opinion poll conducted from 22 November to 6 December by BRIMA agency, part of Gallup International. Respondents have replied that the US, Russia and China’s foreign policy is a threat for […]
Russian Ambassador Sergey Bazdnikin extended Thursday condolences for the victims of Wednesday’s bus accident in the opening remarks at the event on the 25th anniversary from the establishment of diplomatic ties between the Russian Federation and the Republic of North Macedonia. Speaking in Macedonian, Ambassador Bazdnikin said the history of relations between the two countries […]
The name issue should be solved in a way that is acceptable both for Skopje and Athens, said Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) spokesperson Maria Zakharova on Thursday. Zakharova told a press briefing that western countries have interfered in the name settlement with the only objective of getting Skopje into NATO. “Russia recognized Macedonia […]
The controversy between Kosovo and the US on the customs tax imposed on Serbian products is growing, as no side seems willing to back down. Washington threatens to impose sanctions on Kosovo if the government does not abolish the 100% customs tax it imposed on 21 November 2018 on Serbian products. The US embassy in […]
After the nervous reaction of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about accepting the constitutional changes in Macedonia, President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov personally came up with new assessments. In a final attempt to influence the vote in Greece and to give a loud voice to their demand for the name agreement […]
Responding to the Department of Information of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its commentary on January 14th in connection with the adoption of the amendments to the Macedonian Constitution, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a press release on Tuesday. MoFA regretfully notifies that despite such burning problems across the globe, the Department […]
The West needs to improve its relations with Russia, but this is only possible if the situation in Ukraine changes, said Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov in an interview with the German newspaper Welt. “In the long run, we must weaken tensions between the West and Russia and strengthen co-operation with it. Of course, the […]
Foreign ministry in Skopje has issued a statement following the reaction of the Russian Foreign Ministry regarding the voting of the constitutional amendments concerning the name deal by parliament in Skopje. The full statement: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Macedonia categorically rejects the allegations and qualifications presented in the comment published […]
Russia does not accept the name change. Following the vote in Parliament through the Russian Embassy Twitter account, Russia sent a message that it recognized Macedonia under its constitutional name and did not change that attitude. “Russia has recognized Republic of Macedonia under its constitutional name more than 26 years ago and does not change […]
American analyst Janusz Bugajski says that Skopje is the new Russian stronghold on the Balkans, and the Kremlin counts on Macedonia to become the new Republika Srpska entity. “If Macedonia’s path to Western institutions is blocked, national tensions will rise in the entire region. The Kremlin will invest additional energy to threaten the fragile democratic […]
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev met Friday with the new Russian Ambassador to Macedonia Sergey Bazdnikin, wishing him success in advancing the relations between the two countries. Zaev voiced belief that Bazdnikin, as his predecessor, would successfully work on the development of the bilateral relations, the government said in a press release. The meeting focused on […]
Brussels – Following accusations from Russia that a decision is being imposed from outside on citizens in Macedonia over the NATO membership and the Prespa agreement, the alliance said that if Russia was indeed a true friend of Macedonia – and it would have stood behind the referendum. -This is a domestic issue. It is […]
