– The name Republic of North Macedonia sounds great and depicts the reality and history of the region, said ex-US ambassador James Pardew, who is a keynote speaker at the 98th Rose-Roth Seminar taking place in Skopje. According to the former US special Balkans envoy, the premiers of Greece and Macedonia have demonstrated enormous political courage […]
The United States congratulates Prime Ministers Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras and welcomes the historic agreement to resolve the name dispute. This resolution will benefit both countries and bolster regional security and prosperity. Prime Ministers Zaev and Tsipras demonstrated vision, courage, and persistence in their pursuit of a mutually acceptable solution, US State Department spokeswoman […]
President Trump upended two days of global economic diplomacy late Saturday, refusing to sign a joint statement with America’s allies, threatening to escalate his trade war on the country’s neighbors and deriding Canada’s prime minister as “very dishonest and weak.” In a remarkable pair of acrimony-laced tweets from aboard Air Force One as he flew away from the […]
An American delegation was engaged in talks on Monday with North Korean officials at the demilitarized zone, raising hopes that a planned meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un could be back on. Earlier, the U.S. State Department said U.S. and North Korean officials had met at Panmunjom, a village in […]
Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikola Dimitrov on May 24-25 in New York will hold a meeting with his Greek counterpart Nikos Kotzias with the UN special envoy, Matthew Nimetz, also in attendance, Macedonia’s Foreign Ministry announced on Sunday. The meeting was also announced in a statement by the Greek Foreign Ministry around the same time […]
US Vice President Mike Pence and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had a phone conversation to discuss the negotiations aimed at settling the issue involving Macedonia’s name, according to the White House. “The Vice President encouraged Prime Minister Tsipras to continue working with Prime Minister Zaev on a mutually-acceptable agreement. Resolution of this issue would […]
At least one gunman opened fire at a Houston-area high school Friday, killing eight to 10 people, most of them students, authorities said. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said he could not be precise about the number of deaths at Santa Fe High School, which went on lockdown around 8 a.m. Two suspects believed to be students were […]
US President Donald Trump will meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore on 12 June, he has said. “We will both try to make it a very special moment for World Peace!” the BBC cites Trump’s tweet. In March, Trump stunned the world by accepting an invitation to meet Mr Kim for an unprecedented […]
Macedonia’s Ambassador to the US, Vasko Naumovski will be summoned home for consultations over his conduct, i.e failure to attend meetings of Defense Minister Radmila Sekerinska with high-ranking officials during her recent trip to the US. “Following an agreement with Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov, Ambassador Naumovski will be summoned for consultations in the country followed […]
US President Donald Trump says he will withdraw the US from an Obama-era nuclear agreement with Iran, the BBC reports. Calling it “decaying and rotten”, he said the deal was “an embarrassment” to him “as a citizen”. He said he would reimpose economic sanctions that were waived when the deal was signed in 2015. The […]
Defence Minister Radmila Sekerinska believes that Macedonia deserves NATO membership with its commitment and work and Macedonia’s invitation to NATO will contribute not only to stability of the country but to entire region. “The main reason of my visit and my meetings is to ask US Administration for a strong message of support prior the […]
U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to shut down the federal government in September if Congress did not provide more funding to build a wall on the border with Mexico. “That wall has started, we have 1.6 billion (dollars),” Trump said at a campaign rally in Washington, Michigan. “We come up again on September 28th and […]
A gunman shot six people, four fatally, when he opened fire in a Waffle House located at 3571 Murfreesboro Pike in Nashville. A restaurant patron, whom police said is a 29-year-old man, stepped in and disarmed the gunman. “No doubt he saved many lives by wrestling the gun away and tossing it over the counter […]
Defense Minister Radmila Sekerinska expects staunch US support of Macedonia’s accession to NATO. Speaking Friday at a press briefing ahead of her visit to the United States, Sekersinska said that the settlement of Athens-Skopje name dispute was up to both parties. Commenting the statement of Greek FM Nikos Kotzias that the name dispute couldn’t be settled by […]
The US State Department has voiced strong support of Macedonia’s Euro-Atlantic future, as the European Commission recommended for the country to commence the EU accession talks, MIA reported from Washington on Thursday. ‘We continue to work with the Macedonian government to tackle the myriad challenges facing Macedonia, including the need for reforms in the areas […]
President Donald Trump’s administration has informed the Russian embassy in Washington that the United States has no immediate plans to impose new sanctions, Russian news agencies say, AAP reports. Relations between Moscow and Washington are in focus after the United States imposed fresh sanctions on Russia in early April, triggering a massive sell-off on Russian […]
Deputy PM and Defense Minister Radmila Sekerinska will hold an official meeting with the U.S. Secretary of Defense, James Mattis, in Washington on May 1. The meeting is expected to affirm the strategic partnership between the Republic of Macedonia and the United States. The meeting is all the more significant because it takes place ahead […]
Apple has a long history of trying to tightly control information about its products and culture. According to a new report, Apple recently sent a memo warning employees not to leak company information, saying 29 employees were caught last year, 12 of whom were arrested. Naturally, the memo was leaked. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman got a copy of […]
Hours after striking Syria, the United States, France and Britain on Saturday launched a new bid at the United Nations to investigate chemical weapons attacks in Syria. The three allies circulated a joint draft resolution at the Security Council that also calls for unimpeded deliveries of humanitarian aid, enforcing a ceasefire and demands that Syria […]
The US and its allies, France and Britain, have drawn a new red line on chemical weapons, but the Pentagon admits that capacity in that area still remains. The strikes also did not target the Bashar al-Assad regime’s use of, or access to conventional weapons. At a Pentagon briefing, director of the Joint Chiefs Lieutenant […]
