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Lika: Ohrid Agreement, the basis to achieve equality between communities

14/08/2018 12:31

The values of the Ohrid Agreement have always been in line with the criteria required by integration structures, democracy and principles of freedom, regardless of nationality, creed or race. Despite the difficulties that we’re encountering in this path, we should insist and make maximum efforts to achieve consolidation in harmony with the interests of the …

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Government to launch information campaign on referendum

14/08/2018 10:42

The government at its Tuesday’s session is to decide on manner in which it will inform the citizens on the importance of the upcoming referendum and the significance of the Agreement with Greece, while the opposition has not yet presented its stance whether it would support the referendum. “Through the campaign we will try to …

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Opposition’s “Working Summer” goes on vacation

14/08/2018 09:48

Developments over the leaders’ meetings, the scheduled referendum without an agreement reached between the parties, the Ilinden holiday, summer holidays, but also the internal battles “cooled down” the planned “Working Summer” of VMRO-DPMNE. When leader Hristijan Mickoski threatened to clear up the crimes of Prime Minister Zoran Zaev from the square in Kavadarci on July …

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Zaev: Citizens need to read the agreement with Greece

14/08/2018 09:18

The government should decide today on the way in which it will inform the public and the citizens about the importance of the upcoming referendum and the significance of the success of the Agreement with Greece for the future of the country, as well as the negative implications if the referendum fails. Although public propaganda …

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The head of the Alpha unit drove an official vehicle for a weekend in Ohrid

14/08/2018 08:57

On the day the government was supposed to dismiss Lazo Velkovski, Director of the Public Security Bureau, whose daughter went on vacation to Greece with an official vehicle of the Ministry of Interior, the MOI was shook by another similar scandal. Primislav Dimovski, the commander of the unit Alpha, stayed in Ohrid for the weekend …

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Different scenarios for the referendum and agreement with Greece

13/08/2018 16:17

Robert Nesimi Political analyst The name agreement with Greece, that promises to be Macedonia’s gateway for Euro-Atlantic integrations, still has a few hurdles to clear in the next few months. First it has to face a referendum scheduled for the 30th of September, and afterwards it must be ratified in Parliament together with the constitutional …

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Ohrid Framework Agreement 17th anniversary – Upcoming referendum ‘key’ for Macedonia’s future

13/08/2018 15:02

Participants in the Road to Brussels via Ohrid debate, marking the 17th anniversary since the signing of the Ohrid Framework Agreement, concurred that the significance of the accord lies in the fact that it has set an example of conflict settlement in the region and beyond, that it has laid the foundation for a democratic …

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Who is going to boycott Macedonia

13/08/2018 14:55

How this thing is going to end is the most common question that my friends, and my acquaintances, and readers ask me. In order not to sound like a prophet, I answer with a question: Which thing do you mean, this one with the mosquitoes?! When a stronger wind blows the mosquitoes will be gone, …

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Transport Minister Sugareski announces new low cost carriers tender as Wizz Air suspends flights

13/08/2018 14:40

Ministry for Transport and Communications is to announce soon new tender for the allocation of financial support for low cost carriers, Minister Goran Sugareski told Monday answering reporters’ question related to suspension of several flights by Wizz Air, which was the only airline that applied at the previous tender. “Last week, the low cost carriers …

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Zaev on Facebook: Macedonia will proudly join Europe

13/08/2018 12:09

The agreement protects the Macedonian identity. Citizens of Macedonia will proudly join the NATO and the EU. It’s time for a decision! We are moving forward to NATO and EU, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev wrote in his Facebook post on Monday evening. The post is part of Government’s campaign on upcoming autumn referendum on Prespa …

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Terrorists released, no re-socialization program

13/08/2018 10:01

Mullah Rexhep Memishi, who was also the teacher of the seven Macedonian citizens who were sent back to Macedonia last week, was sentenced to seven years in prison in 2016. For five years, a mullah from the Tutun Suz mosque in Skopje’s Cair will be released from prison and no one can guarantee that he …

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Zaev: The voice of the youth is one of the future

12/08/2018 18:31

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev congratulated Sunday the International Youth Day-August 12, urging young people to be vocal critics, alert avant-garde and champions of Macedonia’s future, because the voice of the youth is one of the future. “International Youth Day is best observed through year-round permanent engagement and commitment to youth issues. Young people have fought …

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Tevdovski: Budget spending available to citizens by year-end

12/08/2018 13:52

Citizens will be able to check the budget spending down to the last penny by the year-end, says Finance Minister Dragan Tevdovski. A platform is being developed along with the civil society and media that will enable the public to see all budget spending. “Financial transparency is meeting its objective. The public can check and …

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Thousands of Romanians protest against government in Bucharest

12/08/2018 12:42

Tens of thousands gathered in the Romanian capital Bucharest on Saturday for a second day of demonstrations after more than 450 people were hurt and around 30 arrested in a huge anti-corruption protest on Friday. Massive crowds gathered in downtown Bucharest on Saturday night, watched by security forces as they chanted: “Down with the government” and “Justice, …

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Ilinden Uprising controversy: Zaev in conciliatory signal to Bulgaria

12/08/2018 12:05

Zoran Zaev has emphasised the “sincere friendship and co-operation” between his country and Bulgaria, in a move to clear away the controversy over his earlier statement that Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising was a Macedonian insurrection. Zaev’s statement caused the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party to challenge Prime Minister Boyko Borissov over his “silence” on the matter, after which …

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17th anniversary of the Ohrid Framework Agreement on Monday

12/08/2018 11:57

Monday marks the 17. anniversary of the Ohrid Framework Agreement (OFA), which put an end to the 2001 conflict in Macedonia. Following days of negotiations in Ohrid, the OFA was signed in Skopje on 13 August 2001. Then President Boris Trajkovski, former Prime Minister and VMRO-DPMNE leader Ljubco Georgievski, as well as SDSM, DPA and …

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The SEC: 251 citizens have filed applications for voting abroad

11/08/2018 15:19

The State Election Commission (SEC) said Saturday that 251 citizens have thus far filed applications for voting abroad at the September 30 referendum. Of the 251 applications, 127 have been accepted, while 124 are currently being processed, says SEC. Most of the applications have been filed for voting in Bern and Vienna, followed by Ljubljana, …

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Government: Three GRECO recommendations implemented within a year

10/08/2018 19:33

In a press release Friday, the Government announced it has fully implemented three recommendations issued by the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) over the last year. The announcement was issued in response to the latest report by the Council of Europe’s anti-corruption body, which was released Thursday. The GRECO report found that Macedonia made …

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Ademi calls on expats to vote in upcoming referendum

10/08/2018 19:30

Diaspora Minister Edmond Ademi has called on all expats to register to vote in the upcoming referendum by submitting a request at the State Electoral Commission’s website dijaspora.sec.mk. ‘Dear compatriots from the diaspora,’ Ademi said in a public announcement Friday urging expats to exercise their civic duty and vote to contribute towards ‘a better future …

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Baldwin versus Whittaker

10/08/2018 11:30

Just the day before yesterday, in attempt to obtain formal public information, the woman who processed the request forced me to tell her why I needed that information. I said I’m working on a research. “What kind of research?” – She asks. Madam. I say, It’s my job to ask for information, while your job …

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