The tender for the procurement of medicines for rare diseases has been postponed for so long that caused many patients with various diseases to be left without therapy and this endangers the lives of those patients, stated civil society associations. In contrast, Minister of Health Venko Filipce reassures that the tender is completed and that …
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Announcing the referendum on the agreement to resolve the issue of the name, which was signed in Prespa last month, is a matter of days in Macedonia. The country’s parliament, following a government and opposition agreement, approved the new members of the National Electoral Commission yesterday, which will be responsible for conducting the referendum. However, there …
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The sun on June 30 slowly goes down and the night slowly covers the cities and villages over Nazi Germany. Nobody even dreams that that night and the next two will be recorded in the history of mankind as the Night of the Long Knives, a symbol of political executions. Hitler executed 85 party members …
The new British ambassador to Macedonia, Rachel Galloway, officially began her mandate yesterday by handing over the credentials to President Gjorge Ivanov. Ivanov assessed that there is a common interest for further intensification of the excellent bilateral relations between the two countries, especially in the economic cooperation, and thanked for the support for the implementation …
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The government in Spain fell early this summer. After more than six years of rule, the parliament in Madrid voted non-confidence of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy for corruption scandals that shook his People’s Party. In less than ten days, after several former senior officials of the People’s Party were given draconian prison sentences for corruption …
State-funded parties will form analytical centers, and will be able to use the money to examine public opinion for their own purposes, as well as to conduct discussions and debates. Such benefits will be used by the four largest parties (two from the Macedonian and two from the Albanian political bloc) and are part of …
Classified documents received from any organ, cannot be possessed without security certificate, reviewed at a public session and before persons that do not have such certificate, reads Parliament Speaker’s Office press statement Thursday in regard to disobeying the Law on Classified Information by the Chairman of Parliamentary Foreign Policy Committee. “Chairman of Parliamentary Foreign Policy …
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Prime Minister Zoran Zaev expressed belief Thursday that the projected GDP growth of 3.2 percent would be achieved by the year-end, in spite of a 16-percent realization of capital investments, because the budget is stable and all capital projects have now been unblocked. PM Zaev told a Q&A session in Parliament that the Government is …
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Majority and opposition in Macedonia have reached a deal on the issue of referendum, after agreeing on the conditions imposed by the largest opposition party, VMRO-DPMNE. The law on the financing of political parties, the law concerning the creation of a government of technocrats before the elections take place and the appointment of the new members …
Skopje marks Thursday 55 years since the disastrous earthquake which leveled much of the city on this day in 1963, killing over 1.000 people and leaving 3.000 injured. An audio-artistic campaign titled “Wake Up Skopje” took place at five different locations in the capital at 05:17h, reminding citizens of the exact time of the earthquake. …
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Man and nature are in a constant interdependence and contradiction. Nature that has been and still is so generous to the living world, especially to human beings, can show its other face with its strength – to be merciless to life and material goods. When the land eradicates and the lives and health of a …
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The Macedonian Parliament has scheduled a session at 18:00h to elect new members of the State Election Commission (SEC). The Parliament’s committee on election and appointment issues has already verified the new seven members of the SEC, tasked with administering the referendum for the name agreement with Greece in late September. Committee chairman Ilija Dimovski …
Macedonia is launching the NATO pre-accession talks, after the country officially received the membership invitation at the Alliance Summit in Brussels on July 12. A NATO delegation led by head of the Euro-Atlantic & Global Partnership Office at NATO, James Mackey, is visiting Macedonia for discussions on political, security, defense, financial and legal issues related to …
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Committee on Foreign Policy and Committee on Transport, Communications and Environment will hold sessions Wednesday in the Parliament. FM Nikola Dimitrov will brief members of the Committee on Foreign Policy on realization of the foreign policy and Macedonia’s international positioning. Moreover, platforms on diplomatic activities of the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassadors of the Republic of …
If it was not tragic, it would have been very funny that NATO had the nerve to blackmail Macedonia with any conditions and prerequisites for joining NATO. By accepting Macedonia in NATO, the United States will make another geostrategic step forward and provide additional opportunities for arms sales, while Macedonia, this poor little country of …
The future of Macedonia is in NATO and the EU, and that is not only my personal point of view, it is the joint position of the EU institutions and all 28 member states. I would love to see Macedonia on my side, in Europe, in the near future, because stability, peace, prosperity and democracy …
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Natural disasters know no boundaries and transcend disputes, says the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs while thanking everyone for offered assistance and support. “We express our sincere gratitude to the Foreign Ministers of Turkey, Mevlut Cavusoglu, and FYROM, Nikola Dimitrov, for their swift reaction in offering their aerial firefighting capacities for the extinguishing of the …
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We are very close to the realization of Macedonia’s strategic goals – EU and NATO membership – and we will not let irresponsible ultimatums risk the process. We remain committed to solutions that enable conditions for a fair referendum in the citizens’ interest, said Prime Minister Zoran Zaev at Tuesday’s meeting with Michael Roth, Minister of State …
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Under pressure, accompanied by demands for the resignation of Minister Venko Filipce, the Ministry of Health terminated the tender for the procurement of tests and reagents for blood analyzes worth 35 million euros. The tender is canceled because there are flaws in the submitted documents from the only company that gave a bid for the …
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Starting next month, the MPs coming from other towns will begin to receive 33 percent less travel allowances from their place of residence to Skopje and vice versa. The travel expenses yesterday were definitely reduced, with the adoption of the amendments to the Law on Representatives at the current plenary session of the Assembly. With …
