The homeland will succeed. Macedonia will join EU and NATO. We will forever be Macedonians and we will forever speak the Macedonian language, says Zoran Zaev in a Facebook post on Tuesday. The message comes after yesterday’s leaders’ meeting that failed to produce an agreement over the referendum. However, the leaders of SDSM, DUI, VMRO-DPMNE …
The President of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina Denis Zvizdić will attend the 14th anniversary of the reconstruction of Stari Most (Old Bridge), titled “Mostar does not forget the friends” having as his guests Prime Ministers of Montenegro, Duško Marković, of Macedonia, Zoran Zaev, and of Greece, Alexis Tsipras, as IBNA first reported. President Zvizdić will …
Orient Express Those who do not know the limits to where hypocrisy may go in Macedonia were shocked a few days ago by the unilateral decision in the Parliament of Macedonia. All present MPs, both from the government and the opposition, voted in favor of Macedonia’s NATO membership. The insufficiently informed person would think of …
The meeting of the leaders of the four main parties in the country turned out to be a successful one, because political parties have agreed on a number of pending issues, which will give way to the holding of the referendum on the name. PM Zoran Zaev said that the majority has accepted the proposal …
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The Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia, Zoran Zaev, will attend the traditional manifestation “Mostar Peace Connection” tonight in Mostar. According to the government’s press service, Prime Minister Zaev together with the organizers of the Center for Peace and Multiethnic Cooperation, the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of BiH, Denis Zvizdic, as well …
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The Macedonian Government is doing everything not to introduce counter-measures for Kosovo but will protect domestic production if the decision over increase of customs duties is not withdrawn, says the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy. “We expect the government of Kosovo to withdraw the measure, thus closing the dispute,” says the ministry. It …
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The Ministry of Health has terminated a tender for the procurement of tests and reagents for biochemical, immunological hematological and gas analyzes, Venko Filipce announced on Monday. According to the Health Minister, the €35-million tender was suspended after an initial evaluation detected ‘some irregularities in the documentation.’ Only one company applied for the tender, said …
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One of the most commonly heard words nowadays is the term “leaders’ meeting”. The media yet again diverts the attention of the public to our leaders. My view of them is guided by the question of the sources of their power. Where does the power of the Macedonian political elites, leaders and leadership come from? …
Changes to the Law on Minimum Salary on the agenda of Monday’s Parliament session aim to urge employers having financial problems with the payment of increased salaries to employees, who receive up to MKD 18,000 (EUR 292). The financial support will be provided in period July-December, amounting to 30 percent of the difference between the …
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Minister of State of Europe at the German Federal Foreign Office, Michael Roth is set to meet with Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov during his visit to Macedonia today. Dimitrov and Roth will discuss the foreign policies of Macedonia and the next steps towards full implementation of the Prespa name agreement.
Leaders of the four largest political parties – SDSM, DUI, VMRO-DPMNE and one of Besa’s wings – meet again early this morning in an attempt to iron out differences and reach an agreement regarding the coming referendum, namely, the date, the question, its character, appointment of the State Election Commission. This is the third leaders’ meeting …
We cannot change the universal right the neighbours to be called Macedonians, at an individual or unofficial level, but we can call them however we want, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said on Sunday in an interview with Greek news agency ANA-MPA. “What we have said is that the citizens of this country have the …
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The Fund for Innovations and Technology Development said Sunday that the procedure for conducting the first public call for co-financed grants of the third pillar of the Government’s Economic Growth Plan is completely transparent. “We welcome all calls to examine the work of the Fund and we urge all competent authorities to do this without …
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Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs Bujar Osmani considers that opposing of VMRO-DPMNE to the name deal with Greece, which is a project for next generations, not next elections, will complicate the domestic political situation. However, he still believes that VMRO DPMNE will ultimately realize that the country has no future without EU and NATO. …
Macedonia started negotiations with the EU through screening of legislation. Good luck with that. Why? I hope that in 7 or 8 years our children will have more rights on the European continent than now. Here are some examples of what EU membership means. We will have the right to work in EU member states …
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Deputy PM for Economic Affairs Koco Angjusev urged co-owners of his companies to reconsider decision and to withdraw applications for funds of Government’s Economic Growth Plan. “Economic Growth Plan is a model based on Government’s economic policy for growth and development of companies which are provided with fair conditions and equal treatment for all. The …
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Macedonia makes progress in record time in public debt management, World Bank Treasury’s Government Debt and Risk Management (GDRM) Program said in the report. Macedonia in the last year has made progress in record time and the approach to public debt management related to international good practices showed significantly better results compared to other countries. …
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Prime Minister Zoran Zaev will be in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on Monday where he will be honored by Denis Zvizdic, President of the Council of Ministers, together with Prime Minister of Greece, Alexis Tsipras, and Montenegrin Prime Minister Duško Markovic. The event is organized by the Center for Peace and Multi-ethnic Cooperation, reports IBNA. …
A fresh round of talks including only the leaders of the four main parliamentary parties – Zoran Zaev of SDSM, Ali Ahmeti of DUI, Hristijan Mickoski of VMRO-DPMNE and Bilal Kasami of Besa will resume Monday morning at 9:00 am, Government told MIA. Prime Minister and SDSM leader Zoran Zaev has invited leaders of VMRO-DPMNE, …
More than 40 intellectuals from Europe and the United States in an open letter published in the British daily newspaper The Guardian are seeking the historic agreement of 17 June signed between Macedonia and Greece, which ends the name dispute, to be implemented. In the letter signed by university professors from London, California’s Berkeley, Bologna, …
