Speaking to a Skopje TV network on Monday evening, the Albanian DUI party MP Artan Grubi said that reaching an agreement on the name dispute between Macedonia and Greece is a matter of days. Grubi is considered the closest colleague of the party’s head, Ali Ahmeti. Grubi noted that the two governments have agreed to all elements …
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The Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias in an interview with the state-run ERT television channel, on Monday evening, he expressed his optimism that the name issue dispute between Macedonia and Greece will be resolved. There is no diplomatic wreck in the negotiations, Nikos Kotzias said. “Of course, never say never, until the documents are signed, something I …
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Prime Minister Zoran Zaev again urged Tuesday President Gjorge Ivanov to sign the Law on the Use of Languages and enable the continual functionality of democracy in the society. PM Zaev told reporters at the sidelines of a conference of Network 23+ that he tried to motivate President Ivanov at several meetings to sign the …
The name is not in the jurisdiction of the Holy Synod of the Greek Orthodox Church and it would be helpful if it did not interfere, says Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias. “They are concerned as citizens, but the issue is not in their jurisdiction as an institution,” says Kotzias in an interview with national …
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The Macedonian Orthodox Church-Ohrid Archbishopric (MOC-OA) was one of the topics of discussion between Greek Orthodox Church Archbishop Hieronymos and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on Monday. – Discussions referred to the issues of the Skopje church, the autocephaly request by the church of Ukraine, as well as the two Greek soldiers detained in Turkey’s Edirne, said …
A few days ago, the State Statistical Office published data on the number of births in Macedonia in the period 1994-2017. The data was not worrying, but alarming. 31,421 children were born in 1994, 23,361 in 2004, and 21,754 children in 2017, that is, Macedonia in the past two and a half decades lost about …
“The message has been sent. The message of the people of Macedonia. The fall of SDSM begins. People are waking up. They cannot lie and threaten the people forever. This is their country. An excellent and powerful national gathering. Congratulations to all,” wrote former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski after Monday’s opposition rally in front of …
Asaf Ademi is the first member of the Besa party to become a Minister in PM Zoran Zaev’s Cabinet. He took over the post from his predecessor Robert Alagjozovski in the Ministry of Culture on Monday. “I will be everyone’s Minister,” Ademi said, “regardless of their ethnic, political, or religious background. I will try to …
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Every person matters and this is most important in the EU integration process, especially for a country of two million citizens. The Government must increase the institutional capacities, but we cannot do this alone, said Vice Premier and Defense Minister Radmila Sekerinska at roundtable “Creating Public Policies in Perspective of European Integration” on Monday. “We …
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The ball is in the neighbor’s court and we are waiting for them to make the decisive step towards a solution, says Greek government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos in an interview with Greek TV station Kontra. “We expect the political leadership of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to make the decisive step so that we …
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According to local STA, the turnout at this parliamentary election after 95% of the votes had been counted was at a historic low 49.88%. Still, Sunday’s general election preliminary results confirmed that the right-wing Democrats (SDS) had won, whereas the second place belongs to the “newcomer” LMŠ. Although Janez Janša’s anti-immigration opposition party has won, its victory is not …
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Finance Minister Dragan Tevdovski announced Monday grants for construction of new kindergartens and overhaul of existing ones. The World Bank project worth US$ 33,4 million would also be used for enhancement of curricula and training of staff in pre-school institutions, as well as for local social services. “The World Bank mission is currently assessing the …
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The four ministers elected by the Parliament by the end of last week will assume their posts on Monday. Arbr Ademi will take over as Minister of Education and Science from Renata Deskoska, who is now the Minister of Justice following the resignation of Bilen Saliji. Robert Alagjozovski hands over the post Minister of Culture …
The title of this first article of mine seems to be an appropriate announcement of what I intend to achieve with the planned columnist series in the “Nezavisen/Independent” daily newspaper. My intention is to analyze and meditate on the many phenomena in our modern society that are the result of unlawfulness or as it is …
A little less than half of respondents (48.3%) agree that the Greek government should work towards a solution in the name issue, show results of the public opinion survey by agency Rass for the Greek TV station Action24. Asked if they agree with the opinion that the conditions for settlement of the name issue are …
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Vice Premier for Economic Affairs Koco Angjusev announced Sunday a couple of new investments in Technological-Industrial Development Zone Skopje 1-Bunardzik in the amount of EUR 11 million. “The economic advice committee has given a recommendation to the Government over the endorsement of state support agreements for investments of Zenith International Product from the United Arab …
VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski urged late Saturday for early parliamentary elections to be held alongside next year’s presidential polls. At a party rally in front of the Government building, he asked for a level playing field for all political parties, State Election Commission president nominated by the opposition, and formation of a caretaker government 100 …
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Macedonia-Germany trade exchange in 2017 amounted to EUR 3,2 billion, of which EUR 2,4 billion exports from Macedonia, a record to date, said Finance Minister Dragan Tevdovski late on Friday. “The positive trend has continued in the first quarter of 2018 with a 16-percent growth in exports, which is an indicator of the Government’s sound policies. …
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The opposition, headed by VMRO-DPMNE, announced a protest in front of the government of the Republic of Macedonia tonight at 20:00. Opposition leader Hristijan Mickoski, who spoke about this protest after becoming the leader of the party, called for attendance. -Our people are looking for light and hope, because what is currently happening in the …
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Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said Saturday that he has still not talked over the phone with Greek counterpart Alexis Tsipras regarding a possible solution to the name issue. PM Zaev told reporters at an event launching the construction works on express road Stip-Radovis there are certain technical problems that need to be resolved by both sides. “You …
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