Xhezair Shaqiri, alias Commander Hoxha, who has attracted attention of the Macedonian public over the last several days for being hired as advisor to Prime Minister Zoran Zaev in the field of fight against radicalism, resigned from his post today. “The reason for this lies in the fact that the media in Macedonia made too much …
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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 …
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Vice Premier for European Affairs Bujar Osmani met Thursday with Michael Roth, Minister of State for Europe at the German Federal Foreign Office, thanking him for Germany’s continual support and commitment for the European integration of the Western Balkans through the Berlin Process, but also for the bilateral support. Vice Premier Osmani expressed hope that Germany …
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In spite of some catastrophic predictions, Macedonia’s challenge in the coming period, should the country fail to get an invitation to join NATO, will not be to maintain its territorial integrity and sovereignty, because there are no such threats, but to develop its democratic institutions and the economy, said National NATO Coordinator Stevo Pendarovski on …
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Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov and Michael Roth, Minister of State for Europe at the German Federal Foreign Office, held talks Thursday on the pace of Skopje-Athens name talks and Macedonia’s latest activities on its road to the EU, NATO membership. Dimitrov highlighted the significance of German support of Macedonia’s bid to join the Euro-Atlantic organizations. …
As in Spanish TV shows where the characters and plots are constantly changing, so in the end almost no one remembers who the main characters in the first episodes were, the domestic political scene also entertains the audience with various guesses about staff changes. Meanwhile, two seasons changed, and what was announced as a reshuffle …
“Unless the name dispute is resolved this year, the status quo will linger on for years,” Michael Roth, Minister of State for Europe at the German Federal Foreign Office, said during the press conference held together with PM Zoran Zaev on Thursday. Roth said that both sides were willing to make a mutually acceptable compromise, …
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After a decade, a new political image is emerging in Macedonia where media outlets operate in a new professional environment cooperating with the state institutions, Director of the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), Renate Schroeder said in a meeting Wednesday in Skopje with Robert Popovski, Minister without portfolio responsible for communications, accountability and transparency. Schroeder congratulated …
If European Council decides to open EU accession negotiations with Macedonia in June, this will encourage and motivate all stakeholders in our society to even more efficiently contribute to implementation of necessary reforms in the country and further dissemination of European values, PM Zoran Zaev said in the message of congratulations to European Commission President …
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Macedonia commemorates today the third anniversary of the armed incident taken place in Kumanovo, where 8 police officers and 14 members of an armed group, consisting of former guerrillas of the National Liberation Army, which was dissolved after the 2001 conflict, remained killed. The Ministry of Interior declared today that institutions will deliver justice and …
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 …
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We are confident that Macedonia will join the European family, said French Ambassador to Macedonia, Christian Thimonier at Wednesday’s observance of Europe Day in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. “Welcome to the club, because you have made a significant step by receiving a clear recommendation. However, this is just the beginning of a journey,” said …
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Short video recording that was posted on YouTube in connection with the ‘Bribe’ case in which Prime Minister Zoran Zaev is charged, has been shown Wednesday in the courtroom of Skopje-based Criminal Court in the presence of the public. Judge Darko Todorovski pointed out that the length of the video is 3 minutes and 35 …
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“We have communicated our concerns to the Government where we see problems with appointed officials. U.S. officials are not precluded from dealing with individuals on the Office of Foreign Assets Control’s List of Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) and Blocked Persons.” “The SDN list is an important tool that uses the blocking of assets and travel …
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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 …
Both President Gjorge Ivanov and I agreed that Macedonia should get a governor of its central bank within the legally defined deadline, Zoran Zaev said Monday. “We have shared certain ideas and we both came to a conclusion that Macedonia should pick a governor of the National Bank of Macedonia (NBRM) within the defined deadline. A …
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The National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia should not be left without a governor, because this would have a negative impact on the country’s economy, agreed President Gjorge Ivanov and Prime Minister Zoran Zaev at Monday’s meeting in Skopje. Ivanov elaborated the arguments over the nomination of incumbent NBRM governor Dimitar Bogov, the President’s …
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Vladimir Putin has been sworn in for another six years as Russian president. Some 5,000 guests attended the lavish ceremony in an ornate Kremlin hall. Putin was inaugurated for his fourth term as president two months after more than 70 percent of voters backed him in a presidential election in which he had no serious …
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The new governor of the Central Bank in Macedonia should be made until the end of the month, but the government and president Gjorke Ivanov have not yet come to an agreement about the candidate that will lead this institution. President Ivanov has proposed the current governor, Dimitar Bogov to be re elected in this …
Forty-five percent of Greeks have an understanding for the perspective of a compound name including term ‘Macedonia’, show results of a survey of agency Prorata released by newspaper “Ethnos”. In the survey, 23 percent said the perspective of recognizing FYROM with a compound name including term Macedonia causes anger, 14 percent responded they are ashamed …
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