Children’s Cultural Center Karpos and the City of Skopje organize event “April Fool’s Day 2018 – Skopje Laughs” for children at the city square on Sunday. Children will parade with their masks, accompanied by songs and dances by ensembles and dance clubs. Night party for adults will kick off at 8pm at Macedonia square, including …
The Russian embassy published a list of 14 questions on Saturday over the nerve agent attack on 4 March. The first question asks: “Why has Russia been denied consular access to the two Russian nationals, Sergei and Yulia Skripal, that have become crime victims in the British territory?” The embassy also repeatedly queries France’s “involvement” …
Catholic Christians Sunday celebrate Easter – the resurrection of Jesus Christ. On this occasion the Bishop of Skopje and Apostolic Exarch of Macedonia Kiro Stojanov in Saturday’s holy mass delivered Easter message in the Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral in Skopje. Bishop of Skopje and Apostolic Exarch of Macedonia Kiro Stojanov extended Easter message to …
A four-storey rickety hotel building collapsed in central India, killing at least 10 people and injuring another three, police said Sunday. Rescuers working through the night with sledgehammers and chainsaws pulled alive 10 people from the debris of the building that came crashing down in Indore, a city in Madhya Pradesh state, on Saturday night, said …
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Macedonian Foreign minister, Nikola Dimitrov, posted a tweet after the end of the Vienna negotiations over the name issue, through which he denied having held an unofficial presser other than his main statement to journalists when the meeting ended. “The procedure on the decision of the new name is at a delicate phase and the …
Moscow has told Britain it must cut “just over 50” more of its diplomatic and technical staff in Russia in a worsening stand-off over the poisoning of a Russian former spy and his daughter in England, the Russian Foreign Ministry has said. Russia has already retaliated in kind against Britain and ejected 23 British diplomats …
Earlier in the day Moscow had summoned the ambassadors of a number of nations including Britain, France, Germany and Canada to tell them of retaliatory measures. Envoys from Germany, Spain, Holland, Norway and Ireland were all told to leave on Friday as the Kremlin began a tit-for-tat removal of foreign dignitaries, matching the number of …
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“We have noted the details, the points on which we agree and those on which we disagree. We have identified the main issues for each side and I hope that at our next meeting we will be ready to take a big step,” Greece’s Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said speaking to the Greek state broadcaster …
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“Conditional progress has been made in the name negotiations, because as we are moving forward, we are coming across more difficult issues. On our part, we have a lot to think about, a lot to measure things up against, and the other side has a lot of things to think about, too. We were thinking …
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Russia expelled four German diplomats, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Friday, as the Kremlin responds in kind to expulsions of its own officials from Western countries standing with Britain over the poisoning of a former agent. “The news from Moscow comes as no surprise,” Maas said in a statement. “Even in the current climate …
The Russian foreign ministry has expressed a protest to the UK Ambassador to Russia over London’s provocative actions inspiring the expulsion of over 150 Russian diplomats from more than 20 countries. UK authorities have one month to reduce the number of staff at its embassy and consulate in Russia to that of Russia’s diplomatic presence in the United Kingdom, according to the statement …
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“France does not anticipate launching any military operations in northern Syria that fall outside the international coalition’s fight against Islamic State”, a French presidency source said on Friday. The official’s remarks came a day after the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces said President Emmanuel Macron’s pledge of support to stabilize the region against Islamic State would …
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In Kosovo, Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj has called on the Serbian community to work with Pristina in order to address different issues and in order for the arrest and expulsion from Kosovo of the Serb official, Marko Djuric, not to be misused. In yesterday’s government meeting, deputy Prime Minister, Dalibor Jevtic, who has been appointed …
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Prime Minister Zoran Zaev is holding talks with several political parties for the enlargement of the governing coalition. Zaev is holding talks with BESA Party, which is an opposition party, split into two factions. The governing coalition will also include a small Turkish party, the Democratic Turkish Party, which has one seat, but also independent …
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“Talks with Greece are ongoing, the foreign ministers are in Vienna, we want to hope and will do everything so that Macedonia is constructive and contributes to a successful process”, said Vice Prim and Defense Minister Radmila Sekerinska on Friday. Sekerinska told reporters after a visit to the Military Medical Center that good relations with …
The US newspaper has devoted a detailed article to the new Skopje image, or more precisely the completion of the project “Skopje 2014”, titled “Dancing nymphs and pirate ships”. The new look of the capital of Macedonia, according to New York Times, made Skopje the capital of Kitsch. New York Times for its readers poses three options about …
Russia expelled 60 US diplomats on Thursday, and announced it would eject scores from other countries that have joined London and Washington in censuring Moscow over the poisoning of a spy. The US ambassador was also ordered to shut the consulate in St. Petersburg, in Russia’s retaliation for the biggest expulsion of diplomats since the …
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I hope we will make some positive steps today, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias told reporters prior to meeting with Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov and UN envoy Matthew Nimetz in Vienna, Greek news agency ANA-MPA reported. The meeting is held in the Austrian Foreign Ministry, and prior to Nimetz’s meeting with Dimitrov and Kotzias, …
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More than 20 nations on three continents this week vowed to expel Russian diplomats in response to the poisoning of a former Russian spy in England, including the U.S. which is expelling 60 envoys. The United Kingdom earlier this month sent home 23 Russian diplomats — after saying Russia was behind the poisoning of former spy …
There are options to remove the impasse over the law on the use of languages and they are currently analyzed, said Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi on Thursday. “The most acceptable option should be implemented,” Xhaferi told a press briefing, saying he would not sign the law twice so that it is published in the Official …
