US Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia Wess Mitchell arrives in Skopje on Tuesday, government sources inform the media. During his visit, Mitchell will meet with Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, and as confirmed by the Foreign Ministry and the head of the Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov. The Serbian newspaper “Novosti” previously announced …
China has approved the removal of term limits for its leader, in a move that effectively allows Xi Jinping to remain as president for life. The constitutional changes were passed by China’s annual sitting of the National People’s Congress on Sunday. The vote was widely regarded as a rubber-stamping exercise. Two delegates voted against the …
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Today and tomorrow, with many events in Skopje, Bitola and Stip, the 75th anniversary of the Holocaust of Macedonian Jews in World War II will be marked. The organizers of the events are the Jewish Community in the Republic of Macedonia and the Holocaust Fund of the Jews of Macedonia, and under the auspices of …
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Today in Brussels, Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov met with Senator Chris Murphy, co-chair of the Subcommittee on Europe at the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, which included Suzan DelBeneof the United States House of Representatives. – Dimitrov and Murphy exchanged views on the current situation in the Republic of Macedonia and the region, jointly ascertaining the …
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Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov will attend the 75th anniversary of the Holocaust of Macedonian Jews on Monday in Skopje. The host, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev together with Borisov will lay flowers at the monument of 7,144 Macedonian Jews, after which their addresses are announced. The President of the Jewish community in Macedonia Berta Romano …
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Prime Minister Zoran Zaev published his opinion on the detention of an employee of the Ministry of Interior on his Facebook page: “I do not know all the details about the case with the suspected employee of the Cabinet of the Minister of Interior, but I encourage the institutions to conduct a thorough and professional investigation …
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More than half of respondents (57.1%) in the survey conducted for the Greek television “Action 24” believe that the possible solution to the name dispute will be closer to the Macedonian positions, and only 26.9% closer to the Greek “red lines”. To the question: “The solution that will be chosen for the name of Skopje, …
Two German journalists were arrested at the Greek border with Turkey on Friday after allegedly entering a restricted area, local police said. The pair, reportedly a 31-year-old man and a 33-year-old woman, said they were researching a story about the migration route that passes from this area, according to Greek police. They were taken to …
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Whether bribery was the reason for yesterday’s detention of a senior official of the Ministry of Interior, with initials DS, is expected to be known today. The Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office is working on the case and details will be announced this afternoon. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has not reported any news so far …
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Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz will pay an official visit to Macedonia on Monday, in the course of which he will meet with Macedonian counterpart Nikola Dimitrov. According to the announcement, the ministers Dimitrov and Czaputowicz will open the seventh meeting of the Polish-Macedonian cooperation in the European integration process, the so-called. “Skopje Conference” of …
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Thousands of people protested across Slovakia on Friday against their government’s handling of a journalist’s murder and to demand an end to high-level corruption, as talks between the country’s leaders failed to end a spiralling crisis. For the second Friday running, rallies in the capital Bratislava and other towns and cities piled pressure on Slovak …
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The head of the Greek diplomacy, Nikos Kotzias is soon expected to visit Skopje as part of the agenda to solve the issue of the name dispute that exists between the two countries. Media in Skopje report that this is a very important visit and Kotzias is expected to arrive in the country through Skopje’s …
The Deputy Prime Minister does not believe that the passing of the law could negatively affect the talks with the opposition on reform laws. He believes that it would be childish if VMRO-DPMNE was angry and did not vote for reforms. – I am convinced that if we show the same commitment and courage to …
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Germany‘s Social Democrats on Friday named two politicians to key posts in the new government, with Hamburg Mayor Olaf Scholz appointed as finance minister in Europe’s largest economy, and the justice minister Heiko Maas becoming foreign minister. The SPD’s designated leader Andrea Nahles and Scholz announced the party’s six ministry appointments at a news conference. Justice …
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Austria strongly supports Macedonia on the European integration path, as well as other countries in the region, in the interest of prosperity and stability of the entire region, Austrian diplomats told the meeting with Prime Minister Zoran Zaev today. Head of the Western Balkans Sector at the Austrian Ministry for Europe Klaus Woelfer, who led …
NATO Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller sent a special video message to Defense Minister Radmila Sekerinska and women in the Republic of Macedonia. In the message, NATO Deputy Secretary General Gottemoeller says: – Today we mark the International Women’s Day. For us in NATO, today, like every day, we are promoting the participation of women …
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Miloš Zeman, a leading pro-Russian voice in EU politics, has been sworn in for his second term as Czech president. Zeman was elected to the largely ceremonial post in 2013 during the country’s first direct presidential vote, a victory that returned the former left-leaning prime minister to power. He won re-election in January. In office, …
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The commissioner general of the Belgian Federal Police has been appointed as the new executive director of European Union law enforcement agency Europol. Catherine De Bolle was appointed Thursday, which is International Women’s Day, by the European Council. She replaces Briton Rob Wainwright, whose term at the head of Europol expires May 1. With a …
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One of the vice-presidents of the Greek Parliament and MP from the Independent Greeks, Dimitris Kammenos, thinks that a solution to the name dispute will not be reached. – I think that as it goes, there is not much room. There will be no solution. These people cannot change things that we consider necessary and …
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Border police in Macedonia have arrested three Albanian nationals in possession of 40 kg of marijuana, as they were trying to smuggle the drugs into Greece. According to police, the three Albanians, the identity of whom has not been made public, were caught near the village of Lazec. “The drugs were found in two large bags …
