The visit that Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras held in Skopje yesterday has triggered a debate and was also commented by presidential candidates during the meetings that they had with voters. VMRO-DPMNE presidential candidate, Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova was critical about the fact that the national anthem was not played and the Republican Guard was not present …
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The national anthem will stay as it is, there have never been and never will be talks for changes. It remains the same, both textually and instrumentally, said Government Spokesperson Mile Bosnjakovski today. “All formal welcoming activities including the guard salute, the flower-laying ceremony and playing of the anthems were scrapped because of the delayed …
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Gjorgji Spasov After the change of government in May 2017 and after the name referendum in September 2018, the presidential elections will be the first serious political clash between the two strongly opposed political forces in Macedonia. A new president of Macedonia is formally elected, but essentially we will decide on the direction in which …
It is less likely that the law on public prosecution, which regulates the status of the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office, will be passed before May 5, ie before the second round of the presidential elections. In this regard, the information coming from the negotiating teams in the Ministry of Justice, which does not show much …
Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov, during his first day of the working visit to Washington DC, met with Philip Reeker, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs and US Congressman Brendan Boyle. The talks were focused on the pace of the reform process as a prerequisite …
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras came carrying this message in his first official visit to North Macedonia that was done without an official welcome, allegedly because of the delegation’s delayed flight. Tsipras assessed that this visit presents an important and historic day for us and for the Balkans, that a lot of time has been …
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The European Commission is expected to recommend the launch of negotiations for the accession of Albania and North Macedonia in May. This was declared yesterday by EU Enlargement Commissioner, Johannes Hahn during the proceedings of the European Parliament Committee for Foreign Affairs. This meeting was considered to have a special importance because it was the …
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A small Cesna PN210N model plane has crashed yesterday in the Jakupica mountain range in North Macedonia. Authorities said that a Bulgarian family of four was travelling on the plane. The plane was registered in Germany and it was flying from Ohrid to Skopje. The Ministry of Interior announced that it has not yet reached …
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Stability of the region is the price North Macedonia should pay to Greece for protecting the Macedonian airspace, under an agreement of Tuesday’s meeting of the High-Level Cooperation Council between Athens and Skopje. As part of the meeting, several memorandums for cooperation were signed, including a document between the defense ministries envisaging that North Macedonia’s …
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Today’s meeting of working groups of the ruling authorities and the opposition over the law on the public prosecutor’s office and the future status of the Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) again produced no results. Justice Minister Renata Deskoska said the meeting focused on the two key topics – the SPO status, and the initiated proceedings …
A historic visit which aims at leaving behind hate and division and to build bridges of cooperation and understanding. This was declared by the Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras in Skopje following a meeting that he had with his counterpart, Zoran Zaev. He said that he and PM Zaev are building a different story for …
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Betty Baziana, domestic partner of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who accompanied him on his first official visit to Skopje, visited the grave of the famous Greek Georgios Zorba, who was buried at the Butel cemetery in Skopje. The visit to Zorba’s grave was within the program of Tsipras’ partner, but this was done discreetly. …
Prime Ministers of North Macedonia and Greece Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras and two countries’ ministers signed Tuesday in Skopje several agreements to boost bilateral cooperation. Prime Ministers Zaev and Tsipras, during joint session of the High-Level Cooperation Council between the two countries, signed an action plan to strengthen overall cooperation in accordance with the …
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Ana Pavlovska-Daneva The fight against corruption in the public sector, primarily among politicians in the world, is not limited to prosecution of crime within their ranks, but increasing importance is given to the personal and professional integrity of the politician. Something that the Republic of North Macedonia is missing (with some exception), and the same …
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North Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and visiting Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras hold Tuesday tête-a-tête meeting in the Government. PM Tsipras has arrived early Tuesday in the Republic of North Macedonia for a first-ever visit to the country. The Greek delegation led by Tsipras has been welcomed by Deputy PM and Defense Minister Radmila …
Greek PM Alexis Tsipras has arrived to Skopje today in what is considered to be a historic visit and the first one by a Greek prime minister since the country declared its independence in 1991. The head of the Greek government was received by PM Zoran Zaev and the government delegation through a simple ceremony, …
Gambling is a deadly disease. You can drink as much as you like, chase after women as much as you like, it all passes by, but gambling stays for good,” said a citizen of Skopje, worried about his son, who, as he admits, spent most of his time in casinos and sports betting offices. He …
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Alexis Tsipras will land at the airport in Skopje today, which in the current turbulent chronology of the Macedonian-Greek relations will be listed as the first Greek Prime Minister who arrived on an official visit to the country. His visit means achieving what seemed unlikely in the first years of independence, and which became impossible …
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The Skopje-based Appellate Court has ordered house arrest for former director of the Administration for Security and Counterintelligence (UBK) Sasho Mijalkov and former State Election Commission (SEC) member Bedredin Ibraimi in the Special Prosecutor’s Office case dubbed “Titanic 2”. Former SEC member Aneta Stefanovska will be under precautionary measures, while the complaints of Vlatko Sajkovski …
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Nikola Popovski The Public Revenue Office published the processed data on citizens’ personal income and paid taxes for them in our country for 2017. They are a valuable analytical material for the researchers, but with the right interest they are precisely the data on the largest incomes of individual citizens by various bases and the …
