Sekerinska: We are doing all we can to join NATO, but it is not only up to us

“Each country must guarantee its security no matter what, and to become a NATO member it should vouch for its contributions to global stability. We are working on our national security as well as NATO membership,” Minister of Defense Radmila Sekerinska said Monday in a response to a question about Macedonia’s NATO prospects this year. …

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Zaev interview with ‘Der Spiegel’: Name without translation not acceptable

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev says in an interview with German weekly Der Spiegel he expects a solution over the name issue, claims it is not necessary to change the constitution and a possible agreement can be guaranteed by an international treaty, while adding that a name without translation is unacceptable. PM Zaev says he cannot …

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14th anniversary of President Boris Trajkovski’s death

 Macedonia observes Monday 14 years from the death of President Boris Trajkovski, who was killed in a plane crash near Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Family members, delegations and citizens will lay flowers at Trajkovski’s grave in Skopje. President Trajkovski died in a plane crash on 26 February 2004, when the US-made Beechcraft King Air 200 tried to land …

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Macedonia under snow, temperatures below zero

 Macedonia has been covered by snow, mostly in Mavrovo (78cm), Lazaropole (51cm), Krusevo (41cm) etc. There are 15cm of snow in capital Skopje. Weather in Macedonia on Monday will be overcast and cold, with snowfalls across the country. Temperatures will range between -4C and -1C. Similar weather in Skopje with temperatures up to -1C.

Juncker: Macedonia ‘on right track’, EC might propose start of talks in few months if progress continues

Skopje, 25 February 2018 (MIA) – President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker said Sunday that he hadn’t come to Skopje to announce an exact date for the opening of EU negotiations, but underscored that Macedonia was on the right track after making progress. “We haven’t come here to announce a date, we are here …

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Court extends detention of ex-minister Cavkov and MPs Mukoski and Vasilevski

The Appellate Court  in Skopje yesterday extended the detention of 13 people, including former interior minister Mitko Cavkov and opposition VMRO-DPMNE MPs Krsto Mukoski and Saso Vasilevski for their involvement in the violent incidents in Parliament on 27 April 2017. Their detention measures have been extended four times so far, MIA reports. The Appellate Court …

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PM Zaev: Macedonia and Greece will find ‘dignified’ name solution

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said Sunday he was confident that Macedonia and Greece would manage to find a dignified solution to the name dispute. “I believe a solution will be found, which will be dignified for both sides, a solution that won’t encroach the identity of the Macedonian people and also won’t encroach the identity …

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EC’s Juncker arrives in Macedonia for talks with top officials

President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker has embarked on a tour of the six Western Balkan countries, with Macedonia being his first stop on Sunday. Juncker is accompanied by Johannes Hahn, Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations. The visit is part of their tour of the region to present the EU Western Balkans …

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Alternate FM Katrougalos announces Greece’s intention to support Macedonia’s bid to join Adriatic-Ionian Initiative

Alternate Minister for Foreign Affairs Giorgos Katrougalos in a letter to the EU Commissioners in charge of enlargement and regional policy, announced Greece’s intention to support Macedonia’s bid to join the Adriatic-Ionian Initiative (AII), MIA reports from Athens. ‘Alternate Minister for Foreign Affairs Giorgos Katrougalos in a letter to the EU Commissioners in charge of …

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Macedonian government promotes European behavior in Balkan region – DM Sekerinska

Thus far the Macedonian government has promoted a kind of different approach to policy-making and a European behavior in the Balkan region, which may also work in the process for settling the name dispute with Greece, Defense Minister Radmila Sekerinska says in an interview with Deutsche Welle. Sekerinska was part of Macedonia’s delegation visiting Germany …

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‘May 25’ scandal: ‘Maximum’ sentence to send clear message, says PM Zaev

I support maximum sentences for those who have committed such crimes like the ones involving an underage girl sheltered at the May 25 institution for troubled youth in Skopje to send a message that it must not happen ever again, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev stated Thursday. A 13-year old girl had had her baby aborted after …

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Macedonia and Hungary to join forces against extremism and terrorism

The Macedonian and Hungarian Ministers of Interior, Oliver Spasovski and Sandor Pinter, proposed Thursday in Skopje for the two countries to sign agreements on exchange of information in favor of preventing terrorism and violent extremism. Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Spasovski commended Hungary for its assistance to the Macedonian police in dealing with the …

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Mayor Silegov: City of Skopje starting to take action on Skopje 2014 project

The City of Skopje will no longer tolerate illegal and unapproved procedures and has started to take action on the Skopje 2014 project, Skopje Mayor Petre Silegov said Thursday. All of the unauthorized activities of the former administration in the capital will be adequately dealt with in accordance with the laws, Silegov told a news …

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PM Zaev hints on personnel refreshment this spring

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev says there will be personnel changes in institutions this spring due to remarks over lack of energetic reaction that clearly demonstrates zero tolerance to irresponsible and corrupt behavior. Zaev says in an interview for web portal Prizma that the Government could also undergo reshuffling. “Lack of success in managing an institution …

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Pavlopoulos calls again for name without irredentist claims, change of Macedonian constitution

Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos during Thursday’s meeting with President of Ireland Michael Higgins said that if Macedonia wants to integrate into NATO and EU it needs to change the constitution highlighting that whatever name is chosen should not contain a single trace of irredentism in terms of borders, nationality or language. At the beginning of …

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Public sector urged to fill in data in HRMIS, risk salary payment ban

Public sector institutions have a three- month deadline to fill in employee data in the Human Resource Management Information System (HRMIS), otherwise risk a ban for salary payments, warned the Ministry of Information Society and Administration and the Public Revenue Office (PRO) on Thursday. “We recommend public sector employers to fill in data in the …

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EC President Juncker to visit Macedonia on Sunday

President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker on Sunday (Feb. 25) will arrive in Macedonia, the first stop of his Western Balkans tour aimed at presenting the EU’s Western Balkans Strategy. Announcing Juncker’s visit following the presentation of the Western Balkans Strategy in Strasbourg, Deputy PM Bujar Osmani said the document represented an encouragement for the …

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Zaev tells Berlin conference: Macedonia deserves individual assessment over EU accession

Macedonia’s main ambitions in 2018 are the opening of EU accession talks and becoming NATO’s 30th member. I strongly believe Macedonia deserves an individual assessment, said Prime Minister Zoran Zaev at a discussion organized by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) in Berlin on Wednesday. PM Zaev referred to the deep political crisis in 2015-2016, after …

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PM Zaev, President Steinmeier commend Macedonia-Germany relations

Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and Germany’s President Frank-Walter Steinmeier voiced satisfaction Wednesday in Berlin with the favorable, dynamic development of the relations between the two countries. In the year that marks the 25th anniversary of the diplomatic ties, the cooperation between the countries is crowned with the fact that Germany is Macedonia’s most significant …

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