13 people have died and over 30 others have sustained serious injuries following a serious accident involving a passenger bus which overturned in the highway west of the capital, Skopje. The number of victims was confirmed by minister of Health, Venko Filipce. Among the wounded, four of them are in a critical condition. The majority …
Skopje and Athens sent Tuesday a joint letter to UN Secretary General António Guterres notifying on the date of entry into force of the Final Agreement for the settlement of the differences as described in the United Nations Security Council Resolutions 817 (1993) and 845 (1993), the termination of the Interim Accord of 1995, and …
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Greece will send the Note Verbale to Macedonia by Tuesday evening. Defense Minister Radmila Sekerinska will reportedly meet Greek counterpart Evangelos Apostolakis at the sidelines of the meeting of NATO Defense Ministers in Brussels on Wednesday. Discussions could focus on the possibility of Greece providing training for the Macedonian Army in the future. Greek President …
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Athens will send a Note Verbale to Skopje on Monday, informing that Greece has ratified the Prespa Agreement and the NATO Accession Protocol, says Alternate Foreign Minister Geirgios Katrougalos. In an interview with ANA-MPA, Katrougalos explains the next steps following the Greek parliament’s green light to the Prespa Agreement and the NATO Accession Protocol. “A …
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The associations called ‘Hardcore’ and ‘Macedonia Blocking’ are staging a protest Wednesday in front of the Macedonian Parliament as a plenary session about the third and final stage of the constitutional revision process is under way. The street outside the Parliament is completely blocked. Security in the area in downtown Skopje is considerably heightened. The …
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Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ relations with the leader of junior coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL), Panos Kammenos, took a turn for the worse over the controversial Macedonia name-change deal known as the Prespa Agreement. In fresh statements over the weekend, Kammenos vowed to oppose the government’s agreement with Skopje “to the end”, adding that his …
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Greek daily newspaper Kathimerini reported that NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg sent letters to Skopje and Athens urging the two governments to complete the ratification of the Prespa Agreement by February 15, so that Macedonia can join the alliance without further delay. According to the letter, NATO members agreed that the vote on the ratification of …
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US State Department Deputy State Secretary John Sullivan will visit several European metropolises, including Skopje, in the next eight days. The deputy chief of US diplomacy will visit Bratislava, Vienna, Sofia, Sarajevo, Skopje and Warsaw in the next eight days. Sullivan will arrive in Skopje on December 18th, as the highest state official in the …
Skopje continues to head the list of the most polluted cities in the world. AirVisual website, which publishes the list of the most polluted cities in the world, positions Skopje on the first place with the most polluted air in Europe and fifth in the world. After two days, when the air was cleaner due …
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Air pollution in the period 2015-2016 has caused 1469 deaths in Macedonia. These are the findings of the European Environment Agency. The report prepared by the European Commission suggests that along with Kosovo, Serbia, Bulgaria and Hungaria, Macedonia has one of the highest death rates caused by pollution. In 2015, the rate of deaths caused …
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Mayor of the City of Skopje Petre Silegov canceled his visit to Budapest to be held on November 22. At the meeting that was scheduled earlier, he was supposed to discuss and exchange experiences on urbanism with the city officials. The cancellation of the meeting is due to recent events related to former Prime Minister …
Sanja Naumovska The high values of PM 10 particles did not wait for the low temperatures, nor did the heating season come to full realization. The polluted air slowly, but surely, becomes our everyday life, and we are aware that it will only get worse. Health organizations have already identified toxic air as a silent …
Bujar Osmani, Vice-President of the Macedonian government responsible for European affairs, will travel to Athens on Thursday, November 1st, on the occasion of the establishment of a direct Athens-Skopje route by Aegean Airlines. Osmani, according to the news agency, will have a meeting with Greek Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs Georgios Katrougalos. Later on, the two …
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American analyst Janusz Bugajski says that Skopje is the new Russian stronghold on the Balkans, and the Kremlin counts on Macedonia to become the new Republika Srpska entity. “If Macedonia’s path to Western institutions is blocked, national tensions will rise in the entire region. The Kremlin will invest additional energy to threaten the fragile democratic …
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Two people have remained dead and one has remained wounded in an armed clash occurred in Skopje. Police sources told IBNA that this incident had criminal motives. One of the victims who died at the scene is a 44 years old man from Skopje. His brother was gunned down two years ago for the similar …
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Ambassador Clemens Koja of Austria, appointed by the Italian OSCE Chairmanship as the Head of the OSCE Mission to Skopje, took office today. He succeeds Nina Suomalainen who completed her term as Head of Mission in April. “I am happy to be taking up this important post in the midst of an ongoing reform process …
A march FOR European Macedonia, organized by coalition Together FOR European Macedonia, takes place in downtown Skopje on Sunday. The march started near the Parliament and is set to finish in front of the EU Delegation building. Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi, actress and union representative Sanja Arsovska and journalist Tomislav Kezarovski …
President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci was in Skopje today where he called on the citizens of this country to support the referendum on the name. Thaci launched this appeal following a meeting that he had with the prime minister of the country, Zoran Zaev. “Kosovo supports your path of integration in the NATO and EU. …
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German chancellor Angela Merkel is holding a visit to Skopje today. During a joint press conference with the Prime Minister of Republic of Macedonia, Zoran Zaev, Merkel said that the referendum concerning the name dispute which will be held on September 30th is a historical opportunity for the country and its citizens. “The referendum is …
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Leaders of foreign countries and heads of international organisations are expected to visit Skopje in the following period to express their support for the Prespa Agreement in the run-up to the crucial referendum in Macedonia on September 30. The most resonant visitor to Skopje for this purpose is German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who will be in Skopje …
