The protest for defending the state name, organized by the movement “Our name is our right”, began at Skopje square “Macedonia” in Skopje. At the gathering will be expressed dissatisfaction with, as they say from the movement, policies that jeopardize the national interests of the Macedonian people. The protest is held on the same day …
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The United States is interested in the success of the diplomatic activities between Skopje and Athens to resolve the name issue. This is the attitude of the US ambassador to Greece, Geoffrey Pyatt, at the Economic Forum in Delphi, Greece, where former Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis was very skeptical. She said she is afraid …
Alexander the Great monument was removed late last night from Skopje’s airport, a few days after the name on the outside of the airport had been removed. The monument has been removed by a private company at a time when the airport was not very busy. This monument was placed in 2011 when the Turkish …
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An amnesty hearing on the Law on the Use of Languages is not a decision to unblock parliament, said Speaker Talat Xhaferi. He expects to find a solution for nearly 36,000 amendments submitted by the opposition VMRO-DPMNE in the following days. – Communicate with representatives of the parliamentary groups including VMRO-DPMNE. I think that we …
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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.
President Gjorge Ivanov held Sunday a meeting with the President of the European Commission (EC), Jean-Claude Juncker, his office said. Talks focused on the current political situation in the Republic of Macedonia, the EU integration process and the key challenges facing the region and the European Union. President Ivanov expressed gratitude to Juncker for his …
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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 …
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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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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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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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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The Skopje Appellate Court has altered the detention measure into house arrest for MP Ljuben Arnaudov and organizers of “Joint Macedonia” protests Boris Damovski and Bogdan Ilievski, who are suspects in the case regarding the incidents in Parliament on 27 April 2017. Their passports will be confiscated as a precautionary measure. Former minister of interior …
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No sexual abuse or sexual exploitation has been identified in the two new cases of teenage pregnancy, involving two girls sheltered at the May 25 institution for children with social problems in Skopje. They got pregnant after having consensual sexual relations with boys from the institutions with whom they were in a relationship, the Ministry …
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Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias is coming to Skopje again by the end of February or the beginning of March, sources from the Macedonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs told MIA. Greek media reported that Kotzias would pay a visit to Skopje this week, but the packed agendas of the countries’ FMs are cited as the …
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Everybody is already aware that the government handling of Skopje-Athens name negotiations has been wrong from the start, leader of Greek opposition New Democracy Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in a speech before his party’s parliamentary group. ‘Without a plan, guarantees they (the government) has started to give in everything being satisfied only with two symbolic gestures …
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19 signposts bearing the outgoing name of the highway ‘Alexander the Great’ will be replaced with another signs with its new name ‘Friendship Highway’ under a government decision on renaming the highway along Corridor 10 and the airport in Skopje that has come into force after being published in the Official Gazette. “The Public Enterprise …
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Macedonian Economy Minister Kresnik Bekteshi and Kosovo Minister of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Besim Beqaj held talks Wednesday in Skopje on the upcoming construction of the Blace-Skopje highway. The Macedonian government reviewed the project report yesterday and concluded for the construction works should commence next year, Bekteshi told reporters after the meeting. The new highway will …
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The trial judge in the Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) case dubbed “Tariff” interrupted Tuesday’s hearing in the Skopje-based Criminal Court after one of the witnesses felt unwell. The hearing is scheduled to resume on March 1. The defense said it would prove their clients’ innocence by putting 160 witnesses on the stand. Case “Tariff” involves …
The retrial over the case code-named ‘Monster’, involving the killings of five men in April 2012 nearby Skopje, will resume on March 14. The retrial kicked off Monday with a public prosecutor reading the indictment. The prosecutor Naum Panovski said the prosecuting party would stick to the initial indictment under which the accused are charged …
We will strictly limit to our role on cooperation between the two cities in order to send message that the cooperation with the City of Skopje is the best thing that we can do in these circumstances, Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis said ahead of his meeting with Skopje counterpart. Speaking to Thema Radio 104.6, Kaminis …
