Tag: kiro gligorov
Macedonia 01.01.24 | 11:54

Commemoration of the 12th Anniversary of President Gligorov’s Passing

On Monday, we honor the 12th anniversary of the passing of Kiro Gligorov, the inaugural president of the independent Republic of Macedonia.

Macedonia 01.01.23 | 19:01

Government delegation pays tribute to first president Kiro Gligorov

A government delegation, led by Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski, Minister of Labour and Social Policy Jovana Trencevska and Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications Bekim Rexhepi, paid tribute and laid fresh flowers Sunday on the grave of the first President of the Republic of Macedonia, Kiro...

Macedonia 01.01.23 | 11:06

Observance of 11th anniversary from President Kiro Gligorov’s death

Sunday marks 11 years since the death of the first president of the independent Republic of Macedonia, Kiro Gligorov. He died on January 1, 2012, in Skopje at his home at the age of 94. He was the oldest Macedonian political official. On November 17, 1999, when his second presidential term ended, he...

Macedonia 01.01.22 | 10:28

Observance of 10th anniversary from President Gligorov’s death

Saturday marks the 10th anniversary from the death of first president of independent Republic of Macedonia Kiro Gligorov. President Stevo Pendarovski and a Parliament delegation will lay flowers at Gligorov’s grave at the Butel cemetery. Gligorov died on January 1, 2012 at his home in Skopje at...

Macedonia 05.03.21 | 15:46

What Gligorov said about Frckoski in his book: He offered me a million dollars of Greek money to give up the name

The first president of Macedonia Kiro Gligorov in his 2001 book “Macedonia is all we have” spoke about how Ljubomir Frckoski through Greek mediators tried to bribe him with a million dollars if he gave up the country’s constitutional name. Glirorov wrote that he listened to them but...

Macedonia 03.10.20 | 11:05

25 years from assassination attempt on President Gligorov, perpetrators still not found

Saturday marks the 25th anniversary from the assassination attempt on former President of the Republic of Macedonia Kiro Gligorov. Gligorov survived the assassination, his bodyguard Ilco Teovski was injured, but his driver Aleksandar Spirovski and pensioner Risto Hadzimanov, who was crossing Macedonia...

Macedonia 13.11.19 | 09:22

Pendarovski gives copy of Gligorov’s book “Macedonia is Everything We Have” to Paris Peace Forum library

Macedonian President Stevo Pendarovski gave a copy of the book “Macedonia is Everything We Have” by Kiro Gligorov, the first President of the independent Republic of Macedonia, to the library of the Paris Peace Forum. Pendarovski said on Facebook that Gligorov’s legacy should be a guide...

Macedonia 03.10.19 | 11:29

24 years from President Gligorov’s assassination attempt

Thursday marks the 24th anniversary from the assassination attempt on former President of the Republic of Macedonia Kiro Gligorov. Gligorov survived the assassination, his bodyguard Ilco Teovski was injured, but his driver Aleksandar Spirovski and pensioner Risto Hadzimanov, who was crossing Macedonia...

Macedonia 03.09.19 | 18:46

Centar Mayor Bogdanovik denies that the new elementary school will be used by private institutions

Skopje’s Centar municipality mayor Sasa Bogdanovik denied reports that he plans to allow private schools to operate in the newly built Kiro Gligorov elementary school. The modern building is the first new school built in Skopje’s central area since the 1969 earthquake and Government officials...