Tag: name
Macedonia 21.05.21 | 10:55

Mickoski calls on the EU to focus its efforts on Bulgaria, says that Macedonia won’t accept any more humiliations

VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski expects that the European Union will focus its efforts in resolving the dispute with Bulgaria on the Bulgarian side. “If they focus on the Macedonian politicians, they will not succeed. We will not allow concessions in the Parliament and we will resist any changes...

Macedonia 01.03.21 | 15:50

Zaev: The Prespa Agreement is a law, MANU must change its name

Answering a reporter’s question on Monday regarding the refusal of the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts (MANU) to change their name, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev stressed that the Prespa Agreement must be respected. The Prespa Agreement is a law. It was ratified in the Parliament and it is...

Macedonia 25.02.21 | 14:29

Macedonian Academy resists pressure from the Zaev Government to change its name

The Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts (MANU) fought off the pressure from the Zaev regime to change its name and adopted the imposed “North Macedonia” name. MANU did not join many institutions who changed their names in 2019, such as the Macedonian Opera and Ballet (now National Opera...

Macedonia 26.10.20 | 22:42

A new Macedonia name dispute, this time with Bulgaria

After Bulgaria raised issues with the ethnicity of a number of Macedonian heroes, chief among them Goce Delcev, then the Macedonian language and nationality, the latest dispute that is being raised is the imposed name “North Macedonia”. Bulgaria warned that “North Macedonia” can...

News Macedonia 04.07.20 | 10:15

Mickoski: I realize there is a new reality, but I won’t accept the adjective “North”

Opposition leader Hristijan Mickoski said that VMRO-DPMNE can’t accept what is contained in the treaties Zoran Zaev signed with Greece and Bulgaria. In a TV interview Mickoski said that he realizes there is a new reality but that he can’t accept the adjective “North”. Our position...

Macedonia 26.03.20 | 15:42

Cvetanova to Dimitrov: You don’t get to speak for our ancestors

Following the ratification of Macedonia’s NATO membership and the political decision to open EU accession talks, Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov, who is the signatory of the imposed Prespa treaty, said that it accomplishes “the twin goals set by our mothers and fathers”. Among the...

Macedonia 20.01.20 | 14:07

Zaev scaremongers with the loss of EU, NATO prospects and billions of euros if VMRO wins

Zoran Zaev held his first press conference after resigning as Prime Minister today, and in it he made a dire warning that a win for VMRO-DPMNE in the upcoming early elections would not only undermine the Prespa treaty, but also Macedonia’s NATO membership. This is the main selling point for Zaev,...

Macedonia 27.08.19 | 11:33

Kulavkova: It is someone else’s interest to change MANU’s name, the Prespa Agreement does not impose it

The Prespa Agreement does not impose a change in the name of the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, says academician Katica Kulavkova, adding that it is someone else’s interest MANU to become “Academy of Sciences and Arts of the Republic of North Macedonia – MANU”. Resistance...

Macedonia 17.07.19 | 22:13

Army soldiers ordered to remove the name Macedonia from their uniforms

Army soldiers were ordered to remove the name Macedonia from their uniforms, Army sources told Republika. According to Republika’s information, last week, after reading the order at the morning parade, the garrisons were ordered to remove the inscription “Macedonia”, which is on the...

Macedonia 13.07.19 | 19:42

The referendum on the name was held on September 8, 1991

VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski in an interview with TV Alsat M pointed out that VMRO-DPMNE’s position on the name issue is crystal clear. He stressed that the citizens expressed their opinion regarding how they want to call their country in the referendum held on September 8, 1991, when the...

News 25.03.19 | 13:19

Throughout his political career, Pendarovski assured the public that the Macedonian name would be safe in his hands

The joint SDSM – DUI presidential candidate Stevo Pendarovski has a long history of misleading the public on the name issue. As adviser to President Branko Crvenkovski, he was often the public face of th name talks, but also as the failed SDSM candidate in the 2014 elections, he made numerous statements...

Macedonia 21.03.19 | 18:13

MANU submits proposal to the Government over its new name

The Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts (MANU) proposes its new name to be – the Academy of Sciences and Arts of the Republic of North Macedonia – MANU. The proposal was adopted at Thursday’s consultative session where the Government’s proposals were considered: Academy of  Sciences...

Macedonia 12.03.19 | 22:21

There will be no language police for the use of the country’s new constitutional name

The new name of the state applies to all institutions since February 12 this year when the Prespa Treaty came into force, but in referring to institutions in the period before, it is allowed to use the old name of the state, for example: Kiro Gligorov, the former president of the Republic of Macedonia...

Macedonia 10.03.19 | 23:04

The SDSM party will rename itself, VMRO-DPMNE has no intention to do so

Asked whether the largest opposition party intends to change its name in accordance with the Prespa treaty, sources in VMRO-DPMNE say that the party does not accept the treaty and has no intention of renaming itself. VMRO is the historic acronym of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization whigch...

Macedonia 10.02.19 | 19:36

Sign with the name “Republic of North Macedonia” delivered at main border crossing with Greece

A large sign declaring the Republic of Macedonia to be the “Republic of North Macedonia” was delivered today at the Bogorodica – Eidomeni border crossing with Greece. It is still not up but it expected to replace the Republic of Macedonia board soon. Under the Prespa treaty, after Greece...