Friday, 11 June 2021
Macedonia 11.06.21 | 22:19

Zaev tries to turn the French promise of support into an electoral campaign boost

The SDSM party held a rally in Skopje as part of its campaign for the local elections in October. Zoran Zaev addressed hundreds of party officials and supporters a day after his meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, eager to capitalize on a rare series of international meetings he had in the...
Macedonia 11.06.21 | 22:13

Albanian opposition parties are pushing their citizenship law again, demand it is considered without filibuster

The Alliance of Albanians and the Alternative party are renewing their push for the Parliament to adopt an extremely lax citizenship law. The two parties demand that people who lived in Macedonia for a period of time should be made eligible for citizenship – a move that would make thousands of...
Macedonia 11.06.21 | 22:07

Missing girl in Kocani

Search parties are organized in Kocani, after a 16 year old girl went missing. Natasa Nikolova left her home yesterday morning, telling her parents that she’s going to school to return the textbooks, even though they later learnt that this was not required. She never showed up at school and didn’t...
Macedonia 11.06.21 | 20:41

VIDEO: Zaev tries to address Macron en Francais

Zoran Zaev’s visit to France was an opportunity for another exercise in linguistics. Zaev’s prowess in Serbian and English is already legendary, but in France, it is required to utter at least a few words in broken French before switching to (Tarzan) English, which Zaev did after his opening...
Macedonia 11.06.21 | 20:30

After the VMRO protest, Minister Osmani agrees to appear before the Parliament and discuss the negotiations with Bulgaria

Zaev’s Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani said that he is prepared to meet with the Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs and to discuss the on-going talks with Bulgaria. The announcement comes on the day when VMRO-DPMNE blocked the Foreign Ministry for a few hours, demanding answers about the secretive...
Macedonia 11.06.21 | 20:26

Blinken pushed Bulgarian President Radev on the Macedonian veto

American Secretary of State Anthony Blinken spoke on the phone with Bulgarian President Rumen Radev, and raised the issue of Bulgaria’s veto of Macedonia’s EU accession talks. The conversation comes as the State Department spokesman made a statement urging the EU countries to allow Macedonia...
Macedonia 11.06.21 | 20:20

Meeting of the historic commission fails – Macedonian historians say that some of the Bulgarian proposals were “insulting”

The online meeting of the Commission of Macedonian and Bulgarian historians ended in failure today, as the two teams failed to find common ground on all issues that were raised. The meeting is the last before the European Council and the lack of movement could push Bulgaria to harden its position to...
Macedonia 11.06.21 | 18:32

Ambassador Byrnes meets with Zaev to discuss Biden’s Balkan decree

US Ambassador to Macedonia Kate Byrnes met with Zoran Zaev today, and according to the coordinated press releases, the main topics of discussion was the recently published decree by President Biden, who announced action against corrupt Balkan politicians and those who violate a number of treaties –...
Macedonia Economy 11.06.21 | 18:12

Inflation watch: Cost of living up more than one percent over two months

The SSM union published its monthly cost of living analysis geared toward an average household, and found that the price of the basic goods and services is 180 denars here in May, and 400 in total for the past two months (1EUR=60 denars). The cost is now estimated at 34,156 denars (560 EUR) for just...
Macedonia 11.06.21 | 18:03

Company that was importing harmful heating oil stripped of its license

The DPI state market inspection temporarily revoked the trading license from the Evrotim GDS company from Kicevo. The company was found to import harmful heating oil from the Czech Republic, through a Bosnian company. The fuel was used by several factories, including Brako, owned by former Deputy Prime...
Macedonia 11.06.21 | 17:41

Macedonian and Bulgarian historians hold their last meeting ahead of the European Council

Macedonian and Bulgarian historians are holding a new round of talks – a third such meeting for this year. So far there are no report coming out of the meeting. Macedonian historians in the commission accepted a number of initial Bulgarian demands, but the talks began to collapse last year, as...
Macedonia 11.06.21 | 17:32

VMRO blocks the Foreign Ministry, demands that Zaev comes to the Parliament to reveal the purpose of his secret negotiations with Bulgaria

VMRO-DPMNE representatives called on Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, his deputy Nikola Dimitrov and Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani to come before the Parliament and explain what exactly they are negotiating with Bulgaria. The opposition party held a protest in front of the Foreign Ministry today, warning against...
Economy 11.06.21 | 15:49

Foreign companies in Skopje economic zones to receive lower state aid than those in other cities

From now on, foreign companies that want to invest in the economic zones in Skopje will receive lower state aid than investors who will invest in other cities in the country. According to the head of the Directorate for Technological Industrial Development Zones, Jovan Despotovski, the reason for this...
Macedonia 11.06.21 | 15:38

LIVE STREAM: VMRO-DPMNE’s protest in front of Ministry of Foreign Affairs building

VMRO-DPMNE is holding Friday starting at 3 pm a protest in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building. Protest in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, from 3 pm to 5 pm. Enough of the secret negotiations conducted in Sofia by Zaev’s friend, Buckovski, for additional annexes to the...
Health 11.06.21 | 15:21

2 patients die, 20 new COVID-19 cases

Out 2,885 COVID-19 tests carried out in Macedonia in the past 24 hours, 20 new cases were registered, 30 recovered and 2 people died, the Health Ministry said on Friday. Since the outbreak of the epidemic, Macedonia has registered 155,507confirmed coronavirus cases. The death toll stands at 5,470. At...
Macedonia 11.06.21 | 14:45

MoI swiftly issued a passport to an Albanian mobster wanted by Interpol for cocaine smuggling

On October 16, 2018 at 12:07h, Elvis Vladi, an Albanian citizen, entered the premises of the administrative services of the Macedonian Ministry of Interior, took a photo, left a fingerprint and the next day he received a Macedonian passport under the name Selami Hoxha, “Mkd.mk” reports. On...
Macedonia 11.06.21 | 14:10

Angelov: Biden can’t exert any pressure, Bulgaria only protects its national interests

US President Joe Biden can’t exert any pressure on the talks between Macedonia and Bulgaria,  Bulgarian Ambassador to Macedonia, Angel Angelov said during Friday’s meetings with Bulgarian officials in Dojran. It is illusory for someone to exert pressure. Bulgaria is only protecting its national...
Macedonia 11.06.21 | 13:39

Only conditional sentences for issuing passports to drug lords

The Skopje Criminal Court found Faruk Buki, Vesna Kolevska and Branislava Spisic guilty in the “Double” case. Defendant Buki was sentenced by the court to three years in prison, while defendants Kolevski and Spisic were given suspended sentences of one year in prison in case they repeat the...
Macedonia 11.06.21 | 13:04

Price: US supports the opening of EU accession negotiations with Macedonia and Albania without delay

The spokesman for the United States Department of State, Ned Price, wrote on Twitter that the US supports the opening of EU accession negotiations with Macedonia and Albania without delay. We support the opening of EU accession negotiations with Macedonia and Albania without delay. We are engaging at...
Macedonia 11.06.21 | 12:28

VMRO-DPMNE to stage protest in front of Ministry of Foreign Affairs building

VMRO-DPMNE will hold a protest in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building today at 3 pm. According to the announcements, the protest will last until 5 pm. Protest in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, from 3 pm to 5 pm. Enough of the secret negotiations conducted in Sofia by Zaev’s...
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