Wednesday, 23 June 2021
Macedonia 23.06.21 | 23:36

Peter Szijjarto asks Bulgaria to allow Macedonia to begin its EU accession talks while the historic dispute is being resolved

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto visited Macedonia today, and issued a call for the opening of the long delayed EU accession talks that can run side by side with the historic negotiations between Macedonia and Bulgaria. Szijjarto confirmed that the mood in Luxembourg yesterday was tense. Bulgaria...
Macedonia 23.06.21 | 23:27

One injured in a shooting near Skopje’s Skenderbeg Square

One person was reportedly shot and injured in a cafe near the Skenderbeg Square in Skopje’s Old Bazaar. The incident reportedly occurred at 22:15. Police is at the scene, but there are still no reports on the motive.
Macedonia Economy 23.06.21 | 20:45

Despite inflation fears, Government goes ahead with a new fuel tax

The Zaev Government decided to impose a tax of 3.5 denars on diesel fuels and heating oil, as well as leaded gas and airplane fuel. Additionally, unleaded fuels will face a slightly lower tax of 3.1 denars per liter. The move is announced as a step to help fight climate change, and it comes as the budget...
Macedonia 23.06.21 | 20:36

Daily corona report: 1 death, 5 new cases

A 39 year old patient from Kicevo died from Covid-19 in the past day, the Healthcare Ministry informed. The daily report also notes five newly diagnosed cases. The number of active cases is now estimated at 250 and the epidemic is largely out of the public focus, except for the worries that the low level...
Macedonia 23.06.21 | 18:56

Zaev’s deputy claims credit for the reduction in the emigration rate caused by the pandemic

Deputy Prime Minister Ljupco Nikolovski wrote a self-congratulatory comment about the reduced emigration levels in 2020, and credited the Government – not the global pandemic – for it. A poll showed that only 7 percent of citizens have a member of their household who emigrated in 2020. This...
Macedonia 23.06.21 | 17:21

Zaev blames EU for the Bulgarian veto, reveals his latest offer to Bulgaria on the national identity front

Zoran Zaev addressed his latest foreign policy humiliation today. At an event in Skopje, along with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama whose country was also stood out by the EU, Zaev laid the blame at the feet of the European leaders who promised him open doors if he rams through the name change. The...
Macedonia 23.06.21 | 17:11

Schools expected to re-open in September

Students will be required to return to school in September, under safety protocols that are now being developed, said Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce. For much of the previous school year, only the first three grades of elementary school students attended education in person, while all others did so...
Macedonia 23.06.21 | 17:08

Macedonia has no European future with Zaev in charge

Macedonia can’t expect a European future with Zoran Zaev. We lost three years with his empty promises, said VMRO-DPMNE official Stefan Andonovski after the latest veto Macedonia suffered at the hands of Bulgaria. Three years went by after Zaev’s airplane selfie when he first insisted that...
Macedonia 23.06.21 | 16:51

Zaev apologizes to Greece for using “Macedonian” for the Macedonian football team

Zoran Zaev apologized today to Greece for referring to the Macedonian football team. This was standard practice for Zaev, who insisted that, with the Prespa Treaty, he secured the right to the adjective “Macedonian” in the area of sports, culture and so on. But after strong reaction from...
Macedonia Economy 23.06.21 | 12:59

Mickoski demands answers from Zaev after Macedonia’s flagship energy company registers huge annual losses

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski, who led the ELEM energy producing company, said that he is dismayed by the fact that Macedonia’s largest energy company is now operating with a huge loss. ELEM was 16.8 million EUR in the red in the past year. This is what Zoran Zaev’s policies in...
Macedonia 23.06.21 | 12:43

Ambassadors Byrnes and Galloway state their disappointment after the latest veto

Speaking at the Skopje Economic Forum, the Ambassadors of the US and the UK, Kate Byrnes and Rachel Galloway, expressed disappointment over the new latest veto Macedonia faces in its EU accession process. Bulgaria again blocked the opening of accession talks, as it demands major concessions on issues...
Macedonia 23.06.21 | 12:32

Bulgaria wants Macedonia to renounce territorial and minority claims, remove monuments and rehabilitate victims of Communism

After the meeting of European foreign ministers in Luxembourg yesterday, Bulgarian Deputy Foreign Minister Rumen Aleksandrov stated his reasons why his country is vetoing Macedonia. We are open for a constructive dialogue during the Slovenian presidency of the European Council, to find mutually acceptable...
Macedonia 23.06.21 | 12:14

Greece blocks the ratification of memorandums with Macedonia after Zaev wrote “Macedonian” in a tweet

Greece announced that it is suspending the ratification of three memorandums for cooperation with Macedonia, because of Zoran Zaev’s use of the adjective “Macedonian” in a tweet congratulating the national football team. Greece insists that Zaev violated the Prespa Treaty with this...
Macedonia 23.06.21 | 11:57

Osmani denies reports that the national symbols are being changed, but insists that the anthem is “not inclusive”

Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani denied the comments from his party leader Ali Ahmeti that Macedonia needs to change the national symbols, to reflect its multi-ethnic character. Ahmeti recently said that he is in advanced talks with Zoran Zaev on changing the national anthem, and that the flag and the coat...
Macedonia 23.06.21 | 11:35

Vasilevska: Accepting Bulgarian demands will mean that we Macedonians are an artificial nation

The Zaev regime made many promises, about its red lines in negotiations with our neighbors, and we all see how that turned out, says VMRO-DPMNE member of Parliament Ivanka Vasilevska, as she warns that Zaev’s on-going negotiations with Bulgaria will also end up with Macedonia abandoning its national...
Macedonia 23.06.21 | 09:44

Pendarovski wants to get closer to the US, Dimitrov and Osmani say they will keep pushing for EU membership: regime officials respond to the latest EU veto

Zoran Zaev did not address the latest Bulgarian veto at the European Council, which blocked Macedonia from opening its EU accession talks, but some of his officials did come out yesterday with their comments. President Stevo Pendarovski said that Macedonia should not give up on pursuing EU membership,...
News 23.06.21 | 09:36

VMRO-DPMNE: Zaev must go so Macedonia can get closer to the EU

Macedonia can’t open its EU accession talks because the European Union does not want to deal with the criminals from SDSM and DUI, VMRO-DPMNE said in a press release this morning, after the European Council again refused to allow Macedonia to make the next step in its accession process. Macedonia...

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