Wednesday, 19 June 2019
Macedonia 19.06.19 | 23:24

Goran Angelov is being sent to the notoriously unsafe Sutka prison

A lawyer representing Macedonian activist Goran Angelov, who was sentenced for “terrorism” in the April 2017 trial, informs that Angelov was ordered to be transferred to the Sutka prison. The prison became notorious for several attacks on other political prisoners of the Zaev regime. Jane...
Macedonia 19.06.19 | 23:00

Milososki calls on Zaev, Dimitrov and Osmani to resign over their 2018 accession talk lies

Former Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki called on the current Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov to publish the reports Macedonian embassies have sent ahead of the European Council meeting, if he wants to deny the claims that some half a dozen EU member states opposed the opening of accession talks. Milososki...
Macedonia 19.06.19 | 16:01

Nikoloski calls for resignations after the failure in Luxembourg

VMRO-DPMNE deputy leader Aleksandar Nikoloski called on the key officials of the Zaev Government to resign after the failure of their push for an EU accession date during the Luxembourg meeting of European foreign ministers. The way things are going, we will get to next year’s June and won’t...
Macedonia 19.06.19 | 15:45

One set of rules for “their children”, another for the rest

Another student who was rejected by the Government has gone public. Petar Barlakovski, whose social media posts reveal him to have been a supporter of the SDSM party during its Colored Revolution, now reports that he was rejected after requesting a scholarship to study international law in the Hague. The...
Balkans 19.06.19 | 15:34

Albanian opposition protesters burn election material in a school to prevent the municipal elections

Political tensions in Albania have taken a turn to the worse after anti-Government protesters set fire to a school in Shkodra yesterday, to prevent the municipal elections from taking place on the 30th. The opposition Democratic Party rejects the elections and demands a technical Government to replace...
Macedonia 19.06.19 | 15:23

IPIS poll shows VMRO will win the next general elections

A poll conducted by the IPIS Institute for political research shows that VMRO-DPMNE would win the next general elections, winning 21.2 percent of the vote, compared to 19.5 percent for SDSM. VMRO continues to enjoy a solid lead among ethnic Macedonians, 27.8 percent of whom say will vote for the opposition,...
Economy 19.06.19 | 15:17

Mickoski warns that the budget revenue shortfall will reach 82 million EUR by the end of the year

VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski warns Finance Minister Dragan Tevdovski that he’s failing to meet the budget revenue projections by 2.4 percent, endangering the budget. If this trend continues, we are looking at a gap of 82 million EUR. This would be a huge number for any country in the region,...
Macedonia 19.06.19 | 14:51

Greek shadow foreign minister asks EU why it pushed for Prespa, if it’s going to block Macedonia’s accession anyway?

Greek shadow foreign minister Georgios Koumoutsakos accused the European countries of hypocrisy after a number of them rejected Macedonia’s request to open EU accession talks, after previously pushing both Macedonia and Greece to sign the Prespa treaty. Koumoutsakos comes from the New Democracy...
Macedonia 19.06.19 | 14:44

Janusev: We now see that the capitulation in Prespa is not enough

In response to the rejection of the Macedonian request to open EU accession talks over the summer, VMRO-DPMNE Secretary General Igor Janusev said that it is now clear that the “capitulation in Prespa” was not enough. Janusev blames the Zaev Government and its lack of reforms for the negative...
Macedonia 19.06.19 | 14:09

Goce Delcev had a strong Macedonian political identity, says head of the Macedonian historic team

Dragi Georgiev, the head of the Macedonian team in the joint historic committee with Bulgaria, insists that the legendary VMRO leader Goce Delcev, had a strong Macedonian political identity. The work of the committee hit a serious obstacle as the issue of Delcev’s identity was raised. Both countries...
Macedonia 19.06.19 | 13:54

Zaev denies that seven EU member states opposed the opening of EU accession talks

Zoran Zaev denied the reports that seven EU member states were opposed to the opening of accession talks with Macedonia. Zaev used a street slang word to ask the critics of his Government not to “grumble” after his failure to win approval for the opening of EU accession talks. He initially...
Macedonia 19.06.19 | 13:18

Eftov: Colossal humiliation of Macedonia

What Brussels and the EU member states did is a colossal humiliation of Macedonia, says journalist Vasko Eftov, after the EU member states refused to allow Macedonia to open accession talks on Tuesday. I have no respect for Zoran Zaev’s policies. I consider him and his Government’s policies...
Macedonia 19.06.19 | 13:13

Zaev criticized for promoting public company director who gave money to lawyers affiliated with the SDSM party

The decision by Zoran Zaev to appoint Dusko Veskovski as the new organizational secretary of SDSM raised eyebrows even among SDSM party supporters. Veskoski, the director of the Skopje water utility company, was appointed to the high level office in the party instead of former intelligence office Mile...
Macedonia 19.06.19 | 11:47

Greek Foreign Minister reminds Macedonia that it’s bound to respect the Prespa treaty

Speaking for the Greek ERT station, Foreign Minister Georgios Katrougalos reminded Macedonia that, with the first post-Prespa European Council dedicated to enlargement, the country is now under obligation to respect and implement the treaty. Macedonia was denied opening accession talks despite signing...
Macedonia 19.06.19 | 11:41

Zaev and Rama “coupled” at a business forum in London

As Macedonia and Albania discuss whether and how to “decouple” in their quest to open EU accession talks, the Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and Edi Rama appeared together at a regional business forum in London held under the Berlin process. Rama lashed out at Macedonian President Stevo Pendarovski,...
Macedonia 19.06.19 | 11:23

Nikoloski: Corruption reports received in Brussels undermined the accession talks request

In a TV interview, VMRO-DPMNE deputy leader Aleksandar Nikoloski said that the stream of reports about corruption in the current Government are one of the reasons Macedonia was denied its request to open EU accession talks again. The Government is aware of this, but is hiding it from the public. A number...
Macedonia 19.06.19 | 10:41

Siljanovska: You can’t join the EU with smiles alone, you need to reform

The opposition presidential candidate Gordana Siljanovska – Davkova responded to the failed meeting of the European foreign ministers by calling out the Zaev Government for its failure to implement reforms. You join the EU by meeting the Copenhagen criteria, which include the rule of law, liberal,...
Macedonia 19.06.19 | 10:33

Seven countries were against opening accession talks with Macedonia and Albania

Former Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki says that a total of seven countries objected to Macedonia and Albania opening EU accession talks this summer. In a clear east – west divide, the following Western European countries were opposed, Milososki says: France, the Netherlands, Germany,...
Macedonia 19.06.19 | 10:26

Source of corruption allegations against Kiracovski asks him not to sue the media who merely carried his claims

Dusan Ilievski, a former SDSM activist from Bitola, called on the SDSM member of Parliament Aleksandar Kiracovski to sue him, and not the media outlets who reported on a number of allegations raised by Ilievski. Earlier this week Ilievski posted pictures of a luxury house in Bitola and Kiracovski standing...

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