Monday, 23 May 2022
Macedonia 23.05.22 | 21:40

Petkov warns about likely provocations

Following his meeting with Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski in Rome, Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said that his country won’t succumb to provocations meant to increase tensions and will not be bound by preset dates to resolve the dispute. We did not bind ourselves to any deadline. We only...
Macedonia 23.05.22 | 20:56

Serbian church refers to the Macedonian church under its full name

The Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church completed its May meeting, and it affirmed its offer of a broad autonomy to the Macedonian Orthodox Church. This falls short of the requested full autocephaly or independence that Macedonia wants. On the positive side, the Serbian church used the full name of...
Macedonia 23.05.22 | 20:47

No progress announced after the meeting in Rome

Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski said that he can not reveal whether any progress was made during his meeting with Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov in Rome today. Kovacevski added that talks are on-going between experts and the public will be informed once there is a mutually acceptable proposal. We...
Economy 23.05.22 | 17:30

Diesel gets cheaper by 1 denar, unleaded fuels go up by 0.5 denars per liter

Diesel prices are set to go down by 1 denar per liter, but unleaded fuels will go up by half a denar, the Regulatory Energy Commission announced today. Diesel will be sold for 85 denars per liter, while the BS-95 and BS-98 blends will cost 95 and 97 denars.
Macedonia 23.05.22 | 17:03

Kovacevski wants to focus on the positive during his meeting in Rome, while Petkov is trying to find allies to lift the veto

Macedonian Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski said that he wants to focus on the positive during his meeting with his Bulgarian counterpart Kiril Petkov in Rome today, where they’re both honoring Ss. Cyril and Methodius. In the afternoon I will meet with the Bulgarian Prime Minister. We are in regular...
Macedonia 23.05.22 | 16:55

Kovacevski met with Pope Francis, is expected to begin negotiations with Bulgarian Prime Minister Petkov

Accompanied by his daughter Tamara and Government officials, Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski met with Pope Francis today. The meeting is part of the honoring of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Rome, and Kovacevski is also meeting with Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, to discuss the growing historic...
Macedonia 23.05.22 | 15:30

“No other Speaker of Parliament in a NATO member state would meet with a pro-Putin Chechen delegation”

The silence over the scandal with the invitation for a Chechen delegation to Macedonia makes SDSM and Prime Minister Kovacevski culpable, said VMRO-DPMNE official Dragan Kovacki. Kovacki called on Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi to resign, both over the invitation to a group of pro-Putin Chechen officials,...
Macedonia 23.05.22 | 12:35

Bulgarian historian Dimitrov says his country can’t back down in the dispute with Macedonia

Bulgarian historian Angel Dimitrov, who leads the Bulgarian delegation in the joint commission on historic issues, insists that the country must stick to its arguments and should not allow external pressure to be made on it to lift the veto. If we are really certain in our positions, we must defend them....
Macedonia 23.05.22 | 11:32

Horse evacuated from an abandoned house in Skopje

Animal trainers from the Skopje ZOO and police officers evacuated a horse from an abandoned house in downtown Skopje. Citizens alerted the police after the horse was seen at the second floor balcony of the house in Debar Maalo. It’s not clear who brought the horse to the house. ZOO director Kristijan...
Macedonia 23.05.22 | 11:21

Patriarch Bartholomew welcomes the reconciliation process between Macedonia and Serbia

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew welcomed the process of reconciliation between the Macedonian and the Serbian churches, which led to a joint service in Belgrade and now in Skopje. Bartholomew called this an act of reconciliation, noting that it came days after the Ecumenical Patriarchate acknowledged...
Macedonia 23.05.22 | 10:32

Serbian Patriarch Porfirij visits Macedonia for a joint service with Archbishop Stefan

Serbian Patriarch Porfirij and a number of his bishops are in Macedonia, for a return visit after the joint service with Macedonian Archbishop Stefan in Belgrade. The two churches are reconciling their decades long dispute, while it still remains unclear whether the process will end with Serbian recognition...

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