Category: News
Macedonia 24.10.24 | 18:37

President Siljanovska summons the pardons commission to investigate the scandalous pardon of a mobster

President Gordana Siljanovska – Davkova convened a meeting of the Commission tasked with presidential pardons, after a notorious mobster was put on the list that the President approved earlier this week. The list of pardons in honor of October 23rd, the day of the founding of VMRO, included Akif...

World 24.10.24 | 17:03

Orban warns that the EU is trying to create a puppet regime for Hungary

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban warned that the European Union is trying to topple his Government and to install a puppet regime in Hungary. Prime Minister Orban was speaking at the anniversary of the 1956 revolution against the Soviet regime. It is unacceptable to Brussels that we have an independent...

Macedonia 24.10.24 | 17:00

Nikoloski discussed reforms and infrastructure ties with Romanian Ambassador Axinte

Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Nikoloski met with Romanian Ambassador Adela Monica Axinte. Nikoloski and Axinte discussed the level of political and economic relations, and potential for better infrastructure connections, including the establishment of a direct passenger line between Skopje and Bucharest....

Macedonia 24.10.24 | 16:56

Mayors of Strumica and Karpos withdraw from the ZELS association of municipalities

The Mayors of Strumica and Karpos, Kostadin Kostadinov and Stevco Jakimovski, announced that they are withdrawing from the association of municipalities ZELS. These are the two largest municipalities led by mayors from the opposition, along with the capital Skopje whose Mayor Danela Arsovska is fluid...

Macedonia 24.10.24 | 16:47

Von der Leyen expresses hope that Macedonia will open the EU accession talks soon

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visited Macedonia today, and expressed hope that the country will be able to open the first chapter of the EU accession talks soon. Von der Leyen insisted that Macedonia belongs to the European Union, and she called on the country to do the constitutional...

Macedonia 23.10.24 | 23:40

Mickoski: VMRO belongs to the people, we are prepared to accept constructive proposals from the opposition

VMRO inseparably belongs to the Macedonian nation, said Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski in his remarks honoring the Day of the Macedonian Revolutionary Struggle, which marks the founding of the VMRO organization in 1893. The Organization began a Macedonian national liberation struggle, leading the...

Macedonia 23.10.24 | 23:33

Macedonian-Bulgarian historic commission meets tomorrow for a first time in months

The joint historic commission between Macedonia and Bulgaria will meet tomorrow, for the first time after a longer hiatus. This will be the first meeting to include the new line-up on the Macedonian side, after historians appointed by the SDSM – DUI regime were dismissed as too accommodating to...

Macedonia 23.10.24 | 23:27

Mickoski: The Academy and the Government will prepare a strategy to guide Macedonia until 2050

Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski announced that the Government and the MANU academy will prepare a long term strategy for development of the country, that will cover education, demographics, agriculture, economic development, infrastructure, energy and all other essential national areas. Macedonia needs...

Economy 23.10.24 | 22:12

Minister Dimitrieska expects 3.5 percent growth in 2025

Finance Minister Gordana Dimitrieska – Kocoska, who is in DC for the annual IMF-World Bank meetings, expects 3.5 percent growth in 2025 and a deficit rate of 4 percent. We are supporting investments and not spending. We are implementing a major project for municipal infrastructure, as well as preparing...

Macedonia 23.10.24 | 10:05

President Siljanovska pardons former Bitola Mayor Taleski, intelligence officer Efremov, several suspected mafia members

President Gordana Siljanovska – Davkova issued pardons to 10 convicts. These include well knwon actor and former Mayor of Bitola Vladimir Taleski who was sentenced by the Zaev regime as part of their campaign of political persecution, for alleged irregularities with a school bus transport contract....

Economy 23.10.24 | 09:57

Average salary rises to 670 EUR

The average salary rose by 12.9 percent yoy in August and reached 41,097 denars (670 EUR). Salaries in the sector education rose the most – by nearly 19 percent, followed by public administration, by 17 percent.

Macedonia 23.10.24 | 09:55

Three men detained in a restricted part of the Krivolak training range

Police informed about an incident that happened 10 days ago at the Krivolak military training range, where three men were detained while digging around a military facility. The men, from villages near Lipkovo, Skopje and Kratovo, were in a vehicle with metal detectors and tools. The police assumes they...

Macedonia 23.10.24 | 09:52

Macedonia marks the founding of VMRO

Macedonia today marks the Day of the Macedonian Revolutionary Struggle, which celebrates the founding of VMRO – the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization. VMRO was founded on October 23rd 1893 in Solun, with the goal of organizing resistance against the Ottoman rule and creation of an...

Macedonia 22.10.24 | 21:09

Only a quarter of cancer patients are receiving the modern chemo drugs they need

Only one quarter of patients diagnosed with cancer are receiving the recently introduced biological chemotherapy, which is considered safer and more efficient. The revelation comes a year after a major scandal rocked the clinic, with numerous allegations that doctors and staff were stealing the expensive...

Macedonia 22.10.24 | 20:53

Austrian Green MEP Waitz named EP rapporteur for Macedonia

Austrian Green member of the European Parliament Thomas Waitz is the new rapporteur of the European Parliament for Macedonia. Waitz has been a co-President of the European Green Party and is in charge of cooperation with the green parties of central Europe and the Balkans. His position is to support...

Macedonia 22.10.24 | 20:45

Mickoski in Salzburg: I presented Macedonia’s positions to a large number of European diplomats

Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski returned from the European summit in Salzburg where, he said, he discussed Macedonia’s positions on the historic dispute with Bulgaria, that is blocking Macedonia’s EU integration. I spoke with a large number of European diplomats and I gave them the message...

Macedonia 22.10.24 | 20:39

Woman tested for bird flu comes out negative

The one ZOO visitor who asked for medical testing for bird flu was found to be negative. Healthcare authorities ordered the culling of two dozen birds in the ZOO and closed it to all visitors after one bird that died was found to have the virus. Employees and visitors in the ZOO were asked to report...

Macedonia 22.10.24 | 20:37

Nikoloski discussed the Corridor 10 proposals with his Greek counterpart

Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Nikoloski, who is also Transportation Minister, met today in Solun (Thessaloniki) with his Greek counterpart Christos Staikouras, to discuss elevating the trans-Balkan Corridor 10, which is a high priority for the Macedonian Government. Nikoloski is spearheading the proposal...

Macedonia 22.10.24 | 20:33

Ursula von der Leyen will visit Macedonia on Thursday

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will briefly visit Macedonia on Thursday, as part of her Balkan tour, where she will be presenting the growth plan package worth a total of 6 billion EUR for six countries. In Skopje, she will meet Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski, President Gordana...

Macedonia 21.10.24 | 20:08

Mickoski: We are committed to a solution with Bulgaria that will not lead to additional demands

Speaking at a European summit in Salzburg, Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski said that Macedonia is eager to reach a solution in the dispute with Bulgaria that will prevent the opening of new, additional lines of dispute. Even if we include the Bulgarians in the Constitution, there is no guarantee that...

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