Tag: ambassador
Macedonia 14.05.24 | 19:29

President Siljanovska expressed gratitude to Italy for its support for Macedonia’s EU integration

President Gordana Siljanovska – Davkova met today with Italian ambassador to Macedonia Andrea Silvestri, who congratulated her on her election. During the meeting the two parties exchanged opinions on the course and the future steps regarding the European integrations of the country, and the President...
Balkans 16.08.23 | 20:15

Kosovo: US Ambassador Hovenier denies allegations of pressuring Kurti

US Ambassador to Kosovo Jeffrey Hovenier insisted that his country is not pressuring the Government of Albin Kurti to accept an unfavorable deal with Serbia, or trying to push Kurti out. According to Hovenier, the US is only interested to see progress in the issue of the status of majority Serbian municipalities...
Macedonia 13.08.23 | 13:24

Kovacevski’s office issues statement condemning Albanian nationalist displays during Kurti’s visit

Following the visit of Kosovan Prime Minister Albin Kurti to Skopje and Tetovo, during which Albanian nationalist symbols, including a map of Greater Albania, were used, the office of Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski issued a statement. According to the office, Kovacevski notifited the ambassador of...
Macedonia 27.02.23 | 13:26

Ambassador Popov rented a residence in DC, even though he has an apartment in the embassy

Ambassador to US Zoran Popov rented out an expensive residence for 6,000 USD a month in Bethesda, even though the Macedonian Embassy comes with fully equipped residential space. Our ambassadors resided in the embassy and the building was always considered a dual purpose one, but Popov decided to break...
Macedonia 17.12.21 | 11:08

Pendarovski expects to name an Ambassador to Russia early next year

President Stevo Pendarovski said that he will likely appoint an Ambassador to Russia in spring. Macedonia has numerous open diplomatic posts in key countries, and Russia is just one of them. In an interview with Telma, Pendarovski said that the delays were due to the local elections and the ongoing political...
Balkans 15.04.21 | 10:00

Serbia appoints new ambassador to Macedonia

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić on Wednesday issued a decree appointing Nevena Jovanović as Serbia’s ambassador to Macedonia, reported the Belgrade-based business web-portal eKapija. Jovanovic comes to this position from the position of Deputy Assistant Minister for Bilateral Cooperation in the...
Macedonia 04.03.21 | 22:00

US reportedly rejected Zaev’s much criticized nomination of Ljubomir Frckoski as Ambassador to DC

Zaev’s candidate for Ambassador to the US, university professor Ljubomir Frckoski, was reportedly rejected by the US. VMRO official Antonio Milososki and several news outlets reported this today. Frckoski, a notorious former Interior and Foreign Affairs Miniser, during some of the murkiest days...
Macedonia 16.02.21 | 18:40

Nikoloski met with Hungarian Ambassador Dux

VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikoloski met with Hungarian Ambassador Laszlo Istvan Dux, as part of his meetings as newly appointed chairman of th National Euro-Integration Council. After the meeting , Nikoloski said that he informed Ambassador Dux about the planned activities of the Council and...
Macedonia 05.01.21 | 21:30

Foreign Ministry gives up on the idea to allow dual citizens to be named as ambassadors

Foreign Affairs Minister Bujar Osmani said that the Government is giving up on the proposal to allow dual citizens to serve as ambassadors. The idea faced strong opposition from the VMRO-DPMNE party. Osmani said that the proposal will be withdrawn, and replaced with a firm limit of having at least 75...
Macedonia 02.09.20 | 12:37

Zaev meets with US Ambassador Byrnes

Zoran Zaev met with US Ambassador Kate Byrnes today to discuss the cooperation between Macedonia and the United States in his second term as Prime Minister. Zaev said that he expects the economic cooperation to finally result in direct investments and touted the NATO membership as crown of the cooperation...
Macedonia 25.08.20 | 21:57

Macedonian diplomat stabbed by his wife after acknowledging he has an affair

A diplomat from the Macedonian Foreign Affairs Ministry, who was about to be named Ambassador to Belgium, was stabbed by his wife five days ago, Vecer reports. According to the paper, Igor P. informed his wife that he is having an affair. The news shocked the wife, and once she came to, she grabbed a...
Macedonia 20.08.20 | 19:13

Ambassador Byrnes expects that the next Government will pursue policies of Euro-Atlantic integration

US Ambassador to Macedonia Kate Byrnes said that she expects the next Government to pursue a strategic policy of Euro-Atlantic integration. Even as there is confusion as to whether the SDSM – DUI coalition has the votes to move ahead in Parliament, Ambassador Byrnes said that the US is very much...
Macedonia 16.08.20 | 22:32

EU Ambassador Zbogar set to leave Macedonia in a month

EU Ambassador to Macedonia, Slovenian diplomat Samuel Zbogar, announced he is leaving the country within a month. Zbogar, who was a supporter of the imposed name change, made the announcement with a tweet saying he will post pictures of his term for each of the coming 30 days. He used the Macedonian...
Macedonia 02.01.20 | 11:10

Byrnes congratulates Macedonia on getting close to joining NATO and “showing readiness” to open EU accession talks

US Ambassador to Macedonia Kate Byrnes painted a rosy picture of 2019 in her New Year greeting, congratulating the country on being close to joining NATO, holding a large military exercise and “showing readiness to open accession talks with the EU”. Your country ended the year sitting at...
Macedonia 27.11.19 | 19:07

Macedonian ambassador to NATO to be appointed by London Summit

Macedonia will appoint an ambassador to NATO by the London Summit at the latest, Defense Minister Radmila Sekerinska said on Wednesday. She also said that the Ministry of Defense had already issued an internal call for the position and that there was a list of potential candidates. We have a list of...
Macedonia 07.11.19 | 15:54

French Ambassador Falconi says more reforms are needed from Macedonia, rejects talk of a “historic mistake”

French Ambassador to Serbia Jean Louis Falconi told the N1 television that Macedonia and Albania have more work they need to do before opening EU accession talks. He assured the public that France will allow the opening of accession talks once these reforms are completed, but also that full membership...
Macedonia 05.10.19 | 10:48

DUI’s favorite, Teuta Arifi, so far most likely to represent Macedonia in the U.S.

Intensive negotiations have been underway in the last two weeks to fill some of the empty embassies. As many as 25 embassies are currently without ambassadors, including Washington, Beijing, the United Nations, Rome, Belgrade, Athens and many other important destinations. The main battle in the government...
Macedonia 12.08.19 | 19:35

US Ambassador Byrnes demands a serious, thorough, transparent and timely investigation into the scandal

US Ambassador to Macedonia Kate Byrnes tweeted out a call to the Zaev Government and the prosecutors to act on the major corruption scandal centered around Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva. This is the second such call made by the Ambassador. As we have said previously, these are serious charges that...
Macedonia 27.07.19 | 19:55

French Ambassador Thimonier says he is shocked by the high profile extortion scandal

French Ambassador to Macedonia Christian Thimonier expressed his shock at the major racketeering scandal, which brought down Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva and raises suspicions about involvement of top Government officials. The scandal is developing just as European Union member states are considering...
Macedonia 12.07.19 | 13:16

New US Ambassador Kate Byrnes presents her credentials to Pendarovski

Newly appointed US Ambassador to Macedonia Kate Byrnes handed her credentials to Stevo Pendarovski today and also met with Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov. In her remarks, Byrnes said that she is looking forward to welcoming Macedonia as the next NATO member, and assured Pendarovski that the two countries...

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