Tag: Berlin
Macedonia 14.10.24 | 19:01

Mickoski signs the Berlin Process action plan, meets with German Chancellor Scholz

During his visit to Berlin, to attend the Berlin Process conference for the Balkans, Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski signed the action plan for the period of 2025 – 2028. This opens new opportunities for Macedonian businesses and individuals. We are opening the door for enhanced growth, Mickoski...
World 08.01.24 | 19:24

Farmers staged a protest at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate, bringing in hundreds of tractors to voice their grievances

Around 550 demonstrators and their vehicles took part in the farmers’ demonstration at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on Monday morning to protest the government’s planned subsidy cuts for the agricultural industry. The police counted 566 tractors, lorries, cars, vans and trailers as well...
Macedonia 28.06.23 | 12:41

PM Kovachevski in official visit to Germany

Prime Minister Dimitar Kovachevski is set to pay an official visit to the Federal Republic of Germany on Wednesday and Thursday, upon the invitation of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. The PM will be accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister in charge of European affairs, Bojan Marichikj, and Minister of Foreign...
Macedonia 10.12.21 | 14:24

Dimitrov: The EU perspective is the glue that unites the progressive forces in the region

On the second day of his working visit to Berlin, this morning the Deputy Prime Minister in charge of European Affairs Nikola Dimitrov met with the European External Action Service Secretary General Stefano Sannino and the State Secretary of the Federal Foreign Office, Miguel Berger. The meeting with...
Macedonia 03.05.21 | 21:16

Osmani in Berlin: Macedonia delivered and deserves to start the EU negotiation process

Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani met Monday in Berlin with Federal Minister for Europe Michael Roth, highlighting the importance of implementing last year’s Council decision for the start of Macedonia’s EU accession negotiations as a prerequisite in maintaining Europe’s credibility in the region,...
Macedonia 16.11.20 | 12:31

Zaev is off to Berlin for a last minute push on the Bulgarian veto

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev is off to Berlin where he will receive an award from the left wing Friedrich Ebert foundation. The purpose of the visit seems to be to make another lobbying attempt to get Germany, which holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, to pressure Bulgaria into allowing...
Macedonia 03.11.20 | 12:21

Berlin summit fail – Zaharieva says Bulgaria is not ready to allow the opening of EU accession talks with Macedonia

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva was the first to speak out after the hastily arranged meeting in Berlin with German diplomats and her counterparts from Macedonia, Bujar Osmani and Nikola Dimitrov. In a statement quoted by the BGNES news agency, Zaharieva said that there was some progress,...
Macedonia 03.11.20 | 08:58

Parliament prepares to discuss the dispute with Bulgaria as uncertainty shrouds the meeting in Berlin

The Macedonian Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee is scheduled to meet tomorrow discuss the latest demands from Bulgaria, which is blocking the opening of EU accession talks. Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani and the Deputy Prime Minister for EU integration Nikola Dimitrov flew to Berlin yesterday for...
Macedonia 22.01.20 | 15:36

Agriculture Ministry deflects blame for the “North Macedonian cuisine” ad

The Agriculture Ministry deflected blame for the sign advertising “North Macedonian cuisine” during the Green Week fair in Berlin. The sign prompted angry reactions in Macedonia. The Ministry blamed the Kadino flour mill for the ad, saying they prepared its initial design, but it leaves it...
Macedonia 21.01.20 | 20:12

Siljanovska on the “North Macedonian cuisine” label: Every day brings another humiliation

Former presidential candidate Gordana Siljanovska Davkova strongly condemned the way Macedonian food and cuisine were presented at the recent Green Week fair in Berlin, where the term “North Macedonian cuisine” was used. The presentation caused strong adverse reactions in Macedonia, where...
Economy 21.01.20 | 11:17

No name, no date, no ajvar, no wine, but that’s why there is “North Macedonian” cuisine

Macedonian Zoran Stefanovski living in Berlin wrote a lengthy post on Facebook along with photos of the Berlin international fair for food and agriculture, where our country also took part. In his post, Stefanovski expressed his disappointment with how our country was presented. Our country was presented...
World 22.12.19 | 17:32

Bomb alert: Police evacuates Berlin Christmas market

The Berlin Breitscheidplatz Christmas market had to be evacuated on Saturday evening due to a suspected terrorist attack. The police inspected the area and reported false alarm in about two hours. Almost exactly three years after the terrorist attack by a truck at one of the largest Christmas markets...
World 05.06.19 | 17:54

Ramadan causes taxi shortage at Berlin airport

In recent days there have been around 500 fewer taxis at the ranks of Berlin-Tegel airport, as Muslim drivers celebrate the end of Ramadan. The month-long Muslim fast of Ramadan came to an end on Tuesday. The end of Ramadan is traditionally celebrated with a three-day “breaking the fast”...
Macedonia 04.06.19 | 23:56

Mickoski attends a CDU/KAS conference in Berlin, has meetings in the German Foreign Ministry

VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski attended a Konrad Adenauer Stiftung – CDU party economic conference in Berlin where the list of speakers included Manfred Weber, the EPP party candidate for European Commission President, as well as Bundestag Speaker Wolfgang Schaeuble. We used the conference...
Macedonia 04.06.19 | 20:00

Mickoski meets VMRO supporters in Berlin

Following the EHP Champions League finals in Cologne, VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski met with supporters from Germany, visiting the Berlin office of the party. There he urged Macedonians in Germany to help restore the dignity of Macedonia. Macedonians everywhere are worried about the developments...
Macedonia 29.04.19 | 22:24

Milososki speaks for disappointed Macedonia after the Berlin summit: Merkel and Macron told Zaev to stop lying

As reports from Berlin poured in with disappointing news that Macedonia will not be allowed to begin European Union accession talks this June, as Zoran Zaev promised, former Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki was the first to put the resentment felt across the country into words. Macron and Merkel told ...
Macedonia 29.04.19 | 10:07

Berlin summit: Zaev asks for opening of EU accession talks

Leaders of most Balkan countries are in Berlin today for a summit convened by Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron. The summit includes leaders from all non-EU Balkan countries, as well as those from Slovenia and Croatia. Zoran Zaev’s main goal at the summit will be to...
Macedonia 04.04.19 | 14:42

Zaev’s team plans its next steps as EU accession talks prospects grow dim

Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov is reportedly planning an urgent trip to Berlin, to plead that Germany pressures France and the Netherlands and obtain their approval to open European Union accession talks with “North Macedonia” this summer. As the Magazin news site reports, Dimitrov is preparing...
World 25.01.19 | 11:05

Berlin declares International Women’s Day a public holiday

Berliners will now get a day off on International Women’s Day after local parliament declared it a public holiday. The German capital is the only state that recognizes the day as a public holiday. Berlin’s parliament on Wednesday approved a bill to make International Women’s Day, observed...

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