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Macedonia 03.02.24 | 09:34

Tens of thousands of Macedonians could be stuck abroad as the Government declares their passports invalid

Potentially tens of thousands of Macedonian citizens who live or work abroad, and who have not received passports with the imposed name “North Macedonia” yet could face serious problems in ten days. The Government is notifying countries across the world that the passports with the name Republic...

Macedonia 31.10.23 | 21:42

OSCE Summit: Foreign Ministry signs another suspicious deal – almost a million EUR for car rentals

The price of the OSCE summit that Macedonia will host in December keeps ballooning. After the scandalous deal to prepare the Boris Trajkovski sports hall for the summit – which Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani awarded to a company exceptionally close to his DUI party for 1.8 million EUR – almost...

Macedonia 31.08.23 | 19:50

DUI’s favorite contractor Ademi spends the money from public contracts on yachts and expensive wardrobe

Eljmedi Ademi, head of the Eurovia company that keeps winning major public contracts due to its close relationship with the ruling DUI party, is known in the public for his lavish lifestyle. The nephew of former top DUI official Abdulakim Ademi is often filmed in pricey wardrobe, and on yachts. He became...

Macedonia 29.08.23 | 22:23

Anti-Corruption Commission is investigating the suspicious OSCE linked contract

Biljana Ivanovska, head of the DKSK Anti-Corruption Commission, confirmed that they will begin an investigation into the 1.8 million EUR contract awarded by the Foreign Ministry to a construction company for the coming OSCE conference in Skopje. Minister Bujar Osmani (DUI) awarded the contract to the...

Macedonia 27.08.23 | 20:30

Anti-Corruption Commission will investigate the OSCE conference scandal involving Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani

The State Anti-Corruption Commission will investigate how a company from Zelino, linked to the DUI party, won a major contract from Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani (DUI). The Eurovia company, owned by Eljmedin Ademi, nephew of former top DUI official Abdulakim Ademi, won the 1.8 million EUR contract to...

Macedonia 26.08.23 | 19:20

Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani awarded OSCE linked contract to a PR agency close to the Government

The scandalous contract to award 1.8 million EUR to a construction company linked to the ruling DUI party includes another element – which will profit the Rating PR agency. The contracts are awarded by Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani, for the organizing of an OSCE summit as Macedonia chairs the organization....

Macedonia 02.07.23 | 10:05

Macedonia takes over the lead of the Balkan cooperation process

Macedonia took over the Presidency of the PProces of Cooperation of South East Europe, which brings together representatives from 13 countries in the region. Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani said that this will be an opportunity to which all the capacities of his department will be directed. Osmani’s...

Macedonia 17.04.23 | 21:21

Foreign Minister Osmani claims that he has the right to use the Albanian language during official meetings

The Foreign Ministry issued a statement defending the actions of Minister Bujar Osmani, who took it upon himself to expand the official use of the Albanian language and held a meeting with the Spanish Foreign Minister in Spanish and Albanian. VMRO-DPMNE came out in protest against this move, insisting...

Macedonia 01.11.22 | 17:12

Foreign Minister Osmani lied to the public when he said he removed the official responsible for the latest flag gaffe

Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani misinformed the public when he said that he has removed the head of protocol who made the latest flag blunder. The Ministry became notorious for bringing out wrong flags – the Latvian flag when an Austrian official was visiting, now the Slovak flag instead of the Slovenian...

Macedonia 12.05.22 | 12:38

Dimitrov is pursuing his own, separate foreign policy, as he ramps up his rivalry with Bujar Osmani

Former Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov is conducting a series of international visits, that have raised the issue of whether his well known dispute with his successor Bujar Osmani will affect the tense negotiations with Bulgaria. Dimitrov was one of the key proponents of the policy of making unilateral...

Macedonia 21.03.22 | 10:50

Foreign Minister Osmani meets with EU counterparts to discuss Macedonia’s stalled EU accession

Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani attends a morning meeting of EU Foreign Ministers in Brussels, to which he was invited by Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias. The meeting will be focused on Macedonia, whose EU accession process remains stuck, currently due to the Bulgarian veto. Osmani will also address...

Macedonia 07.03.22 | 15:42

Osmani: Skopje will align its positions on Russia with the EU

Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani said that the country will continue to align with the European Union in its position toward Russia, even after Russia designated Macedonia as an “unfriendly country”. I said that our position toward the Russian Federation, in light of its military aggression,...

Macedonia 25.02.22 | 13:46

Macedonian diplomats are trapped in Kiev

Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani said that the Macedonian diplomatic mission remains, made of an Ambassador, a diplomat and two Macedonian citizens, remains in Kiev, in hiding from the air raids. They spend most of their day in the shelter. They could not go to their homes and sleep in the Embassy. We are...

Macedonia 18.02.22 | 14:49

Foreign Minister Osmani dismissed the declaration on Goce Delcev as “political hijacking”

Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani dismissed the declaration VMRO-DPMNE proposed to protect the role of Goce Delcev in Macedonian history as “politicized hijacking of an important issue to score points”. Osmani, who is an ethnic Albanian, joined SDSM in their opposition to the declaration, which...

Macedonia 28.01.22 | 13:56

Osmani confirms that Bulgaria has demands aimed at the Macedonian language but insists that the Government is not negotiating on that issue

Foreign Affairs Minister Bujar Osmani confirmed that Bulgaria is raising demands that are aimed at the Macedonian language, but insisted that the Government will not accept these demands. Osmani today spoke at the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Parliament about the state of negotiations in the dispute...

Macedonia 12.01.22 | 14:14

Nikola Dimitrov blames the SDSM – DUI Government of preparing to accept most hardline Bulgarian demands

Zaev’s former Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister for EU integration Nikola Dimitrov came out with a hard hitting press conference today, accusing the Government of being ready to accept the most hardline Bulgarian demands. Dimitrov, who signed the 2018 Prespa Treaty which gave away Macedonia’s...

Macedonia 28.11.21 | 15:36

Foreign Minister Osmani will contact the families of the bus disaster victims to prepare the return of the bodies

Foreign Affairs Minister Bujar Osmani said that the bodies of the Macedonian citizens killed in the devastating bus accident in Bulgaria will be returned by the end of next week. Initial expectations were that they will be returned by Tuesday, after they have been identified using DNA samples from their...

Macedonia 26.11.21 | 17:58

Government will cover the cost and make arrangements for burial of the bus disaster victims

The Macedonian Government will cover the cost of transporting the bodies of the 45 passengers and drivers who were killed in the disastrous bus crash in Bulgaria, and of their burials. Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani is coordinating the efforts here and said that he met with a number of companies that...

Macedonia 17.10.21 | 20:51

DUI is counting on at least three wins in the first round

Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani held a press conference for his DI party, and announced that they expect to win in the first round in the races in Lipkovo, Saraj and Plasnica. DUI is allied with SDSM and is facing a serious fight against the reinvigorated Albanian opposition parties AA and Alternative,...

Macedonia 09.10.20 | 15:29

Bulgarian Minister Zaharieva says that the Macedonians are a “new national identity”

Bulgarian Foreign Affairs Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva added to the demands of Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, that Macedonia must hurry with making the concessions Bulgaria wants before opening EU accession talks. Borisov urges Macedonia to make its concessions quickly At a joint meeting with...

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