Tag: Macedonia
Macedonia 16.08.23 | 12:04

Zaharieva revealed Bulgaria’s wishes: It is best if there are no borders between our countries

The Republic of Macedonia must implement the necessary reforms and meet the conditions if it wants to start the negotiations with the EU, ex-MoFA of Bulgaria, and Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee for Foreign Affairs, Ekaterina Zaharieva, said on Wednesday commenting on the pending voting on...

Macedonia 16.08.23 | 11:37

According to the Prespa Agreement, the personal IDs must become “north” after the country starts the EU negotiations

Macedonia is not forced to complete the replacement of all its citizens’ personal identification documents by February next year, because the Prespa Agreement with Greece clearly stipulates that the personal identification documents with the old name “Republic of Macedonia” must be...

Macedonia 14.08.23 | 14:55

Macedonia among the countries with lowest percentage of extramarital newborn children

Only 13.7% of the newborn children in Macedonia are born into extramarital communities, as opposed to the West and North Europe, where more than half of the newborns are from parents that were not married, the statistics portal Landgeist’s analysis reveals, based on data from Eurostat. In Europe,...

Macedonia 14.08.23 | 14:17

Bulgarian radicals bought a soccer club playing in the Macedonian Third Division

After failing to buy the Macedonia soccer super brand Vardar, the Bulgarian foundation Macedonia bought a soccer club playing in the Macedonia third league, its Chairman Viktor Stojanov confirmed on Monday. “I won’t tell you the name of the club, I will just tell you that it is from a town...

Economy 14.08.23 | 12:10

VMRO-DPMNE: The people are getting poorer every day, real salaries have decreased by 5.2%

The people’s standard of living is drastically diminishing, and the real value of the salaries has fallen by 5.2%, VMRO-DPMNE informs on Monday. “The real value of the series, the pensions, and other people’s incomes has decreased. Macedonia faced one of the largest inflation shocks...

Macedonia 14.08.23 | 11:09

Who was Adem Demachi, whose name caused controversies in Macedonia this weekend

The main topic in the region this weekend was the renaming of a street in Skopje, from “The Second Macedonian Assualt Brigade”, one of the most active Macedonian fighting units in WW2, to Adem Demachi, Kosovan politician and writer, political leader of the Kosovan resistance army UCHK. With...

Macedonia 03.08.23 | 13:25

An earthquake in Albania felt in Macedonia

The Sizmological laboratory of the faculty for Natural and Mathematical Studies in Skopje registered an earthquake with a local magnitude of 3.1 degrees by Richter The epicenter of the earthquake was in Albania, 97 kilometers southwest of Skopje. “According to the available data, the earthquake...

Macedonia 03.08.23 | 13:17

Serbian President Vuchikj: Serbia and Macedonia have no open issues, apart from whose wine is better

I was delighted this morning to see people from Macedonia speaking Macedonian. We Serbs, as you know, love Macedonians and we love the Macedonian language. We don’t think it doesn’t exist or any such thing, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said after the meeting with his Macedonian counterpart...

Macedonia 02.08.23 | 16:04

Radev congratulated Pendarovski on “this significant event from the two countries’ joint history

The head of the Bulgarian state Rumen Radev congratulated the Macedonian President on the state holiday Ilinden – Day of the Republic, Radev’s press service informed. The Bulgarian President writes that this year we mark the 120th anniversary of the Ilinden – Preobrazhenie Uprising...

Macedonia 02.08.23 | 11:47

Today is Ilinden, one of the greatest Macedonian holidays

Today Macedonia celebrates Ilinden – the Day of the Republic, one of the largest state holidays in the Republic of Macedonia and a religious holiday celebrated in honor of St. Elijah. The Day of the Republic marks two large events that took place on this date when the foundations of the Macedonian...

Macedonia 01.08.23 | 14:44

UN Ambassador Frchkovski holds $4 million on the Mission’s bank account and refuses to transfer it to Macedonia

Another scandal is lurking from the inexhaustible coffers of SDS and DUI – four million US dollars, which belong to the Republic of Macedonia, are hidden n the bank account of the Macedonian UN Mission and the Ambassador refuses to transfer them to Macedonia, VMRO-DPMNE spokesperson Naum Stoilkovski...

Economy 31.07.23 | 19:18

The gasoline goes up by one denar, the diesel by two

The prices of gasoline fuels are set to rise by MKD 1 as of Monday midnight, and the price of diesel is upped by MKD 2, said the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC). The new price of EUROSUPER BS-95 will stand at MKD 85.5 per liter, EUROSUPER BS-98 will be sold at MKD 87.5 per liter, EURODIESEL –...

Economy 31.07.23 | 19:14

PM Kovachevski: With the one-stop-shop border crossings to efficient and competitive economy

The one-stop-shop system at Kjafasan-Qafë Thanë border crossing with Albania was launched on Monday, ensuring a faster flow of people and commodities. Prime Minister Dimitar Kovachevski, Albanian PM Edi Rama, First Deputy PM Artan Grubi, Albanian Deputy PM Belina Balluku, ministers, MPs attended the...

Macedonia 28.07.23 | 22:15

MoFA condemns Thursday’s incidents before, during and after Shkupi – Levski football match

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) condemns Thursday’s incidents in Skopje that happened before, during, and after the Shkupi – Levski football match. Violence, said the Ministry, is not acceptable in any circumstances, especially not when it results in serious injuries. The security authorities,...

Macedonia 23.07.23 | 14:03

Szynkowski: Next year EU will concentrate more on itself and institutional changes

Macedonia finds itself in a key momentum regarding its EU perspective. It is not our task to tell you what to do. Our task is to share the perspective that it is time to use the window of opportunity you have now because next year it will be more complicated. Next year, the EU will probably concentrate...

Macedonia 17.07.23 | 11:33

Bulgaria doesn’t need to impose new demands – they have the Zaev – Borisov Agreement, the Protocols…

Aided  by diplomats from the EU, Bulgaria implements a new tactic aiming to force the Macedonian opposition to vote for the constitutional amendments Following last week visit by the ministers of foreign affairs of Austria, Czech Republic, and Slovakia, on Monday the so-called Weimar Three, consisted...

Macedonia 16.07.23 | 17:20

Bulgarian MoFA: Bulgaria has no new conditions for Macedonia; Macedonian institutions should fight hate crime more seriously

Bulgaria has no new conditions for Macedonia, says the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) with regard to the numerous media questions on the “substance of the 2022 European compromise for the EU path of the Republic of Macedonia”. “Bulgaria has NO new conditions for Macedonia....

Macedonia 07.07.23 | 11:55

American Embassy celebrates 247th Independence Day

The US Embassy in Skopje celebrated Thursday evening the 247th anniversary of the independence of the United States of America. Addressing the event, the US Ambassador to Macedonia Angela Aggeler referred to the founders of the United States, about democracy, about the principles, but also about the...

Macedonia 30.06.23 | 18:47

Radev: There will be no additional demands apart from those included in Macedonia’s negotiating framework

Sofia strongly desires Macedonia’s EU integration, but the country must first implement the obligations they accepted, Radev told the Bulgarian National Television on Friday. “The issue of the rights of the Bulgarians in Macedonia is not bilateral, nor a Balkan dispute, as they try to present...

Economy 30.06.23 | 14:15

From July 1 a tag device on Macedonian tolls – faster and 6% cheaper driving

The new, cheaper toll in Macedonia for the Serbian citizens starts tomorrow (July 1), and the same tagging device will be operational in both, Macedonia and Serbia. The drivers will obtain two benefits – faster moving at the toll stations, and cheaper use pf the highways by 6%. The common system...

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