Tag: mfa
Macedonia 16.01.24 | 14:57

MFA responds to the Australian Open’s mocking of the Macedonian flag, claiming it was an inadvertent error

Following reports of the Macedonian flag being excluded at the Australian Open tennis tournament, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs promptly responded by communicating with the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and AO organizers. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs received assurances that...

Macedonia 28.08.23 | 22:01

Foreign Ministry defends Bujar Osmani in his OSCE linked corruption scandal

The Foreign Ministry today dismissed allegations from VMRO-DPMNE that Minister Bujar Osmani rigged the 1.8 million EUR contract for construction work related to an OSCE conference that Macedonia is organizing in December. The contract went to a company owned by the nephew of a late top DUI official,...

Macedonia 06.04.23 | 09:43

Foreign Minister Osmani strongly rejects Bulgaria’s demand to be included in the talks about the constitutional amendments

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to Bulgaria and its request that Macedonia includes Bulgarian representatives in the coming discussions about constitutional amendments. The MFA rejected this proposal. We expect this decision to be made by the Parliament, with sovereignty and in accordance with...

Macedonia 13.08.22 | 21:11

Macedonia withdrew its consent for an honorary consulate of Russia in Bitola, Moscow announces counter reaction

Macedonia withdrew its consent for an honorary consulate of Russia in Bitola, Moscow announces a counter reaction. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia said that Macedonia informed it about the withdrawal of its consent for the establishment of honorary consul of Russia in Bitola. There is nothing...

Macedonia 07.03.22 | 12:00

Foreign Ministry begins campaign to inform Russians of what is being done in Ukraine

The Macedonian Foreign ministry prepared a non-paper in its capacity as upcoming chair of OSCE, and is inviting institutions and citizens to begin people to people contacts with individuals and institutions in Russia. The goal of the campaign is to inform the Russian people of what is being done in Ukraine,...

Macedonia 14.06.21 | 09:14

VMRO-DPMNE resumes its protests, will block the Foreign Ministry for two hours

VMRO-DPMNE resumes its protests today, and will blockade the Foreign Ministry for two hours, starting at 17h. The opposition party is in revolt against the secretive talks the Zaev regime is conducting with Bulgaria. The Executive Committee of the party met in Bitola over the weekend and decided that...

Macedonia 14.05.21 | 22:32

Bulgarian caretaker Government is ready to talk, but notes it doesn’t have mandate to change the consensus position

The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry announced that its caretaker Minister Svetlan Stoev is ready to have a phone conversation with his Macedonian counterpart Bujar Osmani, but noted that not much will change in the coming months. Bulgaria is without a political Government after the inconclusive April elections...

Macedonia 31.12.20 | 10:40

Bulgaria calls on Macedonia to protect ethnic Bulgarians and dual citizens from online hate campaigns

The Bulgarian Foreign Affairs Ministry issued a call to Macedonia to protect Bulgarians living in Macedonia from being called out on social media. The Foreign Affairs Ministry is carefully following the constant publications of lists of Bulgarian citizens of the Republic of Macedonia on the social media,...

Macedonia 01.12.20 | 14:57

Milososki: Osmani and Dimitrov are conducting secret negotiations with Bulgaria

Former Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki led the protests in front of the Foreign Ministry building today, which is being blockaded for several hours by VMRO-DPMNE, in protest against the expected new round of concessions to Bulgaria. The two countries are holding secretive talks as the deadline until...

Macedonia 09.06.19 | 21:36

Qualified job candidates who were rejected by the Foreign Ministry go public

Several young people who applied for openings in the Foreign Ministry have gone public to complain how they’ve been rejected despite being qualified, or even over-qualified, and said that, with options closing in Macedonia, they will have to leave the country. First up was Stojan Andov, who said...