Tag: nato
Macedonia 28.08.20 | 20:47

US strategic bombers fly over all NATO member states

NATO staged a fly-over of all 30 member states by US B-52 strategic bombers, that were accompanied at various stages of their flight by fighters from various NATO members. Two bombers flew over Canada and the US and four – over the European member states. The US military meant the move as proof...

Macedonia 02.08.20 | 10:33

Pendarovski says that joining EU and NATO accomplishes the goals of Ilinden

President Stevo Pendarovski said that joining NATO meant the realization of the strategic goals set out by the Ilinden Uprising. Owing to the known and unknown heroes of the past we now live in freedom and in an independent country. Thanks to them, we now have an internationally recognized country. We...

Macedonia 29.07.20 | 10:44

Macedonia will donate into the NATO fund for fighting the coronavirus

The Macedonian Government announced that it will donate into the NATO fund meant to fight the coronavirus epidemic. The Government said that it has tasked the Finance Ministry to donate, in line with the budgetary constraints, to the fund. Macedonia is facing a record breaking deficit caused by the coronavirus...

Macedonia 28.07.20 | 23:12

Macedonia sending platoon to NATO’s Kosovo mission

The government at a session Tuesday adopted an information on Macedonia’s participation in the NATO-led international peacekeeping force in Kosovo (KFOR). The government tasked the Defence Ministry with taking measures and regulate all issues with the competent institutions of NATO and KFOR to send...

Macedonia 25.06.20 | 22:15

Zaev insists that the name change was worth it because NATO now protects Macedonia from its neighbors’ designs

SDSM party leader Zoran Zaev insisted that NATO will protect Macedonia from external threats and this makes the humiliating name change worth it. We never knew who has designs on us, who wants to partition us. Now Article 5 says that if one NATO member state is attacked, all 30 member states are attacked....

Macedonia 28.05.20 | 23:28

Macedonian soldiers sent to Afghanistan without NATO certificates, found themselves stranded in their base

The Macedonian Army sent soldiers to Afghanistan who had expired NATO security certificates, says Aleksandar Nacev from VMRO-DPMNE, warning that this led to soldiers being forced to remain in their barracks and even unable to get to a canteen. The way the bases wok is you need valid certificates to get...

Macedonia 28.05.20 | 18:41

Greek and American warplanes will fly over Macedonia tomorrow

Greek and American warplanes will conduct a fly-over across Macedonia tomorrow. The planes will perform mid-air refueling and will deliberately fly relatively low and loud, in a move meant to mark the Macedonian entry into NATO. Following the imposed Prespa treaty, Macedonia agreed to allow Greece to...

Macedonia 25.05.20 | 23:20

Mickoski: Government didn’t bring anything for the people, brags about NATO, while the country is declared to have hybrid regime, sinking into corruption

In an interview with TV Klan, VMRO-DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski said that the government only boasts that Macedonia is a member of NATO, although every day the country sinks into corruption and has a hybrid regime. The fact that Macedonia is a member of NATO does not mean that we have a functioning system....

Macedonia 23.05.20 | 10:50

NATO refers to Macedonians as “citizens of the Republic of North Macedonia”

Despite assurances from the SDSM party that the Prespa treaty they signed with Greece safeguards Macedonian national identity, examples of its intrusion come daily. One such example was shared online yesterday, and comes from the job vacancies portion of the NATO web site. It asks applicants to choose...

Macedonia 16.05.20 | 21:48

No “North or Macedonia”: Army’s Chief of General Staff referred to as “MK-Skopje MOD” at NATO Military Committee virtual meeting

Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant General Vasko Gjurcinovski, for the first time as a full-fledged member, took part in the 183rd regular session of the NATO Military Committee (MC), the senior millitary authority in the Alliance. At the virtual meeting, the chiefs of the general staff of the...

Macedonia 31.03.20 | 12:38

As the newest NATO member state, it’s doubtful Macedonia can meet its spending requirement this year

Faced with an unprecedented financial crisis due to the coronavirus epidemic, Macedonia is looking to make cuts that have never before been considered. Zoran Zaev, leader of the ruling SDSM party, is proposing placing the public administration to the minimum wage for two months in order to plug a hole...

Macedonia 30.03.20 | 21:19

Macedonian Government asks NATO for help in the fight against the coronavirus

The same day Macedonia officially joined NATO, the Government appealed to the alliance for help to fight the coronavirus. The Government informed the public that it held a meeting of its main coordinating committee for the epidemic, and one of he conclusions is to ask NATO to activate its EADRCC mechanisms...

Macedonia 30.03.20 | 18:43

VMRO-DPMNE congratulates to the citizens on Macedonia’s NATO accession, notes their sense of humiliation and need for change

VMRO-DPMNE issued a message congratulating the public on Macedonia’s official admission to NATO. This is the result of the extensive efforts of many previous generations. NATO represents our joint defense and an organization through which Macedonia will be able to realize its strategic. It is a...

Macedonia 30.03.20 | 17:05

No mention of the nation that is joining NATO from Oliver Spasovski

Not a mention of the Macedonian nation from interim Prime Minister Oliver Spasovski as he was congratulating the country (“North” Macedonia, as he said) on joining NATO on the day when the Macedonian flag was raised in Brussels. Spasovski spoke about “fellow citizens” who should...

Macedonia 30.03.20 | 15:55

Macedonia’s flag raised at NATO headquarters in Brussels

A flag-raising ceremony to mark the accession of the Republic of Macedonia to NATO took place at NATO Headquarters in Brussels on Monday afternoon. The anthem of the Republic of Macedonia was played during the flag raising. Before the solemn flag-raising ceremony, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg...

Macedonia 27.03.20 | 18:25

Starting today Macedonia is officially considered a NATO member state

US government officials have informed that the Macedonian NATO ratification instrument is deposited in the State Department, which means that Macedonia is now officially a NATO member state. In this honor a gun salute is being made in Skopje and US State Secretary Mike Pompeo said that the US now stands...

Macedonia 20.03.20 | 15:41

Macedonia to officially become 30th NATO member next week

Macedonia today is depositing its instrument of ratification to the NATO Accession Protocol as all member states have deposited the instruments of ratification to the Office of Treaty Affairs, PM Oliver Spasovski said in a Facebook post on Friday. NATO has formally informed us that all allies have completed...

Macedonia 19.03.20 | 11:52

Spain sends the Macedonian NATO membership ratification instrument to D.C.

Spain is going to deposit its ratification document of the Macedonian NATO protocol to the US State Department tomorrow, and this should conclude the exhausting process of bringing Macedonia into NATO. Spain was the last NATO member state that ratified the protocol, the delays due to the Spanish political...

News 17.03.20 | 21:57

Spanish King Felipe signs Macedonia’s NATO accession protocol

The King of Spain Felipe VI signed the accession protocol of Macedonia to NATO, which was ratified by the emptied out Congress earlier today. Given that Spain was the last NATO member that hadn’t ratified the protocol, this means that it will now be deposited in Washington, and Macedonia will be...

Macedonia 17.03.20 | 13:53

Spanish Senate unanimously ratifies NATO Accession Protocol

The Spanish Senate ratified Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol at Tuesday’s session. The vote took place by video-link due to the coronavirus situation in the country. The Spanish Senate unanimously ratified the Protocol. On behalf of the Government and the Macedonian citizens, let me extend my...

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