Tag: osmani
Macedonia 30.11.23 | 19:20

Osmani: We’ll adjust to the force of momentum to make sure the OSCE has a stable and productive future

In his remarks at the opening of the 30th OSCE Ministerial Meeting in Skopje, Bujar Osmani, the Chairperson-in-Office and Foreign Minister of Macedonia, delivered a message of hope and responsibility. He emphasized the challenges faced during their Chairmanship, notably the conflict in Ukraine that undermined...

Macedonia 26.11.23 | 13:22

DUI insists on its right to appoint an interim Prime Minister

Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani, who comes from the ruling DUI party, rebuffed calls from VMRO-DPMNE to abolish the principle of a technical Government that would be put in place before the elections. VMRO made this offer, which would leave them without the planned control of several important ministries...

Macedonia 25.11.23 | 13:55

Lavrov will likely be allowed to attend the OSCE summit in Skopje

Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani, who is preparing a large OSCE summit in Skopje next week, confirmed that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will be allowed to come to Macedonia. It will be a rare visit to a NATO member state for the head of the Russian diplomacy. The Government empowered Osmani to...

Macedonia 02.11.23 | 18:02

Osmani meets Fajon, Ivanović, and Lührmann in Berlin

Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani had meetings with his Slovenian and Montenegrin counterparts, Tanja Fajon and Filip Ivanović, as well as with Germany’s Minister of State for Europe and Climate, Anna Lührmann, during the “Enlarged, Stronger Europe” ministers’ conference in Berlin.

Economy 05.10.23 | 10:00

If it’s confirmed that Serbia played a role in the attack in northern Kosovo, Macedonia should reevaluate its participation in the Open Balkan initiative said Osmani

Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani suggests that in the event of any substantiated proof linking Serbia to the recent attack in northern Kosovo, a reassessment of our involvement in the Open Balkan initiative may be necessary. “In light of the events on September 24 in Kosovo, I believe it is incumbent...

Macedonia 29.09.23 | 13:23

What Osmani is currently expressing, we had been conveying to him consistently

During today’s visit to the municipality of Gazi Baba, the president of VMRO-DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski, responded to a journalist’s inquiry regarding Minister of Foreign Affairs Osmani’s latest stance on relations with Bulgaria and the new EU-related requirements. Mickoski underscored...

Macedonia 01.09.23 | 18:21

Osmani decides to cooperate with the DKSK commission in the latest corruption scandal to involve the DUI party

Even after First Deputy Prime Minister Artan Grubi dismissed the DKSK Anti-Corruption Commission as incompetent, his colleague, Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani decided to cooperate with the corruption fighting institution. Osmani sent the materials linked with the latest corruption scandal that involves...

World 30.08.23 | 20:52

Osmani called Lavrov to ask him for an end to the Russian invasion of Ukraine

In his capacity as chairman of OSCE, Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani spoke with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov. The Foreign Ministry said that Osmani called on Russia to stop its aggression against Ukraine, to withdraw its troops from this country and to respect the Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial...

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 28.08.23 | 20:00

Mickoski: Every DUI minister has a company he uses to rig no-bid contracts

Every minister in DUI has his own company, said VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski, speaking specifically about Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani. It was recently revealed that Osmani awarded a 1.8 million EUR contract to a company owned by the nephew of Abdulakim Ademi, who was a top DUI official until...

Macedonia 06.08.23 | 17:23

VMRO asks Bujar Osmani to address the scandals of his DUI party

VMRO-DPMNE called on Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani to address a number of scandals involving his DUI party, which VMRO says block Macedonia’s EU integration. We ask Bujar Osmani to grab a chalkboard again and write answers to the following: which EU cluster covers the negotiations with the village...

Macedonia 06.08.23 | 13:30

“Osmani was supposed to write one word on his chalkboard – resignation”

VMRO-DPMNE responded to Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani who tried to persuade Macedonians skeptical of the latest round of Bulgarian demands with a video in which he used a chalkboard. In the video, Osmani insisted that amending the Constitution along the Bulgarian demands will not harm Macedonian national...

Macedonia 29.07.23 | 20:10

Osmani admits that the Government is eight votes short

Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani acknowledged that the DUI – SDSM regime is eight votes short from amending the Constitution in line with the Bulgarian demands. During a press briefing, Osmani welcomed the start of the process in the Parliament, but acknowledged that the votes are not there. This...

Macedonia 29.07.23 | 16:15

Foreign Ministry will speed up the issuing of passports in Germany

The Foreign Ministry announced that it is introducing double shifts in the consulates in Bern, Bonn, Berlin and Munich, to speed up the issuing of passports. The reason is the decision of the Government to retire all identity documents that don’t have the imposed name “North Macedonia”...

Macedonia 14.07.23 | 12:53

Osmani claims that DUI met all of the VMRO demands

In an interview, Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani insisted that his DUI party accepted all of the VMRO-DPMNE demands when it agreed to leave the Government. Osmani left out the part where DUI insists that VMRO must first vote in favor of the constitutional amendments that Bulgaria requires from Macedonia. Their...

Macedonia 09.07.23 | 21:16

Bujar Osmani hired a consulting agency to boost his image

Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani will spend 117 thousand EUR in a year to promote the work of the Ministry and the chairmanship of OSCE. The contract, that was reviewed by Alsat TV, was signed with a consulting agency. The agency is using the money to hire a PR consultant, to create a logo and to prepare...

Macedonia 09.07.23 | 18:52

Minister Osmani acknowledges that VMRO-DPMNE will not vote for the constitutional amendments

In a statement, Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani acknowledged that the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party will not support the constitutional amendments that Bulgaria requires from Macedonia, even as other Government officials continue to insist that they are in touch with VMRO members of Parliament who will join...

Macedonia 09.07.23 | 13:41

Osmani hopes that the new Bulgarian Government will allow Macedonia to advance to the EU “past the point of no return”

Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani called on the new Bulgarian Government and on the international community to allow for next steps in the Macedonian EU integration, that should soon “go past the point of no return”. Osmani was speaking at the Dubrovnik forum where he asked for sped up integration...

Macedonia 07.07.23 | 18:28

Mickoski asks Osmani to join the push for early elections

Hristijan Mickoski, the leader of VMRO-DPMNE, called on Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani to join the initiative for early parliamentary elections if he is convinced that the DUI party enjoys the citizens’ support for constitutional changes. This follows after the head of diplomacy, in an interview,...

Macedonia 04.06.23 | 14:34

Osmani presents plan to calm down the north of Kosovo

As chairman of OSCE, Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani presented a nine point plan for de-escalation of the tense situation in the north of Kosovo, where the Albanian dominated Government moved to take over several town halls in majority Serb areas. Osmani calls on the two sides to remain committed to the...

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