Tag: pendarovski
Macedonia 01.11.21 | 20:27

While Macedonia faces political and energy crises, President Pendarovski discusses carbon emission cuts in Glasgow

While Macedonia enters into a political crisis, with the announced but uncertain resignation from PM Zoran Zaev, and faces an energy crisis due to lack of coal, President Stevo Pendarovski is in Glasgow for the UN climate conference. Pendarovski pledged that Macedonia and the other European countries...

Macedonia 14.10.21 | 11:04

Pendarovski wants to introduce mandatory visits to the Holocaust Museum in Skopje for all pupils

During a Holocaust remembrance conference in Sweden, President Stevo Pendarovski proposed that visiting the Holocaust Museum in Skopje is made mandatory for all elementary and high school students. We are also prepared to increase the number of classes that cover anti-Semitism and the Holocaust, Pendarovski...

Macedonia 22.09.21 | 11:01

Pendarovski met with former US Ambassador Baily

During his stay in New York, for the UN General Assembly, President Stevo Pendarovski met with former US Ambassador to Macedonia Jess Baily. The heavy-handed diplomat was a constant presence on the Macedonian political scene during the Colored Revolution, the installation of Zoran Zaev into power and...

Macedonia 20.09.21 | 10:53

Pendarovski will represent Macedonia at the UN General Assembly

President Stevo Pendarovski will represent Macedonia at the United Nations General Assembly that begins in New York, his office informed. Pendarovski will address the assembly on Thursday. During his stay at the UN, he will also meet with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. Pendarovski will speak...

Macedonia 08.09.21 | 13:52

Pendarovski decorates the members of the first democratically elected Parliament

President Stevo Pendarovski awarded the 8th of September medal to the members of Macedonia’s first democratically elected Parliament. This Parliament adopted the declaration of independence in 1991, and organized the referendum on September 8th. More than anyone else, you are credited with the...

Macedonia 02.09.21 | 22:20

After media outlets broke the story, President Pendarovski confirmed that his brother died a week ago, claims there was no foul play involved

The office of President Stevo Pendarovski confirmed media reports that his brother, Vojce Pendarovski, died a week ago. The initial lack of reporting on the death and the private funeral prompted media speculation about the cause. According to the office of the President, Vojce Pendarovski was found...

Macedonia 29.07.21 | 08:55

Pendarovski did not go to the protest of persons with disabilities because he was not invited

The office of President Stevo Pendarovski did not give a specific response about why he ignored the protest of persons with disabilities that took place last week. Organizers expressed their dismay that no significant politician, other than a member of Parliament from VMRO-DPMNE Brane Petrusevski, came...

Macedonia 01.07.21 | 08:42

After slandering it as potentially dangerous, Zaev and Pendarovski now welcome the Slovenian Presidency of the European Council

Slovenia takes over the rotating EU Presidency, and with it, a role in the negotiations between Macedonia and Bulgaria. The Zaev regime is now putting its hopes in the Alpine Republic, even after Zaev and President Stevo Pendarovski were indirectly accusing Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa of having...

Macedonia 19.06.21 | 17:32

Pendarovski meets Bartholomew to discuss the church dispute

President Stevo Pendarovski met with the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in Istanbul, to discuss the long standing request by the Macedonian Orthodox Church to be admitted as equal among other Orthodox churches. Bartholomew sent out a greeting to the faithful in “North Macedonia” but otherwise...

Macedonia 28.05.21 | 18:45

Bulgaria plans to invite Macedonian pupils for vacation and educational programs

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev announced a donation of vaccines to Macedonia, as the country is running out, and proposed an initiative to have children from both countries take joint vacations and get to know each other better. These public diplomacy moves are announced after the joint trip by Radev...

Macedonia 27.05.21 | 16:50

Radev rejected Pendarovski’s idea of adding neutral historians to the Macedonian – Bulgarian commission

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev dismissed the idea that neutral foreign interlocutors are included in the talks between Macedonia and Bulgaria. Radev made the statement after the honoring of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Rome, which he attended alongside President Pendarovski. We have no need of other European...

Macedonia 26.05.21 | 22:09

Pendarovski is happy that at least Radev is not openly insulting Macedonia as their joint flight to Rome brings no initial results

The Presidents of Macedonia and Bulgaria, Stevo Pendarovski and Rumen Radev, had a brief meeting at the Skopje airport today before they flew together, on Radev’s plane, to Rome for the annual honoring of Ss. Cyril and Methodius. With the relations between the two countries at a low, after Bulgaria’s...

Macedonia 18.05.21 | 10:18

President Pendarovski and Government officials will get vaccinated

President Stevo Pendarovski and a number of Government officials will be vaccinated today. Most of them will take the vaccine at the largest mass vaccination site – the Boris Trajkovski sports hall in Skopje. Deputy Prime Ministers Fatmir Bytiqi and Nikola Dimitrov and Ministers Bujar Osmani, Bojan...

Macedonia 17.05.21 | 13:40

Pendarovski asks Slovenia and Croatia to help Macedonia open its EU accession talks

President Stevo Pendarovski asked the presidents of Slovenia and Croatia, Borut Pahor and Zoran Milanovic, for help in ensuring that Macedonia finally opens its EU accession talks. Macedonia is blocked by Bulgaria, which demands serious concessions on issues of national identity and national history,...

Macedonia 14.05.21 | 21:18

Over 50,000 homeowners face uncertainty as Pendarovski vetoes the home legalization bill

President Pendarovski’s decision to veto the bill that would legalize unlawfully built homes puts some 50,000 houses into legal jeopardy. The law was adopted with support from much of the two main parties – SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE, although individual representatives on both sides voted against. It...

Macedonia 10.05.21 | 17:06

Pendarovski finally visits Delcev’s grave – to accompany a foreign head of state

After failing to visit the grave of Goce Delcev on May 4th – the anniversary of his death in 1903, President Stevo Pendarovski went to the hallowed site in Skopje’s church of St. Spas today, to accompany the visiting President of Georgia Salome Zourabichvili. Prime Minister Zaev also didn’t...

Macedonia 07.05.21 | 15:25

LIVE: Statements after the Mickoski – Pendarovski meeting

VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski and President Stevo Pendarovski are expected to address the public after their meeting today.  The topic of discussion is the April 27th trial, in which 16 defendants were sentenced to lengthy prison terms for the 2017 incident in the Parliament. Both Mickoski and...

Macedonia 07.05.21 | 09:42

Mickoski and Pendarovski meet to discuss the April 27th group of political prisoners

VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski will have a rare meeting with President Stevo Pendarovski today, to discuss the case of the political prisoners from the April 27th trial. Pendarovski agreed with Mickoski that the defendants are sentenced under unreasonable charges – of terrorism. The meeting...

Macedonia 06.05.21 | 15:46

Zaev insists that no amnesty is given to the April 27th defendants, but is open to a retrial

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev urged President Pendarovski not to offer amnesties to the defendants from the April 27th trial, but said that he is open to the idea of having a retrial. Zaev abused the extensive process about the storming of the Parliament in 2017 to blackmail and pressure VMRO-DPMNE members...

Macedonia 06.05.21 | 11:03

Pendarovski welcomes initiative by Mickoski to meet, discuss the April 27th case

President Stevo Pendarovski welcomed the decision by VMRO-DPMNE to establish communication with him and to schedule a meeting at the top level – with VMRO leader Hristijan Mickoski, on Friday. The move comes after Pendarovski agreed with Mickoski’s position that the defendants in the April...

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