Tag: Russia
World 24.02.22 | 09:02

Russia attacks Ukraine

President Vladimir Putin officially ordered the deployment of Russia’s military in the eastern Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk in a televised address Thursday morning. “I have decided to carry out a special military operation,” Putin said. “Its goal is to protect the people who have...
World 17.02.22 | 22:43

Biden says Russia could invade Ukraine in the coming days

US President Joe Biden warned that Russia could invade Ukraine any day now. Every indication we have is they’re prepared to go into Ukraine, attack Ukraine, Biden said. He also warned that Russia is preparing a false flag operation that would be used as pretext for the invasion. Biden’s warnings...
Macedonia 25.01.22 | 17:04

Croatia has no troops for “corrupt Ukraine”, Petrovska on stand by against Russia

Disagreement in NATO. Balkan members are divided over tensions in Ukraine. While Macedonian Minister Slavjanka Petrovska is determined to send Macedonian troops to the Ukrainian-Russian border, Croatian President Zoran Milanovic has said he will withdraw his Croatian troops to the last if the situation...
Macedonia 26.12.21 | 11:14

Russian historic film credits Macedonia with the rise of Christianity among the Slavs

A Russian historic film produced with the assistance of the Russian Embassy in Macedonia portrays the origin of the Cyrillic alphabet and the start of the spread of Christianity among Slavic nations in the 9th century. The film portrays Ohrid and Macedonia as the birthplace of the Slavic literature and...
Macedonia 17.12.21 | 11:08

Pendarovski expects to name an Ambassador to Russia early next year

President Stevo Pendarovski said that he will likely appoint an Ambassador to Russia in spring. Macedonia has numerous open diplomatic posts in key countries, and Russia is just one of them. In an interview with Telma, Pendarovski said that the delays were due to the local elections and the ongoing political...
Macedonia 13.11.21 | 18:18

“The EU won’t admit Macedonia with its current crime rate and failed reforms”

When asked whether Macedonia can join the EU without the name change, which VMRO-DPMNE resisted, the party leader Hristiajn Mickoski told “Vecernji List” that Macedonia “can’t expect to join the EU with the current level of crime, or the bureaucratic procedures that block the...
Macedonia 04.10.21 | 13:20

Russia expels a Macedonian diplomat

The Russian Foreign Ministry declared a diplomat in the small Macedonian Embassy in Moscow as persona non grata. The move comes after Macedonia expelled yet another Russian diplomat in August, citing unspecified violations of diplomatic conduct. These tit-for-tat expulsions have become a regular feature...
Macedonia 10.06.21 | 16:56

Minister Osmani condemns move by Russia to expel a Macedonian diplomat from Moscow

Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani condemned the Russian move to expel one of the two diplomats in the Macedonian embassy in Moscow. Russia was responding to the earlier decision by Macedonia to expel one Russian diplomat, for unspecified violations of diplomatic conduct. Regrets for the unjustified decision...
Macedonia 10.06.21 | 12:19

Russia expels Macedonian diplomat

Russia has declared a Macedonian diplomat persona non grata, the Russian Foreign Ministry said, in response to Macedonia’s decision to declare a Russian diplomat persona non grata in May this year. Olivera Causevska-Dimovska, acting Macedonia’s ambassador to the Russian Federation was summoned...
Macedonia 20.05.21 | 11:38

Russia says it will respond after Macedonia expelled its diplomat

The Russian Federation announced that it will respond to the move by Macedonia, who expelled a diplomat from the Russian Embassy in Skopje. The diplomat was expelled a week ago, without a public explanation for his actions, who were deemed unacceptable by the Macedonian Foreign Ministry. We strongly...
World 27.04.21 | 16:50

V4 countries stand by Czech Republic

The V4 countries’ prime ministers – Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki, Hungarian PM Viktor Orban, Andrej Babis of the Czech Republic and Eduard Heger of Slovakia – met via video conference. In a joint statement issued by the Visegrad countries after the meeting, they expressed solidarity...
Macedonia 20.03.21 | 22:01

Osmani expresses support to Bulgaria over spy affair with Russia

Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani expressed support to his Bulgarian counterpart, Ekaterina Zaharieva, in dealing with the case of the uncovered spy ring, which passed on information about Bulgaria, the EU and NATO to Russia. Strong support for sovereignty of Bulgaria, our neighbour and NATO Ally. Republic...
World 20.02.21 | 15:29

Russia approves its third coronavirus vaccine

Russia has approved its third vaccine in the fight against the coronavirus, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said on Saturday. The first 120,000 doses of the vaccine, CoviVac, are expected to be shipped in March, he said, noting that “Russia is the only country today that already has three vaccines.” In...
Macedonia Sport 19.02.21 | 19:13

Basketball: Russia beats Macedonia 94:77, ends almost all hope for a place in the European Championship

The Russian basketball team beat Macedonia 94:77 at the European 2022 Championship qualifier in Perm today. Macedonia led only in the first minutes, and then completely abandoned the game to Russia, especially after Damjan Stojanovski was injured early in the game. Russia dominated under the hoops, with...
Macedonia 15.02.21 | 16:54

Minister Filipce opens to the possibility of purchasing the Russian vaccine

Macedonian Healthcare Minister Venko Filipce opened the possibility of purchasing the Russian Sputnik coronavirus vaccine. Macedonia was unable to sign a commercial contract with Pfizer and so far has only received a small donation from Serbia, forcing Filipce and Zoran Zaev to turn to China, after initially...
World 15.02.21 | 11:21

Russia registers first ever test-system for UK COVID-19 strain

Russian scientists have registered the first test system in the world for the British variant of the coronavirus (N501Y), the Russian consumer rights watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, announced. The new technology can be used to develop reagents for detecting any other SARS-CoV-2 mutations, as well as other...
World 02.02.21 | 14:31

First Russian vaccine shipment arriving in Hungary

The first shipment of the Russian coronavirus vaccine, enough to inoculate 20,000 people, is arriving in Hungary on Tuesday, the minister of foreign affairs and trade said in a video on Facebook, Daily News Hungary reported. Péter Szijjártó noted that under a recent agreement Hungary is set to receive...
Macedonia Sport 22.01.21 | 11:45

Handball: Macedonia faces Russia

The Macedonian men’s handball team faces Russia at the World Championship in Egypt today. Our team hasn’t covered itself in glory so far, having lost three games and winning one – against Chile. Russia needs to win the game if it wants to advance to the third round. That was enough...
Economy 30.12.20 | 19:43

Macedonia is NATO member and has no alternative to EU, but serious interest for Russia economic cooperation, says Zaev

This Government has proved its Euro-Atlantic commitment but serves the people’s interests first and foremost, said Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, answering the question of the MP of the Alliance of Albanians and Alternativa, Halil Snopce why Macedonia did not join the EU economic sanctions against...
Macedonia 30.12.20 | 11:15

“Zaev won’t buy the Russian vaccine but has no problem exporting his own products to Russia”

One of the major embarrassments for the Zaev regime in the past weeks was its inability to procure the Western developed coronavirus vaccines. Macedonia is left waiting for March as the earliest date when it can expect some vaccines, or relying on its neighbors such as Bulgaria, who promised to share...
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