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Western countries are aiming to drag Macedonia into NATO even after a referendum on changing the country’s name was held there, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters on Thursday, TASS reports. “The continuation of heavy-handed outside interference in Macedonia’s internal affairs is evident,” Zakharova stressed. “The goal is obvious – to drag Macedonia into the alliance at any ...

Good driving conditions are reported throughout the country on dry roads. Moderate traffic outside urban areas. No delays at border crossings, except the necessary period for customs formalities. Landslides are possible along the roads of Kocani – Makedonska Kamenica – Delcevo, Vinica – Berovo, Gostivar – Straza, Mavrovo – Debar – Struga, Demir Kapija – Udovo, Katlanovo – Veles, Krusevo ...

The process is serious, we shall try to secure 2/3 majority with MPs and we will do everything we can, SDSM leader and PM Zoran Zaev said late Thursday following the meeting of the party executive committee. The SDSM Committee concluded that MPs should follow the clearly expressed will of the majority of over 600,000 citizens for membership to the ...

Rosa Balfour, Senior Fellow at the Germany Marshall Fund (GMF) of the US and Acting Director of its Europe Programme, warned Wednesday of possible destabilization of Macedonia and the region if the Parliament fails to proceed with the implementation of the (name) agreement with Greece. “Prospects are not good if the agreement goes down the drain. History says that without ...

VMRO-DPMNE does not acknowledge the referendum results and considers the Prespa agreement as politically void, VMRO-DPMNE Vice President Aleksandar Nikolovski stated late Thursday following the Executive Committee session discussing the referendum and political situation in the country. He called on the government to stop the pressure again those that voted against or did not go out to vote at the ...

A three-day 6. Regional European Conference on safe communities ‘Attaining goals of sustainable development-toward violence-free community’ opened in Skopje. Health and Labour Ministers Venko FIlipce and Mila Carovska respectively pointed out the efforts invested by authorities for creating safe community and for preventing violence. Filipce noted that community free of violence is a major public-health challenge. “We witness various types ...

In the region, we are not exporters of instability toward Europe, but we are indeed a transit zone when it comes to smuggling of drugs, weapons as well as radicalization. Thus, we want to contribute to full stabilization and increasing the level of security across the European territory all the while making a clear distinction that the issues aren’t produced ...

The agreement with Greece is the only way for joining NATO or the international community, but citizens and institutions of the country should make a decision to that effect, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told a press conference Wednesday. “What I can say is that membership in NATO is only possible if the name agreement with Greece is implemented. There ...

Under the title “Minutes of FYROM Leaders’ Deliberations” the Greek daily Kathimerini published Tuesday extensive extracts from the minutes of the two meetings of Macedonia’s political party leaders, held on 27 January 2018 and 19 May 2018, about the negotiations with Greece before the name deal was signed later in June. In several texts dedicated to the leaders’ meeting, Kathimerini ...

The situation in Macedonia following the referendum these days is a hot topic in neighbouring countries. Ex Bulgarian President Georgi Prvanov, in an interview with Bulgarian Television BNT, assesses that the ‘pushing’ of agreement in parliament, after the low turnout at the referendum, would not result in reconciliation and attaining national consensus, but it would heighten differences. Prvanov comments that ...