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The Public Prosecution Office in Prilep filed criminal charges against two citizens from Bitola, M.D. (24) and Gj. D. (19) for the incidents that occurred during the Ilinden celebration in Krusevo on 2 August 2018. “On 2 August 2018, the suspects were present at the celebration at Meckin Kamen in Krusevo as a part of a group of supporters of ...

Macedonia marked Monday the Roma Holocaust Memorial Day – 2 August, which remembers the murders of hundreds of thousands of Roma by the Nazis and their allies during World War II. “The exact number of killed Roma is not known, because there are no data. As today, many of them did not have personal identification and were often counted only ...

Gostivar Mayor and Alliance for Albanians (AA) Sec Gen Arben Taravari said that his party will support the referendum about the Name Issue Agreement between Macedonia and Greece and Macedonia’s integration in NATO and EU. “In principle, the Alliance for Albanians will vote “Yes” in the referendum. By not endorsing the referendum decision at a recent parliament session, our deputies ...

Several Macedonian painters, sculptors and other artists joined the initiative of graphic designer Zoran Kadrula for donating artworks to Athens as solidarity after the great fires that recently caught the Greek capital. The City of Skopje will provide the transport of around 70 artworks to Athens. Skopje’s Museum of Contemporary Art houses a similar donation of artworks the city received ...

Good driving conditions are reported throughout the country on dry roads. Motorists are generally advised to drive carefully, adjust their speed according to the weather conditions and respect road signalization. Landslides are possible along the roads of Kocani-Makedonska Kamenica – Delcevo, Vinica – Berovo, Gostivar-Straza, Mavrovo – Debar – Struga, Demir Kapija – Udovo, Katlanovo-Veles, Krusevo-Demir Hisar and Resen – ...

In these crucial moments Macedonia needs unity, responsible politicians that will enable citizens to voice their opinion on the country’s future at a referendum, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev says in an interview with 1TV. “President Gjorge Ivanov and the opposition VMRO-DPMNE have been staunch advocates of a referendum for over a decade and now oppose the process, which is a ...

About thirty civic associations, political parties and NGOs signed Sunday a memo of cooperation in order to boycott the name referendum in Macedonia, scheduled for 30 September. Under the helm of United Macedonia party leader Janko Bacev, they set up a crisis headquarters for the campaign. The anti-referendum campaign brings together the ‘Hristijansko Bratsvo’ (Christian Fraternity); ‘Makedonium’; ‘Amenet 1903’ (1903 ...

The European Commission expects for all political stakeholders in Macedonia to ensure the implementation of the (name) agreement with Greece by supporting the common strategic goal for the country’s EU-integration. Commenting the speech of President Gjorge Ivanov at the Republic Day celebration in Krusevo, EC officials reaffirmed Brussels’ support of Skopje-Athens agreement. “Brussels calls on the citizens of Macedonia to ...

In an interview for Alsat TV, The Vice-PM for European Affairs Bujar Osmani believes that a majority of the citizens of Macedonia would positively respond to the referendum and Support the Name Issue Agreement between Macedonia and Greece. “A turnout of fewer than 50 % at the referendum would mean that the citizens leave it up to the Parliament to ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has not yet received an official confirmation from the Afghan authorities regarding the reports that a Macedonian national had been abducted and killed in Afghanistan. Some media however have identified the victim as Ilija Merdzanovski – a 37-year old resident of Skopje village Ljubanci. On Thursday media across the globe reported that three foreign ...