Monthly Archives: August 2018

SEC President Derkoski: No phantom Voters in voter List

Over 2,600 citizens have checked their data in the State Election Commission’s (SEC) regional offices, while over 1,110 members of the diaspora have applied to vote in the referendum, the SEC said on Friday. Most of the diaspora members’ applications have been accepted. There have been no problems with the insight into the voter list. According to SEC President Oliver ...

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Defence Ministry to Allocate nearly 60 million Denars for Referendum campaign

The Defence Ministry will allocate nearly 60 million denars for the campaign for the name referendum, according to Defence Minister Radmila Sekerinska. “The Defence Ministry is among those that need to be interested the most for our strategic priority. From our Finance Sector, we have sent information that we are putting a little less than 60 million denars at the ...

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VMRO-DPMNE leader: Referendum campaign to be Rather ambiguous

According to VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski, the campaign for the referendum will be rather sterile and ambiguous in order to defocus citizens. As he says in an interview with Alsat-M TV, since the institutional identity is not protected in the name deal, the national identity, despite SDSM’s claims, isn’t protected either.  “However, I think the Republic of Macedonia’s citizens are ...

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Ceremony held to Mark ARM Day

A ceremony was held on Friday to mark Army of the Republic of Macedonia (ARM) Day, 18 August. The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, President Gjorge Ivanov, urged ARM members to maintain the impartiality, professionalism and thus-far level, as well as to continue to consistently fulfill their constitutional obligation. “Only that way will the ARM continue to be the main ...

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Trial over Titanic case Continues

The trial over the Titanic case continued on Friday. In one of the played conversations, the ex-Minister of Internal Affairs, Gordana Jankuloska, and the former Cabinet Chief of ex-PM Nikola Gruevski, Martin Protugjer, talk about checking information about former President Branko Crvenkovski’s wife in Korcula, Croatia. In the conversations, Jankuloska confirms to Protugjer that she received confirmation from Belgrade that ...

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Road Conditions 20.08.2018

Good driving conditions are reported throughout the country on dry roads. Motorists are advised to drive carefully, adjust their speed to weather conditions and follow traffic rules, signs and signals. Landslides are possible along the roads of Kocani – Makedonska Kamenica – Delcevo, Vinica – Berovo, Gostivar – Straza, Mavrovo – Debar – Struga, Demir Kapija – Udovo, Katlanovo – ...

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ODIHR to send Observation mission for Referendum

ODIHR will send an observation mission to Macedonia for the name referendum. Following the assessment, ODIHR’s experts recommended 250 short-term and 20 long-term observers for the process on 30 September. The decision, according to ODIHR, aims to raise the trust in the way the referendum is held because the election observation boards will include no representatives of the political parties. ...

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Trial over Titanic case Continues

The trial over the Titanic case continued on Thursday. The continuation saw wire-tapped materials of Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) played. In 15 short audio materials, the ex-Minister of Transport and Communications, Mile Janakieski, and the former PM Cabinet Chief, Martin Protugjer, are making a plan for ambassadors to go from house to house in the United States, Australia and European ...

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PM Zaev meets Dutch Ambassador Plomp

On Thursday, PM Zoran Zaev met with Dutch Ambassador Wouter Plomp. Support was expressed at the meeting for the policies leading towards Euro-Atlantic integrations for Macedonia. “I expect the majority of citizens to vote in favour of a Euro-Atlantic future of the Republic of Macedonia in the coming referendum,” Zaev said. It’s very important for each citizen and political stakeholder ...

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Association of Journalists of Macedonia’s Selmani meets Diplomats

Association of Journalists President Naser Selmani and Director Dragan Sekulovski held meetings on Wednesday and Thursdday with diplomats accredited in Skopje. They met French Ambassador Christian Thimonier, Dutch Ambassador Wouter Plomp, Lukas Holub of the EU Delegation to Macedonia and Paul Graddon of the US Embassy in Macedonia. At all meetings, Selmani said he was very worried about the latest ...

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