SkopjeDiem Macedonia in English

The historic Prespa Agreement resolves the long-standing name issue with Greece and paves the way for Macedonia’s membership in both NATO and the European Union, US President Donald Trump says in a note of congratulations to his Macedonian counterpart Gjorge Ivanov on the country’s Independence Day – 8 September. “On behalf of the American people, I congratulate you and the ...

SDSM MP Muhamed Zeqiri gave his testimony in court about the 27 April parliament incident claiming the mob was shouting and looking specifically for him to kill addressing insulting words at him. During the riot the now MP was closed in the translation booth along with four other MPs. He said from what he saw one person was holding a ...

Greek opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis reiterated the position that the Prespa deal is negative for Greece and it represents ‘political defeat for FM Nikos Kotzias and PM Alexis Tsipras. In his address at the meeting in Thessaloniki with representatives of organisations of producers and scientific organisations he levelled fierce criticism at the government about the economy and the name issue. ...

SPO prosecutor Gavril Bubevski, following the end of the public session in the Court of Appeals regarding the appeals to the first-instance verdict in the case dubbed Tank against Nikola Gruevski and Gjoko Popovski, voiced hope the Court will soon adopt a decision, within six days at the latest. At the session Bubevski assessed as unfounded all complaints filed by ...

Twenty-five years have passed and as many can pass for a new agreement is this one does not go through, says UN envoy in the name dispute, Matthew Nimetz, in an interview with the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) regarding the Macedonia-Greece treaty. Nimetz believes the idea of waiting and failure to implement the agreement is very risky. “To those ...

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg’s second visit in the space of eight months is proof that our country can become a member of the Alliance, said Defence Minister Radmila Sekerinska while visiting the Army’s Airforce Brigade on Wednesday. “The world is on our side,” Sekerinska said. “It’s a first to have a NATO Secretary-General visit our country twice in a year, ...

Macedonia enjoys Denmark’s support on its road to the EU, NATO membership, Danish Ambassador to the country Anders Hougard said Wednesday at a meeting with Prime Minister Zoran Zaev. Ambassador Hougard commended Macedonia for making tangible progress after the political crisis. PM Zaev thanked Denmark on its support of Macedonia in vital periods for the country, such as the upcoming ...

The violent extremism related with the hate speech phenomenon ahead of the 30 September referendum in Macedonia, was a subject of discussion at a meeting of Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski with the representatives of the Center for Freedom ‘Civil’ and National Coordinator for Prevention of Violent Extremism Borce Petrovski. “We have tackled the upcoming referendum, namely the significance of providing ...

There is no risk from reactivation of the so called Balkan migration route. This was the conclusion from the Conference on migrants and refugees ‘Responsibilities and answers, held in the organisation of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). “At the moment a shift in the migrant route can be noted with increased number of refugees and migrant in Bosnia and ...

Former PM and leader of VMRO-DPMNE Nikola Gruevski assessed as ‘futile attempts of the government and nonsense’ the information published by Wikileaks that Macedonian authorities back in 2008 accepted the name ‘Republic of North Macedonia’. “They are now in campaign and we shall probably hear a lot of other such nonsensical things. It is clear why I am in court ...