Saturday, April 27, 2024
President Stevo Pendarovski met with Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I in Istanbul on Saturday, discussing developments in the Orthodox world, role of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in stimulating interreligious dialogue and coexistence among nations and religions. Pendarovski and Bartholomew also referred to the issue of solving the...
At least one hundred Israelis and at least 198 Palestinians died in Saturday's offensive by the Palestinian movement Hamas against Israel, which declared war and provoked retaliation from the Israeli side with airstrikes and bombing of Gaza, according to the latest data. So far, about a hundred Israelis have been...
Fear, panic and insecurity among Albanians after the devastating earthquake that hit Durres. After the devastating earthquake, the local families are massively relocating of fear for their lives. Pavli from Durres, located in Ohrid, tells with tears in his eyes that after 60 years of living in Durres it...
US State Department official Gabriel Escobar told VOA that the US are in talks with France to see if that country can help Macedonia open its EU accession talks sooner. France took over the rotating presidency of the European Union and, after it blocked Macedonia from opening EU accession...
  Macedonia implemented a number of reforms, some of which were really painful. That is why we believe that Macedonia deserves to open negotiations as soon as possible. We would like this to happen during the Portuguese presidency - to hold the first intergovernmental conference, i.e. the formal start of...
Bulgarian Minister of Health Stoicho Katsarov said Friday that Bulgaria is preparing to donate 51,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines to the Republic of Macedonia. According to Katsarov, Bulgaria has donated 172,000 vaccine doses to Bhutan, another donation of 50,000 doses is provided to Bosnia and Herzegovina, 100,000 doses are in...
We will have to wait again and we’ll continue doing so and also relying on each other rather than on only what Brussels is saying, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama told Wednesday’s panel at the First Skopje Economic Forum alongside Prime Minister Zoran Zaev commenting EU’s failure to deliver...
Negotiations between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations have begun in Belarus. The meeting of the two delegations is taking place near the Pripyat River on the Ukrainian-Belarusian border. According to UNIAN, the Ukrainian delegation includes People's Party leader David Arahamiya, Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov, adviser to President Mikhail Podolyak's chief of...
We want full membership in the European Union for all countries in the Western Balkans, this was the main thing in our presidency, said Bulgarian MEP Andrey Kovatchev. “It is normal to want to overcome anti-Bulgarian rhetoric, especially in recent weeks. They should have the courage to do this, not...
Minister of Foreign Affairs Bujar Osmani has contacted his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu who reassured that if necessary their Ministry will help the pullout of Macedonian nationals from Afghanistan. "Given that the Republic of Turkey has a wide diplomatic and logistical presence in Kabul, I asked for possible assistance if...