Ethnic Macedonians in Greece? Australian Census confirmed their existence!
The Macedonian daily newspaper Nova Makedonija with an article about ethnic Macedonians who live in Australia, but originate from neighboring Greece. There, in the EU state Greece, their ethnicity is not recognized and the minority is negated. A census in Australia reveals this, reports Nova Makedonija. At a time when Macedonia is constantly and seriously attacked by its neighbors, our compatriots in the diaspora are struggling in every way to prove their right to self-determination as ethnic Macedonians. Nova Makedonija recently published a…
Macedonian and Albanian suspects in double murder in Malta
Maltese police arrested Macedonian citizen as macedonian reports. As they quote Maltese sources, Viktor Dragomanski, who worked on security in a hotel, alongside with Albanian Daniel Muka under the suspicion of involvement in the murder of a gay couple a week ago. The police believes it was an attempted robbery that went badly, but outright planned murder is not out of the question. Two masked men killed the male couple using handguns and cameras caught them fleeing the house. As Macedonian media 360stepeni writes, Dragomanski and Muka were i…
Informations for Macedonians abroad regarding Parliamentary elections in April
The Macedonian State Election Commission (SEC) has issued a public call for applications and insights into the electoral roll for Macedonians living abroad for the early general election in April. The call informs Macedonian citizens living abroad that early elections will take place in Macedonia on April 12th. However, the vote for Macedonians abroad will take place in Macedonia's diplomatic missions or consular offices a day earlier on April 11th.
Macedonian-born freshman builds on his tennis prestige in US
It was love at first sight of a racket. “He watched tennis instead of playing with toys,” Sasho Jankulovski said through a translator about his son’s early childhood. Miami Hurricanes freshman Bojan Jankulovski was very different than the average kid growing up in Selo Gluvo, a modest village on the outskirts of Macedonia’s capital, Skopje. Before he could envision himself serving a tennis ball on the clay at the Stade Roland-Garros courts, where he played in the Junior French Open, he could recite the capital city of every Eu…
Macedonian Diaspora Money Exceeds FDI by 600 Percent
Macedonians working abroad sent a record 1.3 billion euros back home last year, at least six times more than the country attracted in foreign investment. Private money transfers from Macedonians working abroad reached 1.366 billion euros in 2010, latest data from the Central Bank show. This is some 230 million euros more than in 2009 and 380 million euros more than in 2008. By comparison, Macedonia attracted only 222 million euros in Foreign Direct Investment, FDI, in 2010. Most money comes from Macedonian communities in…
Macedonian family killed in Canada - 15 year old son was hockey talent
A mother and two children were killed today in their home near Toronto, Canadian authorities reported. The children aged 13 and 15 and the mother is Bulgarian citizen Krasimira Pejchinovski who was married to a Macedonian citizen with whom she was separated. The 15-year-old has been identified as Roy Pejcinovski, a star goalie with the Don Mills Flyers bantam AAA ice hockey team. The identity of the Macedonian father is not revealed. The third child in the family was saved from death because he left for driver's license…
Canberra Times: How 91-year-old Blaga from Macedonia can teach us about migrants
I was about 10-year-old when I first met people who didn’t look like me. They were a wonderful Chinese/ Australian family who lived over the back fence in Stawell, Victoria. Their 1/4-acre block was a veritable market garden that they shared with all the neighbours including my family, Australian newspaper Canberra Times writes . To me they were just Aussies making their way in our country town. I’m full of admiration for our immigrants. “Didn’t we used to call them ‘New Australians’”? asks Louise. Indeed, we did, and i…
More than 30000 Macedonians in Sydney
Macedonian phalanx closed central Sydney streets! The protest march, which was successfully organized by all the Macedonian social, cultural, social and church associations, began before the Sydney Town Hall and flowed through the central Sydney streets, to Martin Place, where the main, official event took place. On this grand event, the Australian anthem sang Milica Kiprovska, the Macedonian anthem was sung by Blagojce Petrov, and the Aboriginal blessing for holding the event on the Australian soil was given by the Macedonian son-in-…
Macedonians living abroad rally against name change
Macedonians living in US and several other countries are holding rallies Saturday and Sunday on possible changes to their home country’s name, MIA reports from Washington. Organisations and groups from New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York and Washington took part at the ‘We Are Macedonia’ rally. They demand from Macedonian government to break off the negotiations with Greece and protection of Macedonian identity. “ The meaning of our appeal is not to criticize, we are not against anyone and we do not spread chauvinism, but we defe…
WMC: All-Macedonian Protests in Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy and UK
Macedonian communities in Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy and Great Britain are holding protests today on a common and unitary Macedonia, the World Macedonian Congress said. Macedonian community in Switzerland begins the protest at 12.00 pm at Quai Wilson 47 - 1201 Geneve - Palais Wilson. The meeting will continue along the Avenue de France from 12.00-13.00, to the United Nations Plaza at 13.30-14.00, where the organizers will have greeting speeches. Macedonian community in Germany starts the protest with a gathering at 13.00 …
United Macedonian Diaspora urges Macedonia's authorities to put an end to name talks
The United Macedonian Diaspora (UMD) supports the #OurNameisMacedonia Campaign, spearheaded by Macedonian Human Rights Movement International (MHRMI) in demanding that the Macedonian authorities end all negotiations and talks to change Macedonia's name. 'We call on the United Nations, the European Union, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and those nations who have not yet done so, to formally convey full diplomatic recognition to Macedonia under its name - the Republic of Macedonia,' UMD says in a press release on Sa…
Macedonians living in US stage protest against potential change of their homeland name
Macedonians living in the US staged Sunday a protest in front of Macedonia's Embassy in Washington, voicing their opposition to a potential change of the country's constitutional name. During the protest United Macedonian Diaspora (UMD) President Meto Koloski launched a new movement 'We are Macedonia' as a response to worrisome political development in the homeland, MIA reports from Washington. The protesters, about twenty supporters and activists of Diaspora organizations, handed over a declaration to Macedonia…
New Book of Vasko Gjorgievski from Sydney titled The Australian Monk
The short novel "The Australian Monk" by the talented writer from Sydney, Australia, Dr. Vasko Gjorgievski, came out recently. The book is successfully illustrated by the young illustrator Bube Donska, who is also the author of the cover. And this time, as in the previous three books, the theme is provocative and original. A central character in "The Australian monk" is a Macedonian monk. The author and now, through a profound psychological analysis reflected in several specific situations in which the main charact…
Naum Conevski: Please release me, says Denmark’s longest-serving prisoner
Today, lawyers for 68-year-old Naum Conevski will be pleading his case at the Eastern High Court in Copenhagen to try and obtain parole for him and eventually enable him to return to his homeland, Macedonia. Conevski holds the dubious record for being the prisoner who has sat longest in a Danish prison, having now served 34 years of a life sentence for the killing of two boys on Amager Strand, TV2 Nyheder reports. Conevski’s lawyer feels the sentence is unduly harsh. The previous record-holder was released after serving 32 years a…
Days of Macedonian Poetry in Sweden
Traditional cultural manifestation Day of Macedonian Poetry in Sweden, will be held for the 27th time in the City Library in Gothenburg. Within the program of this year's edition there will be twenty poets, and as a guest from Macedonia will participate Macedonian poet Violeta Tancheva Zlateva, author of several books and winner of significant awards for her work, including the most important poetry award in Macedonia, "Brothers Miladinovci "at the Struga Poetry Evenings. The amphitheater hall in the City Library in …
United Macedonian Diaspora strongly condemns proposed language law
The United Macedonian Diaspora said that it strongly opposes the proposed law for the use of languages, which will expand the official use of the Albanian language outside of areas where Albanians are 20 percent of the population, and will include central institutions and companies. "The United Macedonian Diaspora (UMD) expresses its profound disappointment with the language law proposed by Macedonia’s ruling coalition government and expresses its strong opposition against it. This law will be put before Parliament on September 1…
Macedonian Citizen stabbed in Melbourne
Denis Dimovski, 31, was stabbed to death in a brawl at a restaurant in western Melbourne, Australia, Australian media reported. The unfortunate event occurred in Corso Grill restaurant in Carolyn Springs early in the Saturday morning. Police said the group had fled the scene. The group left the Macedonian restaurant after the victim was stabbed several times, but it was believed that there were several cars nearby. Dimovski died immediately after being transferred to hospital. The owners of the restaurant Jim and Jasmina Ribarovski st…
MFA: There are no reports that Macedonian citizens were hit by hurricane Irma
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) announced this afternoon that no Macedonian citizens who were hit by the Hurricane Irma, have contacted the Embassy of Republic of Macedonia in Washington asking for help. The ministry said that they have found out of one Macedonian citizen stuck at the Saint Martin Island from social networks. “We have a contact with the Office of Foreign Missions in Washington and until today we haven’t received an information about reported Macedonian citizens in the areas hit by the hurricane. From the soc…
Macedonians in Australia prepare for Independence Day
CELEBRATING 26 YEARS OF INDEPENDENT MACEDONIA September 16, 2017 8:00pm St. Clement of Ohrid Macedonian Orthodox Church FREE-Admission, Cocktails, Hors D’ouevres, and Macedonian Entertainment for everyone (young and old alike). A performance by the folk ensemble MAKEDONKA from Toronto. DJ entertainment for the Macedonian youth. An animated movie projection and activities for the kids. A Special VIP Guest in Attendance. All Macedonians and friends of Macedonia are welcome to attend. Sponsored by: The World Macedonian Co…
For Macedonian associations in the diaspora, the Agreement with Bulgaria is shameful and anti-constitutional
OMO Ilinden – Pirin from Bulgaria, the Macedonian international movement for human rights from Canada, the Australian – Macedonian committee for human rights and the Macedonian Alliance for a European Integration of Albania, today by issuing a joint statement have condemned the content in the Agreement with Bulgaria, that doesn’t contribute to the good neighborly relations, the promotion of better relations and the Euro-integration of Macedonia. The organizations have remarked that with the Agreement, Macedonia is doing a step towards…
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