Why does Western media hate Macedonians?
A drunk driver runs a red light and slams into a crowd of pedestrians, gravely injuring several. If this happened in Macedonia, the headline in Western media would be: “Pedestrians Cause Car Accident, Major Damage to Vehicle”. Imagine that every headline and news story about your ethnic group is rife with misinformation and designed to eradicate the existence of your ethnic identity. But why? Because Macedonia’s oppressors demand it, and Western countries choose to support them for the benefit of their own imperialist foreign policies. Specif…
Increased number of asylum seekers from Macedonia in EU countries
Exactly 4922 Macedonian citizens applied for asylum in one of the EU countries last year, which is a significant increase compared to 2020, when the number was 1230 asylum applications. Most of them tried to find refuge in Germany. The data provided by the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) shows a general upward trend in the numbers of asylum seekers as before the pandemic, but Macedonia is highlighted as one of the countries with a drastic increase in numbers. While there were 1230 asylum seekers in European countries in 2020, the num…
'Generations of young Macedonians and Albanians currently hate Bulgaria'
According to the former Bulgarian Prime Minister, many months and a lot of time have been missed, and at the same time “great tension has been created in Macedonia, in Albania and in the whole EU against Bulgaria. “Bulgaria has missed many months to explain its position,” Boyko Borisov said, adding that “generations of young Macedonians and Albanians currently hate Bulgaria.” Borisov has a firm stand that a compromise must and can be made. According to Borisov, at the EU-Western Balkans Summit Radev “will lie once again”. “He always promised…
Kocarev: We need European values, not the EU!
Ljupčo Kocarev, President of the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts (MANU) with a column for the Macedonian daily newspaper Nova Makedonija: History teaches us that empires are born and fall. There is no better source for defining imperialism than the Encyclopedia Britannica, first printed in 1768 in a country that was a great empire in the 19th and first half of the 20th centuries. According to the encyclopedia, "imperialism" means "state policy, practice or advocacy for the expansion of power and domination, particularly…
German Media: Identity issues once again block Macedonia’s EU path
The German media "Süddeutsche Zeitung" wrote that Macedonia will be able to start negotiations with the European Union only if Macedonia recognizes that its language is a dialect of Bulgarian, and its national heroes are ethnic Bulgarians. The country, which not so long ago changed its name to increase its chances of EU membership, now faces another major hurdle. The beginning of Macedonia’s accession negotiations with the EU will be blocked, said its neighboring Bulgaria, if the Government in Skopje does not change parts of its hist…
Macedonia wants to support Ukraine with NATO and EU integration
During a telephone conversation, the newly appointed Macedonian Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani assured the Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Dmytro Kuleba, that he would support Ukraine's integration into NATO and the EU - reported the German-speaking Ukrainian medium "Ukrinform", citing the press service of the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine. The Foreign Minister of Ukraine is said to have congratulated the Foreign Minister on his election as head of the Ministry. “ Dmytro Kuleba expressed the hope that North Macedonia would support the …
EU: Building border fence between Macedonia and Serbia was not part of agreement
Serbia is constructing a barbed-wire fence at its southern border with Macedonia. Authorities in Belgrade have not yet commented on the issue, but the EU did. Serbia has started erecting a barbed-wire fence at its southern border with Macedonia, with the goal of blocking illegal migrants from entering the country without a visa, according to reports from news agency AFP, local media outlets in Belgrade and Radio Free Europe, as well as Macedonian media reported. Now the EU commented the issue: The European Union has rejected the claims that th…
Tsipras and Zaev receive German 'Peace of Westphalia' Award
The two former heads of government Alexis Tsipras (Greece) and Zoran Zaev (Macedonia) receive the International Peace of Westphalia Award. Ex-Prime Ministers Alexis Tsipras and Zoran Zaev have made a difference in the 'name dispute over Macedonia' over stability in the entire region of the Balkans. This was the reason given on Wednesday by the Economic Society for Westphalia and Lippe (WWL), located in Germany. The WWL awards the prize as a founder every two years. The chairman of the Economic Society for Westphalia and Li…
Deadlock: European leaders block EU-entry talks with Macedonia and Albania
European leaders are engaged in discussions over whether to allow Macedonia and Albania to open EU accession talks. French President Emmanuel Macron reportedly stands opposed to accession talks until his request for a serious reform and deepening of the EU, as well as changes to the enlargement process, are accepted. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said that his country is opposed to accession talks for Albania, but would leave some room for opening talks with Macedonia – the decoupling option, which is also supported by Spain and Den…
Will Macedonia be a strategic investor in bulgarian nuclear project Belene?
The possibility of assuming the role of strategic investor in the construction of the bulgarian Belene nuclear power plant appears to be in the works in Macedonia, following the invitation of Bulgaria, which was published in the Official Journal of the EU, to attract a strategic investor to this project - greek financed media Nezavisen in Skopje reports (part of Greek IBNA - Independent Balkan News Agency). According to the information that has been released, it seems that initially interest had been expressed, and that detailed analy…
EP Committee on Foreign Affairs adopts report on Macedonia
The European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) by 47 votes ‘for’, nine ‘against’ and one ‘restrained’ adopted Tuesday the report of rapporteur Ivo Vajgl on Macedonia, which supports a launch of the country’s EU accession talks in June of 2019. The EP report on the 2018 European Commission Report on Macedonia should now be adopted at the EP plenary session in November. Vajgl presented a vocal amendment to the report, which refers to the referendum outcome and notifies the need of additional support for the country’s Euro-A…
Macedonia aligning with EU's seasonal time change directive
Daylight saving time in Macedonia ends on October 28. As Macedonians dial clocks an hour back, the country is launching a process to adopt a proposed bill of the EU on scraping daylight saving time. Macedonia should align its national legislation and define the manner in which the EU directive will be transposed. The proposal of the Bureau of Metrology will be sent to the government for consideration, says the Ministry of Economy. "The new draft-directive on lifting summertime arrangements, which hasn't been yet issued in…
May: Agreement with Greece opens doors to EU and NATO for Macedonia
In a letter to Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, UK Prime Minister, Theresa May congratulated Macedonia on reaching an agreement with Greece, as well as the ratification agreement reached in Parliament, announced the Government. “Such a meaningful achievement would not have been possible without political courage, vision and leadership, as the two of you have shown. As we discussed before in Skopje, resolving this issue will bring enormous benefits to the two countries, as well as the greater region”, reads the letter from Prime Mi…
Sekerinska: Macedonia and EU should not miss out on this chance
Macedonia and the EU should ot miss out on this chance, said Defense Minister Radmila Sekerinska at the annual meeting of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) in Paris on Tuesday. " Macedonia cannot miss out on this chance, but I hope that the EU will not miss out on it too. The status-quo is never an option for the Western Balkans. Either we go forward or going round in circles with the same problems ," said Sekerinska. She referred to the developments in Macedonia and the region in a panel titled "Wes…
Mogherini: Macedonia's New Name Will Have an Effect on Countries in Europe
"I was informed by the Macedonian and Greek Foreign Ministers about the progress in the name talks, which is very encouraging and promising, but it is not yet finalized, I am optimistic, and even more optimistic when it comes to the Balkans. Step by step, we expressed our clear intention of joining, helping and supporting a possible agreement in the coming days or weeks. The EU expects it in order to join it when it is reached and announced." This was stated by the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affair…
Mogherini: We are very encouraged by the progress between Skopje and Athens
High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, this morning, after breakfast with Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov, issued a statement supporting the process of finding a solution to the name dispute. “ We are all very encouraged by the progress made between Skopje and Athens for the name, we will all work to support a positive outcome ”, stated Mogherini. Earlier, Dimitrov said that he and his Greek counterpart Nikos Kotzias negotiated until late last night and reached a fr…
Hahn: Name solution a 'game changer' in Macedonia's EU accession process
Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn says the EU is encouraged by the latest round of name talks between Skopje and Athens. Hahn, who attended Monday an informal breakfast organized by Bulgaria and Austria alongside Macedonia's Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov and his European counterparts, tweeted that the meeting was fruitful and everyone expressed wholehearted support to the negotiations. "Consensus in the room that a solution to the name issue will be a game changer…
Denmark to block Macedonia’s accession in the EU, regardless of name change
Denmark has stated it is not ready at EU’s June summit to support the proposal of the European Commission to start membership negotiations for Macedonia and Albania. “ No, I can say with certainty I will not support that initiative. We should be honest about that issue, ” said Danish Prime Minister Lars Rasmussen after EU’s summit in Sofia. According to him, the EU should not repeat the previous mistakes, citing the decision to start negotiations with Turkey as a grave error. With this attitude, Denmark virtually joined France…
Hahn optimistic that Macedonia and Greece will solve name dispute
European Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn voiced optimism in Sofia on Thursday that Macedonia and Greece will reach a solution to the name dispute. He did not want to discuss any time frames, however. "I've always been optimistic. And I'll stay optimistic. The two PMs are on the right track," European Enlargement Commissioner Hahn said, commenting the meeting between PMs Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras held at the sidelines of the EU-Western Balkans Summit earlier…
Bosnjakovski : Zaev-Tsipras meeting a step toward final name row settlement
Government spokesman Mile Bosnjakovski asked to comment on the expectations of the government and the likelihood the premiers of Macedonia and Greece to close the name issue at their meeting tomorrow in Sofia, said it is crucial step toward a final solution. “ Regarding tomorrow’s meeting of the PMs, Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras, yesterday Zaev said it was way too early to be expecting something like that. but I believe that this meeting is a step toward a final solution ,” the spokesman told a news conference on Wednesday. Answe…
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