Macedonia has a population smaller than Queens and is roughly the size of Vermont. It is stuck in the southern Balkans, wedged between a hostile Greece and sometimes revanchist Albania and Bulgaria. It is not the center of the universe. So why are some members of Congress having to ask our Macedonian ambassador, Jess Baily, to explain reports that he’s been acting as the bullying sovereign of the country, shoehorning political parties into forming a “red-green” coalition between leftist and Islamic-based parties? And is it true, t…
Newly elected European Parliament spokesman, Italian conservative Antonio Tajani, was forced by Greek Parliamentarians to take to twitter and explain his position on the heritage of Alexander the Great. Greeks were angered with Tajani after, during one of his visits to Macedonia to meet with the fellow conservative VMRO-DPMNE party, he spoke about the legacy of the legendary conqueror. "Macedonia is a beautiful country. Everyone in Italy knows Macedonia. Why? Because Alexander the Great and Philip of Macedon are very popular anc…
His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel welcomed Thursday, 26 January 2017, His Excellency Mr Pande Lazarevski, Ambassador of the Republic of Macedonia in Bucharest, at the end of his diplomatic mission in Romania. His Excellency thanked for the reception and recalled the good and steadfast ties between the two countries, united especially through Orthodox faith. His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel appreciated the relations between the two predominantly Orthodox peoples. His Beatitude stressed the opportunity for a better mutual knowledge and for…
Republic of Macedonia and the Republic of Malta have established diplomatic ties as a result of the intensive political and diplomatic contacts over the course of last year, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday. "This act is of exceptional importance because the Republic of Malta and the Republic of Cyprus were the only EU member-states that Macedonia did not have diplomatic ties with even after 26 years of our independence. At the same time, Malta is an EU member currently holding the Union Presidency", reads the …
Macedonian Americans gathered in front of the Trump Tower in New York on 15 of January to declare their support for Donald Trump and to ask him to end the support which the Obama administration has extended to left wing causes in Macedonia, primarily to the George Soros foundation. USAID Macedonia has given millions to Soros Macedonia led projects to build media outlets and NGO groups, who would often engage in violent protests or would promote far left policies. “Dear President Trump. We, the Americans with Macedonian heritage, congrat…
Macedonia will mark Tose Proeski's birthday with a blood drives in Krushevo and the Army Hall in Skopje, exhibition of photographs and promotion of a new version of one of his songs. The singing legend who died in a tragic car crash in 2007 was born on this day in 1981 and would have been 36 today. The blood drive in Krushevo will be held in the Memorial House bulit in his honor and citizens can donate blood during the entire day. At noon, at the exhibition area in the Memorial House, 15 photographs of Toshe which haven't …
In the Skopje municipality of Karpos, to rent a square meter of an apartment in the third quarter of 2016 one had to pay 320 Denars per month, which is an increase of 93 Denars compared with the third quarter in 2015 (227 Denars), show data of the Registry of Prices and Rents of the Real Estate Cadastre Agency. Stable rent prices are registered in the Skopje municipality of Centar - 294 Denars in Q3 in 2015 while in Q3 in 2016 the rent for square meter was 254 Denars. The cadastre agency has also registered stable rents in the Skopje …
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