Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki: EU Sees Latest Steps as Encouraging
Macedonian Foreign Affairs Minister Nikola Poposki met with European enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn in Brussels on Thursday evening. Following the meeting, Poposki told the MIA correspondent...
View ArticleDUI: President Ivanov and those {ardoned to Act upon Amend of Law
Democratic Union for Integration welcomed the vote in Parliament to amend the law on pardons, which opened way for President Gjorge Ivanov to revoke pardons. "Now that legal conditions are met DUI, as...
View ArticleProtesters Threw Paint at Comedy Theater
Protesters affiliated with the opposition SDSM party and a number of leftist NGO groups held rallies in the capital Skopje and in Struga, Stip, Berovo, Resen, Strumica and other cities. In Skopje,...
View ArticleEgypt Intensifies Investigation into Missing EgyptAair Plane
It is a race against time for investigators to learn what had actually happened to EgyptAir flight MS804 that went missing on Thursday, Euronews reads. Egypt's president Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has...
View ArticleMacedonian Foreign Minister Attends NATO NAC Meeting in Brussels
Macedonia's Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki, on an invitation of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, will attend Friday the North Atlantic Council (NAC) in Foreign Ministers' session with Resolute...
View ArticleGerman Special Envoy Remains Calm as He Is Expected to Hold Talks with...
Germany's special envoy Johannes Haindl has not given a statement to the domestic media regarding his future moves on overcoming the political crisis even upon his second visit to Skopje, Telegraf.mk...
View ArticleModern Ballet "Sleeping Beauties" to Be Performed at May Opera Evenings
In the framework of the 44th May Opera Evenings, modern ballet "Sleeping Beauties" upon Yasunari Kawabata's novel "The House of the Sleeping Beauties" will be performed in the Macedonian Opera and...
View ArticleTen Suspected Members of Drug Ring Arrested in Greece
Greek police had broken a large drug smuggling ring and arrested 10 suspected members: six Albanians and four Greeks. The racket is believed to have smuggled large quantities of cannabis into the...
View ArticleJohannes Haindl to Meet with DUI, DPA Leaders
German diplomat Johannes Haindl is to travel to Tetovo on Friday for meetings with the leaders of the Democratic Union for Integration (DUI) and the Democratic Party of Albanians (DPA), Ali Ahmeti...
View ArticleNational Bank of Macedonia Chief Says Heavy Bank Withdrawals In Wake of...
The heavy bank withdrawals seen in Macedonia in the wake of a political scandal have almost stopped now, the governor of the National Bank of Macedonia Dimitar Bogov told Reuters on Thursday. In the...
View ArticleMacedonia: Thousands of High School Graduates to Join Mass Quadrille Dancing...
Over 1,200 high school graduates from Skopje and 1,300 from across the country will participate in the traditional parades and quadrille dancing events. In Skopje, the dance will be held at the main...
View ArticleTsai Ing-wen Sworn in as First Female President of Taiwan
Tsai Ing-wen has been sworn in as the new president of Taiwan, becoming its first female leader, Euronews reports. Tsai Ing-wen’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) won by a landslide on voter...
View ArticleMany Questions Regarding Marjan's Disappearance Remain Unanswered
How was it possible Marjan Stanojevic, the boy with 80% vision impairment, to get on a bus to Belgrade and not notify anyone about his decision, although his mother called him on the phone 15 minutes...
View ArticleAlbania Plans to Commence EU Membership Negotiations by End of 2016
Albania's Government plans to fully implement projected reforms in the judicial system by the end of the year and it plans to request a start of negotiations for EU membership, Albanian Prime Minister...
View ArticleMontenegrin Opposition Banned from Protesting
Due to security reasons, Montenegro's police has not allowed the protest of the opposition Democratic Front to take place in front of the parliament's building in Podgorica. The DF wanted a permit...
View ArticleSkopje's Main Street Sees Real-live 'Fast and Furious' Game
Three cars were involved in a massive car accident on Thursday evening that occurred on the Partizanski Odredi boulevard in Skopje. All three vehicles - a Jaguar and two Audis- carried Skopje licenses...
View ArticlePresentation of Macedonian Poetry Takes Place in Moscow
A presentation of Macedonian poetry opened in the Foreign Literature Library in Moscow this week, and lasts until 26 June. Poet and translator Olga Pankina helped put together the presentation,...
View ArticleRecord-high 51 C Measured in India
The thermometer in India showed 51 C on Thursday, which is the highest air temperature since statistics are being kept, the country's meteorological department said. The temperature in the city of...
View ArticleMonograph on Queen of Romani Song Promoted at Museum of Macedonian Struggle
The monograph on Esma Redzepova-Teodosievska, known as the Queen of Romani Song, was promoted Thursday evening at the Museum of the Macedonian Struggle. Written by Slave Nikolovski-Katin, the monograph...
View ArticleHillary Clinton Says Trump Is 'Not Qualified' to Be President
Hillary Clinton, candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, said some heavy words about presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump, stating on Thursday that he is "not qualified" to be...
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