Finance Minister: Without Political Crisis, Economy in Macedonia Would Have...
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Zoran Stavreski believes that if there had not been the political crisis, the Macedonian economy would have risen between 4 - 5 percent. "The political crisis...
View ArticleUS Warns American Citizens in Turkey against Terrorism Risks
The US has warned American citizens in Turkey on the possibility of fresh terrorist threats at the touristic destinations in the country. The American government continues to receive credible...
View ArticleBelgium Extradites Notorious Terrorist Salah Abdeslam to France
Belgian authorities have informed that terror suspect Salah Abdeslam has been extradited from Belgium to France, CNN reported. The Belgium-born French citizen faces prosecution there in relation to the...
View ArticlePapua New Guinea Will Shut Australian Detention Center for Asylum Seekers
Papua New Guinea is to close a detention center used by Australia for asylum seekers, Prime Minister Peter O'Neill has announced, BBC reported. His statement followed a Supreme Court ruling on Tuesday...
View ArticleAustria's FM Says Solving Bilateral Conflicts Is Crucial for EU Accession
Solving the bilateral conflicts is necessary for EU accession, said Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz. At an expert conference for Western Balkans, organized by the Foreign Ministry of Austria...
View ArticleUSAID Promotes Manual on Employment of Persons With Disablities
The USAID project for internship and employment of people with disabilities is promoting a manual on employment of persons with disabilities titled "You Have a Right!". The guidebook is about the...
View ArticleChildren of Refugees Born in Balkans Get Local Names
Serbia Merkel is to be the christened name of a baby born by refugee parents, delivered three days ago at a hospital in Belgrade, Telegraf.rs reads. Approximately during the same time, Macedonia got...
View ArticleTurkish President Seeks 'Different Kind of Assistance' from West
The West should show humanity and extend a different kind of assistance to Turkey, which will never close its door to Syrian refugees, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said during a visit to...
View ArticleMacedonian State Election Commission Fully Prepared for June 5 Elections,...
The authority in charge of organizing the June 5 early parliamentary elections has spoken. On Tuesday, it has adopted the final report on the crossed checkups and the field examinations, Telegraf.mk...
View ArticleMacedonian Companies to Promote Products at Chinese Investment and Trade Expo...
Direct promotion and sale of Macedonian products on Chinese market should be provided by the first Macedonian gustatory display, set to be open on the Investment and Trade Expo in Ningbo, PR China,...
View ArticlePrime Minister Davutoglu: Turkey Will Retain its Principle of Secularism
The new constitution of Turkey will hold on to its principle of secularism, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Wednesday, playing down comments from the Parliament speaker who triggered a public...
View ArticleInternational Road Transport Union Awards 10 Managers of Macedonian Transport...
International Road Transport Union (IRU), the largest transport association in the world seated in Geneva awarded ten managers of transport companies from the Republic of Macedonia, transporters of...
View Article'Cell' Case: Start of Suspects Believed to Have Been Part of Islamic State...
The Wednesday-scheduled start of the trial against five individuals suspected of having participated in para-military structures of the Islamic State was cancelled on the demand of the defense who...
View ArticleOhrid Accommodation Capacities Fully Exhausted during Easter Weekend
Hotels and private rental apartments in Ohrid, Struga and surrounding resorts are fully booked for the Easter holidays. Krste Blazeski, from the HOTAM tourism association, informs that reservations...
View ArticleMacedonia: Court Renders First Verdict in Favor of Discriminanted Pregnant Woman
For the first time in Macedonia, a court has passed a verdict in favor of a pregnant woman who got fired after informing her employer she was expecting a child. Macedonian Young Lawyers Association...
View ArticleHate Crimes Guidelines Book for Judges and Prosecutors Presented in Skopje
A book of guidelines for judges and prosecutors in cases of hate crimes was presented on Wednesday in Skopje. The book is meant to raise awareness and to help send out a stronger message to prevent...
View ArticleMacedonia: Industrial Production Increases by 10.7 Percent in Q1
According to latest data of the State Statistical Office of Macedonia, the industrial production index in the period January - March 2016, in comparison with January - March 2015, was 10.7 percent....
View ArticleSkopje Hosts Regional “Monitoring of the EU Guidelines – Year 2” Conference
Western Balkan countries and Turkey in the past few years have made a certain progress as regards improvement of the civil sector, however these countries are still facing certain challenges. From 2011...
View ArticleJudicial Administration Strike Cancelled as Dissatisfied Workers Get Promise...
The strike of the judicial administration that was set to take place on May 3 will be cancelled because their trade union has received a promise the employees will get a wage increase amounting to 35%....
View ArticleStudents of Different Ethnic Backgrounds Exchange Visits
Schools from across the country took part in programs meant to bring students from different ethnic backgrounds together. A group of children from the "Edinstvo" elementary school in Gostivar visited...
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