Macedonia

Skopje – Social-Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM) presented late Monday in Skopje municipality Gazi Baba presidential candidate Ljubomir Frckoski, Gazi Baba mayor hopeful Milentie Janevski and Skopje mayor front-runner Tito Petkovski of NSDP, as well as the councillor list. “We have an obligation to change the image of Gazi Baba. …

Macedonia’s independent presidential candidate Ljube Boskoski claims that his supporters have received threats from the ruling conservative party VMRO DPMNE. Boskoski’s spokesperson Vesna Tasevska said on Monday that the candidate’s supporters who are employed in the public administration “receive threats for their jobs and even direct threats against their physical …

Ohrid, – There will be no devaluation in Macedonia. The country has sufficient reserves and thanking to the reforms, sound monetary, fiscal policy, stoically deals with the crisis, Vice-Premier Zoran Stavreski said Friday during his visit to Ohrid.

Macedonia’s Prime Minister and conservative VMRO DPMNE party leader Nikola Gruevski is the most popular politician in the country, while the party’s candidate for president, Georgi Ivanov tops the list of presidential candidates, the latest opinion poll shows. Gruevski enjoys the trust of 31 per cent of respondents according to …

The political rhetoric at the presidential and local poll campaign in Macedonia has so far been correct with only minor incidents occurring, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, OSCE, said Sunday. In its second pre-election report for the campaign before the March 22 presidential and local election, the …

Macedonia’s capital Skopje ground to a halt late Sunday as thousands of supporters poured in from across the country to attend the central election rally of the ruling conservative VMRO DPMNE party and its coalition “For a Better Macedonia”, ahead of presidential and local elections. The party organised buses and …

A total of 5 million trees were planted across Macedonia on Saturday in a one-day reforestation campaign to revive forests destroyed by wildfires in the past two summers. Thousands of people from all walks of life across the tiny western Balkan country took part in the mass reforestation activity under …

Skopje – European Parliament’s resolution, adopted Thursday in Strasbourg, presents a victory for Macedonia’s diplomacy as its recommends launching of the country’s EU entry talks and free visa regime for its citizens, Vice-Premier for European Affairs Ivica Bocevski said on Thursday. – Today, the Republic of Macedonia scored a small …

Before the incoming census in both Kosovo and Albania, the Bulgarian Government has mobilized and is on a quest to find Bulgarians among the Gorans (Macedonian muslims) in Kosovo. For this purpose offices have been opened in both Kosovo and Albania where Bulgarian citizenship is offered to anyone who walks …

The European Parliament in Strasbourg, Thursday expressed its support for Macedonia’s EU candidacy and urged the EU to grant the country a date for the start of accession talks by the year end, local media report. In the progress report for the country that was adopted, MPs expressed regrets that …