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Hundreds march in North Macedonia against air pollution

SKOPJE: Several hundred people marched on Tuesday in Skopje demanding immediate action from the government to tackle high levels of air pollution in the North Macedonian capital. "I'm protesting because we don't have clean air, because they systematically kill every one of us and because it's time for the government to do something," 22-year-old student Anastasija Pavlovska told AFP. Almost …

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

North Macedonian political party demands ban on TikTok after at least 17 students injured

Associated Press

SKOPJE, North Macedonia — A political party in North Macedonia on Saturday demanded authorities ban social networks whose content incites violence and self-destructive behavior after several young people were seriously injured in connection with the popular “Superman challenge” on TikTok. The Liberal-Democratic Party, which was part of the left-led coalition that ruled the country from 2016 to earlier in 2024, …

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3 weeks, 2 days ago

North Macedonia arrests man suspected of intending to join Russian army and fight in Ukraine

Associated Press

SKOPJE, North Macedonia — Police in North Macedonia have arrested a Macedonian national suspected of intending to join the Russian army and fight in Ukraine, according to the country’s Interior Ministry. The ministry said the suspect had been in online contact with a person who had introduced himself as tasked by the Russian army to recruit soldiers for a compensation …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Arrests in North Macedonia after raucous celebrations by members of ethnic Albanian minority

Associated Press

SKOPJE, North Macedonia — Police in North Macedonia have arrested 10 people following raucous celebrations — allegedly including gunfire — by members of the country’s ethnic Albanian minority to mark an Albanian national holiday, officials said Friday. Hundreds of people took part in celebrations late Thursday of Albanian Flag Day in North Macedonia’s capital, Skopje, and other cities. Thursday night’s …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Devin Nunes' unexplained meeting with Balkans leader raises specter of new conflict

Raw Story

Earlier this summer, Devin Nunes, the CEO of Trump Media and a former California congressman, touched down just outside Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia. The spokesperson provided a statement saying only, “The ProPublica geniuses, much to our dismay, have discovered Devin Nunes’ secret plan to reconstitute Alexander the Great’s empire and get Chris Pavlovski named King of Macedon.” Spokespeople …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Turkey hopes to double its trade with North Macedonia to $2 billion

Associated Press

SKOPJE, North Macedonia — Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Thursday his country hopes to boost its trade with North Macedonia to $2 billion a year, or roughly double the current volume with the Balkan country. Fidan said following talks in the North Macedonian capital with North Macedonia’s Foreign Minister Timcho Mutsunski that Ankara wants to establish a “strategic council …

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6 months ago

North Macedonia’s parliament approves a new center-right government after May’s election

Associated Press

SKOPJE, North Macedonia — North Macedonia’s center-right leader secured parliamentary approval to lead a new coalition government in a vote late Sunday. However, VMRO-DPMNE’s questioning of key agreements with neighboring Bulgaria and Greece — both which can block North Macedonia’s accession — could put the brakes on the EU project, said political analyst Petar Arsovski. North Macedonia’s new President Gordana …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

North Macedonia’s center-right leader given official mandate to form government after election win

Associated Press

SKOPJE, North Macedonia — North Macedonia’s president on Thursday formally asked center-right leader Hristijan Mickoski to form a new government following his victory in last month’s parliamentary elections. A coalition led by Mickoski’s VMRO-DPMNE party won just over 43% of the vote in t he May 8 elections, gaining 58 of parliament’s 120 seats, three short of the number needed …

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7 months, 1 week ago

North Macedonia’s new president seeks to sidestep disputes with EU neighbors

Associated Press

SKOPJE, North Macedonia — European Union candidate North Macedonia sought Monday to calm disputes with EU neighbors Greece and Bulgaria that flared up following the landslide election victory of a conservative-backed coalition and president. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called the remarks “illegal and unacceptable,” in an online post Monday, adding: “We declare categorically that we will not accept any …

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7 months, 1 week ago

North Macedonia’s new president reignites a spat with Greece at her inauguration ceremony

Associated Press

SKOPJE, North Macedonia — Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova was sworn as the first female president of North Macedonia on Sunday and immediately reignited a diplomatic spat with neighboring Greece. At the ceremony in the country’s parliament, Siljanovska-Davkova referred to her country as “Macedonia,” rather than the constitutional name “North Macedonia.” This prompted Greek Ambassador Sophia Philippidou to leave the inauguration ceremony. The …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Winner of North Macedonia’s parliamentary election to seek governing coalition partner

Associated Press

SKOPJE, North Macedonia — The head of a center-right 22-party coalition that emerged victorious in North Macedonia’s parliamentary election has fallen just short of gaining a parliamentary majority, leaving it reliant on entering a partnership with another party to form a government. The “Your Macedonia” coalition, led by the head of the VMRO-DPMNE party, Hristijan Mickoski, won just over 43% …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

North Macedonia elects first woman president as center-left incumbents suffer historic losses

Associated Press

SKOPJE, North Macedonia — North Macedonia elected its first woman president Wednesday as the governing Social Democrats suffered historic losses in twin presidential and parliamentary elections. Siljanovska-Davkova was backed by the conservative VMRO-DPMNE party, which made sweeping gains on popular discontent over the country’s slow path toward European Union membership and its sluggish economy. The monthlong campaign focused on North …

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1 year ago

Albania returns 20 stolen icons to neighboring North Macedonia

Associated Press

TIRANA, Albania — Albania on Friday returned 20 icons to neighboring North Macedonia that were stolen a decade ago, Albania’s Culture Ministry said. The icons, frescoes and other pieces were taken from churches and cultural centers in southeastern Albania and in the neighboring North Macedonia. In 2013, North Macedonian experts recognized the icons when Albanian television stations broadcast Albanian Prime …

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1 year ago

Russia’s foreign minister faces Western critics at security meeting and walks out after speech

Associated Press

SKOPJE, North Macedonia — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov faced Western critics while attending international security talks Thursday in Northern Macedonia, where he blamed “NATO’s reckless expansion to the East” for war returning to Europe. He blamed what he described as Western tolerance of the “ruling neo-Nazi regime in Kyiv” for the war that started with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine …

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1 year ago

Russian FM says he plans to attend OSCE meeting in North Macedonia

Associated Press

MOSCOW — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Monday that he plans to travel to North Macedonia later this week to attend a conference, a trip that would mark his first visit to a NATO member country since Moscow sent troops to Ukraine. North Macedonia, which holds the group’s rotating chairmanship, last week invited Lavrov to an OSCE foreign ministers’ …

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1 year ago

NATO member N Macedonia to briefly lift flight ban in case Russia’s Lavrov wants to attend meeting

Associated Press

SKOPJE, North Macedonia — NATO member North Macedonia said Friday it would briefly lift a ban on flights from Russia next week, which would enable Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to attend an international conference in the country should he accept the invitation. It was not clear whether Lavrov would even accept the invitation which North Macedonia’s Foreign Minister Bujar …

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1 year, 1 month ago

NATO head says violence in Kosovo unacceptable while calling for constructive dialogue with Serbia

Associated Press

BELGRADE, Serbia — NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday that the recent violent outbreaks in Kosovo were unacceptable and perpetrators must be brought to justice. “I welcome that Serbia is prepared to cooperate in these efforts.” Stoltenberg also urged Serbia and Kosovo to engage “constructively” in a European Union-mediated dialogue that is aimed at normalizing relations between the former …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Talking points ahead of England’s clash with North Macedonia

The Independent

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1 year, 3 months ago

Italy Held To A 1-1 Draw By North Macedonia in Luciano Spalletti's Debut

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Italy’s chances of defending their European Championship crown suffered a blow on Saturday after a 1-1 away draw at North Macedonia in Euro 2024 qualifying. Spalletti took charge of the national team last month following Roberto Mancini’s shock resignation and his team flopped against the side which dumped Italy out of the last World Cup in the play-offs. READ: Euro …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Italy Face World Cup Demons As They Play North Macedonia in Spalletti's Debut

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Luciano Spalletti leads Italy into a symbolic debut on Saturday as the Azzurri travel to North Macedonia in Euro 2024 qualifying, a chance to exorcise the ghosts of World Cup disaster. It was Group C opponents North Macedonia who sparked the most recent bout of self-reflection by dumping Italy out of the last World Cup in last year’s qualifying play-offs. …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Serbia, Kosovo agree on how to implement EU plan, envoy says

Associated Press

OHRID, North Macedonia — The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo have tentatively agreed on how to implement a European Union- Speaking at a news conference after nearly 12 hours of talks in the North Macedonian lakeside resort of Ohrid, Borrell told reporters that Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti " have reached an agreement on how …

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2 years ago

German president presses N Macedonia on EU-required reforms

Associated Press

SKOPJE, North Macedonia — German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has urged North Macedonia to acknowledge the presence of an ethnic Bulgarian minority in the country, amid other actions required to speed up its European Union accession process. North Macedonia’s accession bid is being held up by a dispute with neighboring EU member Bulgaria, which can block EU expansion — a process …

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2 years, 1 month ago

EU expanding border guard presence along busy Balkan route

Associated Press

SKOPJE, North Macedonia — The European Union signed an agreement Wednesday with North Macedonia to deploy officers from the bloc’s border protection agency Frontex in the small Balkan country as it expands its reach into nearby non-member states. The signing ceremony in North Macedonia’s capital Skopje was attended by EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Home Affairs Commissioner …

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2 years, 5 months ago

EU agrees to accession talks with Albania, North Macedonia

Al Jazeera

The development comes after North Macedonia resolved a long dispute with its EU neighbour Bulgaria. The European Union has agreed to open accession talks with Albania and North Macedonia after Skopje resolved a long dispute with its EU neighbour Bulgaria. The 27 member states have “just agreed to open accession talks with Albania and North Macedonia”, Czech Prime Minister Petr …

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Hundreds march in North Macedonia against air pollution

North Macedonian political party demands ban on TikTok after at least 17 students injured

North Macedonia arrests man suspected of intending to join Russian army and fight in Ukraine

Arrests in North Macedonia after raucous celebrations by members of ethnic Albanian minority

Devin Nunes' unexplained meeting with Balkans leader raises specter of new conflict

Turkey hopes to double its trade with North Macedonia to $2 billion

North Macedonia’s parliament approves a new center-right government after May’s election

North Macedonia’s center-right leader given official mandate to form government after election win

North Macedonia’s new president seeks to sidestep disputes with EU neighbors

North Macedonia’s new president reignites a spat with Greece at her inauguration ceremony

Winner of North Macedonia’s parliamentary election to seek governing coalition partner

North Macedonia elects first woman president as center-left incumbents suffer historic losses

Albania returns 20 stolen icons to neighboring North Macedonia

Russia’s foreign minister faces Western critics at security meeting and walks out after speech

Russian FM says he plans to attend OSCE meeting in North Macedonia

NATO member N Macedonia to briefly lift flight ban in case Russia’s Lavrov wants to attend meeting

NATO head says violence in Kosovo unacceptable while calling for constructive dialogue with Serbia

Talking points ahead of England’s clash with North Macedonia

Italy Held To A 1-1 Draw By North Macedonia in Luciano Spalletti's Debut

Italy Face World Cup Demons As They Play North Macedonia in Spalletti's Debut

Serbia, Kosovo agree on how to implement EU plan, envoy says

German president presses N Macedonia on EU-required reforms

EU expanding border guard presence along busy Balkan route

EU agrees to accession talks with Albania, North Macedonia