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1 week, 5 days ago

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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3 weeks, 1 day 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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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, 1 month ago

Albania’s prime minister calls for more NATO troops in neighboring Kosovo following ethnic violence

Associated Press

SKOPJE, North Macedonia — Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama urged NATO on Wednesday to further boost its military forces in Kosovo and secure the country’s borders with Serbia, warning that recent ethnic violence in Kosovo could potentially trigger a wider Balkan conflict. Kosovo’s border with Serbia was “out of control,” Rama said after an informal meeting of Western Balkan NATO …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Talking points ahead of England’s clash with North Macedonia

The Independent

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. England attempt to end year unbeaten Gareth Southgate’s men have ultimately cruised …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Indian sports news wrap, May 25

The Hindu

GOLF India veterans Atwal, Jeev to tee off at Senior PGA Championship Veteran Indian golfers Jeev Milkha Singh and Arjun Atwal will tee off at the USD 3.5 million Senior PGA Championship in Frisco, Texas. The results : Under-16 boys: Praneel Sharma bt Gandharv Kothapalli 6-2, 6-3; Samarth Sahita bt Panshul Uboveja 6-1, 6-2; Arnav Paparkar bt Sriniketh Kannan 6-2, …

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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, 3 months ago

North Macedonia’s EU path is under threat from an unlikely actor

Al Jazeera

Much of the Macedonian civil society has joined the right in rejecting a deal with Sofia and Brussels. Over the summer, a proposal by the European Union to resolve North Macedonia’s dispute with neighbouring Bulgaria, which had imposed a veto on its EU membership bid, caused much social upheaval in the Balkan country. This exposed the unsettling reality that the …

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2 years, 5 months ago

North Macedonia votes to resolve dispute with Bulgaria

Al Jazeera

Lawmakers pass a deal aimed at settling a dispute with Bulgaria, clearing the way to long-due EU membership talks. Lawmakers in North Macedonia have passed a French-brokered deal aimed at settling a dispute with Bulgaria, clearing the way to long-due European Union membership talks. Both European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel took to …

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2 years, 5 months ago

EU urges N Macedonia to back proposed deal with Bulgaria

Associated Press

SKOPJE, North Macedonia — European Council President Charles Michel urged North Macedonia on Tuesday to back a French-proposed compromise on ending a dispute with neighboring Bulgaria that’s blocking the country’s long-delayed European Union accession bid. Violent protests erupted in North Macedonia’s capital, Skopje, where demonstrators tried to storm government buildings, after French President Emmanuel Macron announced the proposal — which …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Germany’s Scholz tries to unblock North Macedonia’s EU bid

Associated Press

SKOPJE, North Macedonia — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited North Macedonia and Bulgaria on Saturday in a bid to resolve the dispute between both countries that has seen European Union membership talks with both North Macedonia and Albania blocked. Bulgaria refuses to approve the EU’s membership negotiation framework for North Macedonia, effectively blocking the official start of accession talks with …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Bulgarian PM visits North Macedonia to boost battered ties

Associated Press

SKOPJE, North Macedonia — The new prime ministers of North Macedonia and Bulgaria agreed Tuesday to redouble efforts to improve relations between the Balkan neighbors, which soured after Bulgaria blocked North Macedonia’s bid to join the European Union. Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov’s visit to Skopje came only two days after North Macedonia’s parliament confirmed the country’s new cabinet, led …

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3 years ago

Remains of bus crash victims returned to North Macedonia

The Independent

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3 years, 3 months ago

International Day of Charity: Theme, History and Significance

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International Day of Charity is celebrated with an aim of increasing and enhancing social responsibility across the world. Introduced by United Nations, the day comes as a great opportunity to become a part of charity events and contribute towards the welfare of the weakest members of the society. In the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development adopted in September 2015, the …

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Hundreds march in North Macedonia against air pollution

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

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

Albania’s prime minister calls for more NATO troops in neighboring Kosovo following ethnic violence

Talking points ahead of England’s clash with North Macedonia

Indian sports news wrap, May 25

German president presses N Macedonia on EU-required reforms

EU expanding border guard presence along busy Balkan route

North Macedonia’s EU path is under threat from an unlikely actor

North Macedonia votes to resolve dispute with Bulgaria

EU urges N Macedonia to back proposed deal with Bulgaria

Germany’s Scholz tries to unblock North Macedonia’s EU bid

Bulgarian PM visits North Macedonia to boost battered ties

Remains of bus crash victims returned to North Macedonia

International Day of Charity: Theme, History and Significance