Thursday, May 03, 2007

PM slams FYROM for name impasse

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Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis lashed out yesterday at the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia's (FYROM) «intransigence» as Greece s...

US wants to close Kosovo issue this spring

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United States of America is against any delay in resolving the status of Kosovo and wants to close the issue in a matter of months, accordin...

US urges Macedonia to accelerate reforms

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SKOPJE, Macedonia-Macedonia's government and opposition parties should agree on reforms that could open an invitation for the Balkan cou...

Macedonia left out of Reuters poll on EU

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Macedonia is the only country in the region that was left out of Reuters poll on which country will join the European Union, Makfax news age...
Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Macedonia's debt repayment sparks mixed reviews

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The Macedonian government announced on April 11th that it will repay about $137m in debt earlier than planned to the World Bank and the Euro...

Father, son - suspects in Rascekor nightclub murder

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D.N. (53) and his son J.N. (25), both employed in Rascekor nightclub in Bitola, are the main suspects in the murder of 37-year-old Milenko S...

Bumpy Start for Macedonian Trial

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Some observers wonder whether this case should have been brought to the tribunal in the first place. By Sara Goodman in The Hague (TU No 49...

Macedonian police frees Bulgarian woman, abducted by two Macedonians, who demanded EUR 20,000 ransom

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Skopje. Two citizens of the Macedonian town of Tetovo have abducted a Bulgarian woman, the correspondent of FOCUS News Agency in Skopje Deja...

Fi-Kom owners sentenced

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Basic Court Skopje 2 sentenced Wednesday couple Nikola and Vesna Nikolic, owners of construction company "Fi-Kom", to 10-year impr...

Shootout in Aracinovo

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Drive-by shooting took place in the Skopje's nearby village of Aracinovo yesterday, leaving no injured, Macedonian Police announced. ...

Bakoyannis enraged by Rice's letter of support to Macedonia

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The United States of America is not bordering with Skopje, but Greece is", the Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis said as commentin...

Rogue diggers helping themselves to Macedonia's ancient treasure

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DEDELI, Macedonia: "Watch your step," goes a joke by archaeologists in Macedonia, "or you might crack an ancient pot." ...

Massive extinction of white-head eagles in Macedonia

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The Macedonian rare avian species - white-head eagle - is in grave danger of total extinction, after 16 dead birds have been found Wednesday...

Bombs found at old iron depot

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Artillery grenades, warplane bomb and ammunition intended for non-live fire exercise ended up as old iron at a depot in Bitola. Teams of ...

Gazprom enters Macedonia

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The Russian oil giant Gazprom comes onto the Macedonian market, the Macedonian Vecer newspaper writes. The Russian company will be included ...

USAID, Macedonia sign project on renovation of 100 primary schools

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The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Macedonia signed a Memorandum of Understanding, which aims to upgrade the...

Macedonia sends letter of protests to CE for inappropriate naming of state

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Macedonian representatives in the Council of Europe (CE) send a letter of protest to the Secretary General Terry Davis for inappropriate nam...

Macedonia readies to send protest note to Carla Del Ponte

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Macedonia will hand over a note of protest if The Hague Tribunal's prosecution, led by chief prosecutor Carla Del Ponte, used the term ...

Macedonia is not Bosnia: Interview with Edward Joseph

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This interview was conducted in 2000 with Edward Joseph, then head of the Macedonia office of the International Crisis Group (ICG). It prov...
Thursday, April 26, 2007

First appearance of the trial against Boskoski and Tarculovski ended

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The first appearance of the trial against Ljube Boskoski and Johan Tarculovski ended Monday at the Hague Tribunal. As it was agreed at the p...