Macedonia News

“The political parties should consider the interests of the people and reach greater consensus for constitutional changes.”

Reforms in Macedonia's judicial system need serious and immediate attention in order for the country to meet EU and NATO requirements. via Balkan Times

“The Macedonian government is attempting to make ajvar a world-recognised product”

Macedonia's government is seeking trademark protection for ajvar, a product found throughout the region. via Balkan Times

Messages of sympathy continue to flow into China from foreign state leaders and international organizations as the country remains busy with disaster-relief efforts in the wake of the crisis caused by heavy ... via People's Daily Online

Macedonia's president cautioned Greece on Saturday not to block his country's entry into NATO, warning a veto would risk further destabilizing the Balkans. via PR-inside.com

“As a country neighbouring Serbia and Kosovo, Macedonia will surely be among the first to feel the consequences -- both positive and negative -- of Kosovo's status settlement”

Macedonia wants to join NATO at the Alliance's April summit in Bucharest, largely due to concerns about neighbouring Kosovo's impending independence. via Balkan Times

“We support a united and federal island and we are opposed to any secession or division”

Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel was in Skopje last week. Also in diplomatic news: Romania and France sign a strategic partnership agreement. via SETimes news

“Could these Bulgars be the ancestors of the modern Macedonians?”

In the deliberately confused political landscape of the Central Balkans, historical truth, moral standards, ideological clarity, and political resoluteness are necessary for all if peace, progress and ... via American Chronicle

“We have hired two debt collection agencies for certain periods of time and paid them based on their success rate”

Macedonian companies who are unable to collect debts from customers have begun to use collection agencies. via Balkan Times

“Serbia and the whole Western Balkans enjoy the broad, firm and unconditional support of France”

US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo met with Albanian and Serbian leaders in Kosovo. via SETimes news

“Last year we turned down some 959 applications, including 711 by Macedonian citizens who presented fake documents”

Some 14,000 Macedonians and 11,000 Moldovans of Bulgarian origin were granted a Bulgarian passport over the last six years, Bulgaria's Vice President Angel Marin announced Sunday. via Macedonian Radio Television

President Branko Crvenkovski on Jan. 27-29 will pay an official visit to Qatar upon an invitation of the Emir of the State of Qatar, H.H. Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani. Crvenkovski and his host will discuss ... via Macedonian Radio Television

Prime Minister of former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia discusses membership The Prime Minister of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia1, Mr. via InterestAlert.com

“Through this harmonisation, pensions will approximate to the dynamics of the salary increase”

Pensions in Macedonia have been increased for the first time in 15 years. Financial discipline, better tax collection and a pension fund surplus made the raise possible. via Balkan Times

“In this context the possibility of Ukraine's integration into NATO will seriously complicate the multi-dimensional relations between Russia and Ukraine”

In a Jan. 22 statement, the foreign ministry said "the new radical expansion of NATO could lead to a serious military-political shift that would inevitably affect Russia's security interests," and the ... via Kyiv Post

Bulgaria and Macedonia have signed a memorandum covering cooperation in Euro-Atlantic integration processes. via B92

Defence Secretary Des Brown met with his Macedonian counterpart, Lazar Elenovski, on Tuesday to discuss Skopje's NATO integration bid. via Balkan Times

“The European Union has stressed the need for diversifying gas delivery routes. Nabucco is a possible way of energy cooperation between Iran and the EU”

Transneft puts up tender for pipeline Transneft said it plans to put a public tender for the construction work and related activities for the first phase of the Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean pipeline system at ... via Earth Times

“Both sides, for their own reasons, have great interest to leave this problem behind them and to continue to establish a positive and constructive relationship”

Negotiations between Greece and Macedonia regarding the name dispute ended in Ohrid on Monday without an agreement. via Balkan Times

Naser Nebija, a suspect in the murder of a Macedonian policeman, was killed yesterday. via B92

The suspected killer of a Macedonian police officer was shot dead by police while resisting arrest on Tuesday afternoon. via Macedonian Radio Television