Tag: Austria

As part of the European Union's mechanism for providing aid for the neighboring countries and Africa, Austria announced today that by the end of August it will deliver 651,000 doses of Pfizer/BioNTech-produced vaccines. It is planned for North Macedonia to receive 119,000 doses of vaccines through this mechanism. The vaccine distribution will start in May, announced the Austrian Foreign...

The аnti-migration wave is getting louder in Serbia. Although, according to the latest report of the European Commission, Serbia received a positive evaluation when it comes to the regulation of the system of acceptance and management of the migrations, migrants are increasingly spoken about in a negative context – that they steal, rape and commit other crimes in Serbia....

Austria is a friend of Macedonia and the whole region, and we would like to live in a common future. As the Chairman of the European Union, I can say that the EU will be complete when it will be integrated with the Western Balkans. For Macedonia, the solution to the name dispute will bring dynamic. First of all,...

Austria is a friend of the Balkans and Macedonia, wrote on his Twitter account the head of the Macedonian diplomacy, Nikola Dimitrov. He said that he is honored to have met with the Austrian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sebastian Kurz and that he had the opportunity o present him a new Macedonian chapter. https://twitter.com/Dimitrov_Nikola/status/884367417090199552 At the meeting, as was informed...

Tomorrow, Foreign Minister, Nikola Dimitrov, will be paying an official visit to Austria at the invitation of Austrian Foreign Minister, Sebastian Kurz, reports the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During the visit, Foreign Minister Dimitrov is scheduled to meet with members of the committee of the Austrian National Council, as well as with the President of the Austrian Chamber of Industrialists. This...

Macedonian political parties need to make the decisions that are made after elections, and from our side there will be no interference in the further course of events, said Austrian Foreign Minister and Chairman of the OSCE for 2017, Sebastian Kurz, who today is visiting the country. He noted that Austria’s interest in Macedonia will continue to be a strong...

The chief of Austrian diplomacy and chairman of OSCE, Sebastian Kurz, arrived today in Macedonia, and this afternoon, along with his host, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikola Poposki paid a visit to border stone 59 at the Macedonian- Greek border crossings, near Gevgelija. During the visit of border stone 59, only Poposki gave a...

The chief of the Austrian diplomacy and president of OSCE for 2017, Sebastian Kurz, tomorrow will be visiting Macedonia officially and during the visit, he will be meeting his colleague Nikola Poposki. According to his agenda, which was released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), Poposki and Kurz, tomorrow at 13.30, will be visiting the border stone 59...

On June, the 7th, nine Austrian and local companies will come together for the Маcedonian-Austrian Business Forum at the Economic Chamber of Macedonia. Companies will be from various industries such as textile, food, pharmaceutical and the metal industry. The goal is to deepen direct cooperation, which will develop competitiveness in the market, making way for the creation of new products and...

The Directors of the Police Forces of Austria, Croatia, Slovenia and Serbia are coming to Macedonia tomorrow to meet with the Director of the Public Security Bureau, Goranco Savovski, where the main topic of discussion will be the current situation surrounding the migrant crisis. As announced by the Ministry of Interior (MOI), the meeting will also be attended by the Secretary...

Germany and Austria, in cooperation with the Macedonian and Greek government are developing a plan to close the Macedonian-Greek border for refugees, says the agency "Sputnik", reporting its information from the German newspaper "Bild". According to the German newspaper, experts from Vienna, Brussels and Berlin want to close the border and equip the area with a surveillance system. At the...

The A4 motorway was closed this morning in Austria due to safety reasons, as it is very close to the border, while dozens of migrants were on the road to Vienna, said a police spokesman in the eastern region of Burgenland. Around 8,000 people entered Austria yesterday and a further 3,600 at midnight, added the spokesman.

Macedonian Interior Minister Mitko Chavkov, at today's Conference in Ohrid, dedicated to the migrant crisis. said   "As a country, we have been left alone to deal with a situation that has arisen which is not of our making, and is in fact, caused partly by sharing a border with a Member State of the European Union." Minister Chavkov...

Macedonia is facing a unique problem – inflow of migrants “from EU countries”, said the first Macedonian diplomat, Nikola Poposki at the press conference in Vienna that is part of the summit dedicated to the West Balkans. Poposki announced that until recently, around 4000 migrants had been entering each day. According to latest estimates, this period the number will be...

  The West Balkan football team won against the EU team 4 to 2 in the match that took place in Vienna that was part of the program off the West Balkan Summit. The Prime Minister of Macedonia contributed to the win by scoring two goals and assisting the other two. The teams were made of presidents of governments and ministers of...

Minister of Interior Mitko Chavkov and the Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz, who is visiting the country, will visit the town Gevgelija which was in the focus of the international media because of the unfolding crisis with Middle Eastern refugees. “Today, August 24, at 10:30 in Gevgelija, the Minister of Interior Mitko Chavkov will receive the Austrian Minister of Foreign...

Residents of Kosovo in January became the largest group to file applications for asylum in Austria. With 1,029 submitted requests, Kosovars exceeded Syrians who are fleeing the war in their country. In January this year, a total of 910 Syrians applied for asylum in Austria. Afghans are third, with 622 applications, while Iraqis are fourth with 286 applications. Last year, Syrians...