Vučić confirms that Gruevski went to Hungary via Serbia
In Belgrade's first official response, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said former Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski fled to Hungary via Serbia, but before a warrant was issued and sent to Belgrade. He also said that Gruevski was accompanied by two Hungarian nationals from Macedonia to...
Albanian media take Serbian bait over Gruevski story
Last week, disinformation that was published by pro-government Serbian daily newspaper "Politika", lied to a large part of the Albanian media who in turn, shared the news. "Politika", citing its own sources, claimed that Nikola Gruevski flew to Budapest via Tirana.
One of the most...
“Politika”: Gruevski raises tensions between America and Russia
While it has been formally claimed that fugitive Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski is in Budapest, some articles speculate that he had traveled to Russia or Turkey, reported Serbian pro-government daily newspaper "Politika". The article points out that both Russia and Turkey maintain diplomatic...
Belgrade yet to offer official stance on “Gruevski case”
Most of the Serbian media today reported information from the interior ministries of Albania and Montenegro that former Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski fled Macedonia via Albania and Montenegro in a vehicle to the Hungarian embassy in Tirana, two days before for an arrest...
Councilors in Kochani rename “VMRO” street to “Marshal Tito”
The majority of the council at the Municipality of Kochani has restored the name of one of the central streets. For several decades, the street was named after the president of the former Social Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Josip Broz Tito. Councilors from the...
For Belgrade’s “Politika”, Mickoski is a pantomimist and Ivanov a hero
Under the headline "Referendum Aivar", the pro-government Serbian daily newspaper "Politika" announced on Tuesday that "instead of humbly admitting that the referendum failed, European, American and NATO officials are claiming victory, with even more intensified political passion."
"The hypocrisy of the Western ruling political elites and the...
Serbia and Frontex initial agreement on the protection of the EU’s external borders
Today, Serbia initialed an agreement with the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) to advance security at the external borders of the EU, as well as to manage migration. Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic and European Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration Dimitris...
Tsipras will mark the end of the Greek economic Odyssey with TV address
Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras will have a TV address to the nation today on the occassion of the end of the country’s financial crisis. Tsipras symbolically chose Ithaca island in the Ionian Sea, the home of Odysseus, which he struggles to find in...
Heated diplomatic agenda for the Greek government at the end of summer
The unexpected development with the release of the two Greek soldiers after five months’ imprisonment in Turkey, should not make the Greek government complacent, because the end of summer and the begining ofautumn bring a number of high profile foreign policy issues.
The most notorious...
Dačić: Živaljević was meant to report whether there were any Serbian nationals in Parliament
Today, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić stated that the official of the Embassy of Serbia in Macedonia and member of the Security Information Agency (BIA), Goran Živaljević, entered the Macedonian Parliament on April the 27th, during the violence, but did not violate diplomatic protocol,...
It’s not a criminal act that a Serbian intelligence officer was in the Macedonian Parliament, says Vučić
The Serbian Prime Minister, Aleksandar Vučić, after last night’s informal dinner with the Prime Ministers of the Western Balkans, when asked by a journalist about the presence of an advisor of the Serbian Embassy in Skopje in the Parliament building during the violence on...
The Mayor of Bogovinje, Hazbi Idrizi died of injuries from a firearm
The Mayor the municipality of Bogovinje, Hazbi Idrizi, succumbed to his injuries after he was shot this morning by a firearm, confirmed the clinical centre in Tetovo for "Meta".
According to unofficial sources, the murder was committed by an employee from the municipality, who allegedly, had been...
Belgrade insists at the EU for a peaceful solution for the crisis in Macedonia
The public discourse that is calling for violence, in a lack of a crucial dialogue between Belgrade and Prishtina and the instability in Macedonia represent a serious and open threat for the peace in South Eastern Europe, was the main message from the unofficial...
Instead of Edi Rama, the Macedonians in Albania are in coalition with Ilir Meta
The Executive Committee of the Macedonian Alliance for a European Integration in Albania (KAEI) has made a decision to enter into a coalition with Ilir Meta’s Movement for a Socialist Integration at the next parliamentary elections in Albania, that will be held on the...
Žbogar: The Civil Sector in Macedonia is a target to accusations used for gaining political points
The civil society in Macedonia is a target of public political accusations that are used for gaining political points, and the civil activists are discredited and marked. This was said today by the Euro Ambassador Samuel Žbogar in Štip during the promotion of the...
Petition by the municipalities from Eastern Macedonia for rescheduling a new date for local elections
The Mayors of the municipalities from Eastern Macedonia with a petition are asking for the Association of the Units of Local Self-Government of RM (ZELS) to make changes in the Election code in order to change the local election date.
According to the mayors, the...
Basha: The situation in Albania is not similar to that of Macedonia – it is worse!
Today, Lulzim Basha, the Democratic Party leader, and also one of the strongest figures of the opposition, forgot his diplomatic dictionary and called the Law for Vetting prosecutors and judges a “Mafia process”.
He accused high ranking diplomats of working for Prime Minister Edi Rama...
Ahmeti: DUI didn’t make a decision this evening and there might be a new leadership meeting
At the party’s headquarters in Mala Rechica, DUI’s president announced that the party still hasn’t made a clear decision for a way out of the crisis, but said that early elections that VMRO-DPMNE is asking would not solve the crisis. Ali Ahmeti also...
DUI is considering withdrawing its ministers from government
At today’s meeting of DUI’s central residency, which is occurring at the party’s headquarters in Mala Rechica, there will be a discussion for withdrawal of DUI’s ministers from the government, said party sources for “Meta.”
If the central presidency decides to make this decision the...
Court Administration boycotts the Day of Macedonian Justice
The celebrations on March the 31st, which mark the Day of Macedonian Justice, passed today with a boycott by the court’s administration.
The Association of the Court Administration of the Republic of Macedonia say they have been forced not to support the activities for this...
