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Army of North Macedonia marks its 30th anniversary

During the central event on the 18th of August - The Day of the Army of North Macedonia and its 30th anniversary at Ilinden military base in Skopje, the president of North Macedonia Stevo Pendarovski awarded the first Defense Minister, Trajan Gocevski, the Army's Logistic's Base and the Organization of Reserve Officers of the Republic of North Macedonia, with...

Online media literacy campaign starts in North Macedonia

On the fourth anniversary of the Media Literacy Network in North Macedonia, a new online campaign on media literacy started today, and in the next 10 weeks, during each workday, a single poster with information will be shared, with the goal of raising the awareness of the need of critical thinking about the media and media content. "Why do you...

Secondary Medical School “Panche Karagjozov” in Skopje marks the 76th anniversary

On the occassion of the 76th anniversary of the Secondary Medical School "Panche Karagjozov", the Mayor of Skopje, Petre Shilegov visited the school and met its director, Maja Saliu. The school's Director, Maja Saliu expressed her contentment of the cooperation with the City of Skopje, which, as she noted, values and recognizes the importance of this school. "Notwithstanding the pandemic, the...

Epidemy of Lies in the Balkans – online panel discussion organized by Istinomer on December 14

On the occasion of its 11th birthday, the first fact-checking media outlet in the Balkans region Istinomer will organize the online panel discussion “Epidemy of Lies on the Balkans” which will be held on Monday, December 14, 2020 at 16:00 CET on Zoom. Istinomer, based in Belgrade in Serbia, is one of the founding members of the Anti-Disinformation Network from...

Analysis: Four years on and still no answer on who ordered “Divo Naselje”

Four years have passed since the armed conflict in "Divo Naselje", a neighbourhood in the city of Kumanovo. The shooting went on for two days, killing eight members of the security forces from the Interior Ministry and seriously injuring forty. At the same time, among the gun fire, along with eight members of the police force, 10 members of the...

Zaev and Borisov will mark the anniversary of the Ilinden Uprising in Blagoevrad

Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov will together mark the 115th anniversary of the Ilinden Uprising tomorrow in Blagoevgrad, announced the government's press service. The two prime ministers will participate in the ceremony by laying wreaths and flowers at the monument of Goce Delchev, at "Macedonia" square in Blagoevgrad. This will be the second joint celebration,...

MOC invites BOC for the 1000th anniversary of the Ohrid Archbishopric, SOC will celebrate separately

The Macedonian Orthodox Church - Ohrid Archbishopric (MOC-OA) has invited the Bulgarian Orthodox Church (BOC) to mark the 1000 year anniversary of the Ohrid Archbishopric. Archbishop Stefan told the Bulgarian agency BGNES that the invitation was sent to Bulgarian patriarch Neofit and to the state leadership of Bulgaria for a joint celebration of the millennial anniversary of the establishment of...

Europe Day and the 68th anniversary of the EU will be celebrated in several cities across Macedonia

The EU delegation to Macedonia will mark the 68th anniversary of the European Union and Europe Day, May 9, with events in several cities across the country. On May 9, Europe Day will be celebrated in the cities of Kumanovo, Kriva Palanka, Debar, Kavadarci, Kocani, Gevgelija, Ohrid, Gostivar, Tetovo, Veles, Strumica and Bitola. The EU info relays at the St...

Zaev: 27th of April was a shameful day for the country, we’ve shown that we are not like that

On the occasion that marks the anniversary of the violence that took place in Parliament on April 27, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said it was shameful for the citizens and the state, and “we should learn to never repeat it”. When asked if he believed there should be a legal settlement for the case, he added that the individuals who...

Six years after the murder of Neskovski, the effort to cover it up is still relevant

Today marks the sixth year anniversary since protests erupted against police brutality after the murder of Martin Neskovski on June the 5th, 2011, during the celebrations of VMRO-DPMNE’s electoral victory. At the beginning of last year, the Special Prosecutor's Office took over jurisdiction of the Neskovski murder case. The SPO reports that the case is still in a pre-trial procedure. The police...

Prosecution: No new circumstances in the investigation into the death of President Trajkovski

Up to this moment, the facts in the investigation of the plane crash that killed President Boris Trajkovski, as well as the report of the International Commission, shows that there are no new circumstances that would lead to "a different decision than the previous resolution", announced the Public Prosecution today. They added that while the report from the International Commission...

Tamara’s murderers are not “unknown perpetrators” shout citizens

"Murderers", "Justice for Tamara", "Resign" chanted citizens today in front of the Public Prosecutor's Office. They came out to express their anger because after a whole year, prosecutors have not yet found anyone guilty for the death of the little Tamara Dimovska from Veles. Participants in the protest also asked that Health Minister Nikola Todorov take responsibility for the girl's death. “It's been...

Memorial occasion marks the anniversary of the protest for Kezarovski

Dozens of journalists and citizens gathered today in front of the Museum of Revolutionary Struggle, to mark the anniversary of the protest when journalist Tomislav Kezarovski was arrested. The Kezarovski family also attended the the gathering for the anniversary. The initiative to mark this day was Tomislav Kezarovski himself. On his profile on the social network "Facebook", he wrote that...

Fourteen-year anniversary since the signing of the Ohrid Framework Agreement

Today is the 14 year anniversary of the signing of the Ohrid Framework Agreement (OFA). The conclusion of the agreement that was signed by then-president Boris Trajkovski, the presidents of Macedonian political parties, representatives of the EU and the United States, experts and advisors- put an end on the armed conflict in 2001. “This Framework agreement will promote the peaceful and...

Today near Smiljkovo, only the chapel, sadness and silence are evidence for the killed

Three years after the revolting murder of Aleksandar Nakevski, Filip Slavkovski, Cvetancho Ackovski, Kire Trpkovski and fisherman Borche Stefkovski on Holy Thursday, Smiljkovo Lake today is calm, as if nothing had happened. Witness the monstrous act is only the small church "Holy 40 Martyrs", built in honor of the killed children. Silence feels despite sporadic movement of vehicles and locals with...

Opposition won’t publish the “bomb” for Mladenov’s death today

The opposition SDSM today, marking two years since the death of the journalist and owner of "Fokus" Nikola Mladenov, won’t hold a press conference on which it would publish recordings, which, as previously stated, include talks about the tragic event, confirmed for META SDSM spokesman Petre Shilegov. - Today won’t be a press conference on the concerned topic. We repeatedly...

Two years without Mladenov: He left without telling us why

Two years ago, on 27th of March 2013, in the ditch at the intersection Hipodrom, the body of journalist and owner of the weekly "Fokus" Nikola Mladenov and his car that went off the road on the section Skopje – Veles were found. The event caused shock and storm among the journalists and the public this electoral spring, which to...