Tag: army

Bearing in mind that NATO is not at war with Russia and is not sending soldiers to the front in Ukraine, as well as that the Army of the Republic of North Macedonia participates only in NATO and EU missions, one cannot claim that the MoD is hiring soldiers to fulfill Zelenskyy’s wishes i.e., to send them fighting in...

North Macedonia’s defense budget for 2023 amounts to €274 million, which is an increase of 24,45 percent compared to the current budget i.e., the State will allocate 1,85 percent of its GDP for defense purposes, announced by prime minister Dimitar Kovachevski and defense minister Slavjanka Petrovska last week. Petrovska stated that last year we have shown that we respect all...

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...

One of the simplest ways to influence a wider number of people is to glorify a country. Positive glorification can evoke admiration, a sense of belonging and community, a sense of protection, an ever-present refuge, an alternative available to citizens and the state… This is especially possible in times of stunted development or unfulfilled expectations or dissatisfaction with speed...

From the morning, a complete ban for movement in the forest areas is in force in North Macedonia and the Government pleads the citizens not to go into the forests - both for their own safety and to prevent any further wildfires. The wildfire around the town of Kochani that ravaged last night has been localized and put under control....

The United States is working to see that Macedonia becomes part of NATO, whether through support for democracy-building reforms or exercises such as "Dragoon Guardian 17", said the US Ambassador to Macedonia Jess Baily, in Kumanovo, during a joint military exercise by the Macedonian and US military.   Ambassador Baily pointed out  <>that next week, US Vice President Mike Pence in...

Serbia, which has 36.000 soldiers, has four times more military power than Macedonia, Albania or Kosovo, while Macedonia only has 8.000 troops. At the bottom is Montenegro with 1.853 soldiers. However, Kosovo has a little more than the others, due to the presence of 150 members of the special anti-terrorist units ROSU (Regional Operational Support Unit), which boosts their...

Bank notes are used throughout the whole country, and writing in another language on them, apart from Macedonian goes against the Constitution”, said the leader of SDSM, Zoran Zaev while answering a reporter's question after the presentation of the new government's program. This, said Zaev, was the position of constitutional experts the party had consulted. This also applies for police...

Around 600 to 700 migrants from the thousands who have been stranded at the camp in Idomeni for the last ten days on the Greek side of the border, this afternoon managed to illegally cross the border into Macedonia and arrived at the village of Moin near Gevgelija, confirmed the Ministry of iInterior for "Meta". They added that the group...

“Currently there are 110 Macedonian citizens who are in Syria, 69 have returned, and so far 25 have died. Instead of the police using their resources for monitoring and prevention of possible undesirable attacks from such people, our resources are on the border dealing with the migrant and refugee crisis, " said President Gjorge Ivanov in an interview last...

Bulgaria is sending armored vehicles at four border crossings with Macedonia to help its border police to deal with a sudden flow of refugees. “We want to fortify the border preemptively to help the border police,” explain from the Bulgarian ministry. A total of 25 soldiers and several armored vehicles have headed to the Bulgarian – Macedonian border crossings, but their...

Bulgaria has dispatched army personnel on the borders with Macedonia and Greece due to the critical situation with the migrants, announced the government of Bulgaria. Bulgarian media reports that the Ministry of Defense will propose concrete measures which will enable the army and police to better guard the state border. The decision to dispatch troops was brought at a yesterday meeting...

Members of the Republic of Macedonia Army (ARM) are going to join their colleagues from the special police who are guarding the south border after the Government proclaimed an emergency situation due to the uncontrolled flow of migrants. The Ministry of Interior (MVR) announced that a limited number of illegal migrants are allowed to enter the country, if they belong...

Declaring a crisis and ordering army soldiers to the southern and northern borders is too early for a situation that can be helped through a better organization by the government, comment experts on the decision of the government to heighten control at the borders. Jasmin Redzepi, activist and humanitarian work of the NGO Legis, says the decision by the government...