30 October 2018
The government has proposed that the state of emergency on the southern and northern border be extended until June 30, 2019, in order to prevent the entry and transit of migrants on the territory of Macedonia. The draft decision on amending the original decision for the approval of the extension of the deadline for the […]
5 August 2017
The minister of Transportation and Communications, Goran Sugareski, informed today about the details from the Memorandum for understanding between Macedonia and Bulgaria regarding the development of a railroad network. He stressed that the signing of this Memorandum is a precondition for a sustainable economic growth and development in the region. -With this Memorandum, we are […]
25 April 2017
Revolted by the non-payment of subventions, between 12:00 and 13:00, today, farmers will block various roads in the country. They demand to meet the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy, Mihail Cvetkov by Friday, the Minister of Finance, Kiril Minoski, and the manager of the Payment Agency, Igor Zlatkov. “We demand meetings at these […]
6 February 2017
The railroad traffic is overburdened and the train capacities are completely full, as was alarmed by the Macedonian companies that are seeking for alternative transportation because of the blockade of the border crossing Evzoni by Greek farmers for the third week. The manager of Macedonian railroads “Transport” Nikola Kostov, for Meta said that there won’t […]
5 February 2017
The Evzoni border crossing, at the Greek-Macedonian border, is closed for traffic for the 7th day in a row, due to a strike by the Greek farmers. The border crossings Dojran and Mežitlija are open, where due to an increased frequency there is a delay of at least one hour, said AMSM. At other border […]
13 April 2016
At Idomeni, tensions have flared up again between refugees and the Macedonian police. A short time ago, a group of refugees began to pull at the fence of the Macedonian-Greek border to make a hole in the fence and enter Macedonian territory. With the intent to distract the refugees, the Macedonian police threw stun grenades […]
11 April 2016
The situation remains tense in Idomeni after yesterday’s clashes. Today a group of refugees gathered again at the fence and demanded the Macedonian police open the border. Today’s communication, however, is still calm. Refugees demanded the Macedonian police to let them through, commenting that they were not terrorists. The response from the Macedonian side was that […]
27 March 2016
Today in Idomeni a stressful and anxiety situation unfolded because of speculation earlier that day, that the Greek-Macedonia border will open. Even though the camp has began to empty since Friday, new people arrive everyday. Thousands of refugees from the refugee centers from around Thessaloniki went to Idomeni on foot with false information that the […]
24 March 2016
The motorway Evzoni – Thessaloniki is now open and vehicles are moving freely. The hundred refugees this morning who blocked the road in protest, asked that borders be opened to continue their journey to Europe. Soon after the police opened the road for vehicles and is now free to travel and to Thessaloniki and in […]
24 March 2016
The motorway from the Greek-Macedonian border to Thessaloniki has been blocked again by refugees. Around one hundred people blocked the road near Polikastro in protest to the living conditions in the temporary migrant camps and in Idomeni and in Kilkis. The refugees set up the first blockade yesterday to protest both at Polikastro and the […]
16 March 2016
Macedonia is neither a member of the European Union nor NATO, nor is it part of the Schengen area and can not bear the consequences of the policy of the European Union, said President Gjorge Ivanov after meeting with the National Security Council convened in a wider composition, after approximately 1,500 refugees illegally entered Macedonia […]
14 March 2016
Mariana Karakoulaki, a journalist who has been covering the refugee crisis in Greece, posted on her “Twitter” account that photographer Dimitris Tosidis and 30 other journalists and activists were arrested by the Macedonian security forces on the Macedonian-Greek border. Another her tweet said, “URGENT: photographer Dimitris Tosidis was arrested by the Macedonian Army as they […]
14 March 2016
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”. […]
13 March 2016
The Refugee ordeal in Idomeni is deteriorating as fast as the weather. About 12,000 refugees are stuck in the mud and garbage in the refugee camp amid heavy rain which is expected to last until Wednesday. In desperation a small group of refugee children have laid down on the rail tracks begging for the borders […]
7 March 2016
In a desperate situation, without the basic living conditions, in thin tents on open ground 14,000 refugees from Syria and Iraq are spread across a field in Idomeni, waiting on European leaders, who are in Brussels deciding whether to “seal” the Balkan Route, and what to do with the thousands of refugees stranded in Idomeni. […]
2 March 2016
More than 10,000 refugees are stranded in the camp at Idomeni waiting to be let through by Greece into Macedonia. The number is increasing daily, from 1,000 to 2,000 refugees. The closed gate on the Macedonian side has not discouraged refugees, who arrive in large numbers daily from the Greek islands, and from there make […]
1 March 2016
At the border today, near Gevgelija has been “hermetically” closed to refugees and railway traffic. Today, the refugees who are stranded at Idomemni, on the Greek side of the border, protested peacefully and demanded that they open the borders. At this shelter, there are 7,000-9,000 refugees from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. The area already resembles […]
25 February 2016
The Steering Committee, who have the highest authority regarding the refugee crisis, at a closed session last night came to a decision regarding the numbers of refugees in Macedonia. They have decided, to let the same amount of refugees in at the border-crossing Bogorodica, and to let the same amount of refugees out at the border-crossing […]
16 February 2016
If tensions develop on the border between Macedonia and Greece over the refugee crisis, it is likely to reflect on the name issue, said EU Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, at today’s conference in Brussels entitled “Balkan Partnerships – Strengthening relations in the region” . “Do not underestimate the internal political […]
10 February 2016
Around 250 buses and taxi drivers from Gevgelija at noon began a two-hour blockade at the border crossing point. They want to be involved in the transport of migrants after the recent deal they made with authorities. Besides blocking traffic in both directions at the border crossing, for an hour they also obstructed access to […]
