23 November 2015
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikola Popovski, today after a meeting with Ambassadors of the EU member states said that migrants who wait several days for entering the country will not be missed out and that Greek police are expected to clear up the situation on the border, to enable the flow of those fleeing […]
22 November 2015
Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski and the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, in Skopje today discussed the migrant crisis. The meeting concluded that the new challenges facing Europe are a consequence of the decisions of a growing number of countries who will only accept the refugees and migrants who come from regions affected by […]
22 November 2015
Macedonia has raised fences on the border with Greece to create a “one entry” for refugees and migrants, and not to close the border, President Gjorge Ivanov told the Greek daily “Kathimerini“. The newspaper states that Macedonia a few days began construction work due to concerns that thousands of migrants remain trapped on the Greek […]
21 November 2015
The situation on the northern and southern border of the state is normal, said the Interior Ministry, adding that the registration of refugees is normal and there was no-one being held in detention centres. According to the Interior Ministry, the border with Greece, there are about 700 people who are not allowed into the country […]
21 November 2015
Greek opposition New Democracy criticized the Macedonian decision to raise a fence on the border with Greece to a European level. The MEP of the right-wing party, Maria Spiraki refered a question to the European Commission’s decision on whether raising a fence is in line with the EU guidelines in dealing with the refugee crisis. […]
19 November 2015
Serbia and Macedonia have been controlling the flow of migrants and refugees by only letting migrants from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan pass through the border, announced today the High Commissioner for the United Nations Refugee Agency, Antonio Guterres. (UNHCR). UNHCR spokeswoman Melita Shunjic said that other migrants are not allowed to enter and that’s what […]
15 November 2015
After Tuesday’s session with the Security Council, which lasted late into the night, they stated that they strongly condemn the terrorist attacks in Paris their deep and sincere condolences go out to the citizens of the Republic of France. Regarding the threats of violent extremism and foreign terrorist fighters, it was concluded that the institutions […]
25 September 2015
Border crossings Bajakovo and Tovarnik are now open to traffic without any restrictions, states the Government of Croatia on their ‘Twitter’ profile on the social network. Biljana Muratovska from the Association of Carriers “Macao-trans” confirmed that the Macedonian truckers are already crossing the border. “Yes, I received direct information from our neighbours that slowly trucks […]
24 September 2015
Macedonian transporters and carriers on the Croatian-Serbian and Hungarian-Serbian border are blocked after Belgrade officially decided to block all goods being carried to Croatia or somehow linked to the neighbouring country, which has strained relations because of the refugee crisis. Namely, truck drivers returning from European countries have to use alternative border entry points in […]
23 September 2015
Macedonian transporters shipping fruit and vegetables to Europe, are stuck at the border crossing between Serbia and Croatia after Zagreb closed the border due to the refugee crisis. There are about 1,000 trucks waiting to enter and exit the border crossings Batrovci and Bajakovo which are now completely blocked while cars and other vehicles have been […]
14 September 2015
Building a fence on the Greek border, or sending the army has not been discussed at Government sessions, senior government officials sources told ‘Meta’. For now, the Government have not announced an extension of the state of emergency on the southern border with Greece. A government source says that the Macedonian government will act in accordance […]
11 September 2015
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs translated the statement Minister Nikola Poposki gave in an interview to the Hungarian weekly, “Figel“. According to the MFA, Mr Poposki had said: “Obviously, we also need some kind of physical protection to reduce illegal border activity. It is difficult to achieve in such a short time, and is not […]
11 September 2015
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 […]
11 September 2015
The fundamental question today is how Macedonia can help and assist with European efforts and measures to assist with the refugee crisis, and not to set up a barbed wire fence on the Macedonian-Greek border, says the President of the Liberal Party, Ivon Velickovski after yesterday’s statement by the Foreign Minister Nikola Popovski. “While families […]
10 September 2015
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs still has no information whether Minister Nikola Popovski in an interview with the Hungarian weekly, “Figel ‘really said that Macedonia is considering to raise a fence, similar to the Hungarian border in order to protect its borders from the recent wave of refugees. “We are still waiting for verification of […]
25 August 2015
The new agreement that will be ratified by the governments of Macedonia and Serbia will determine border procedures of the border crossing at the train line Tabanovce – Preshevo. This was voted today by the parliamentary commission for foreign policy. The decision will see the forming of a new joint-authority zone where the personnel will […]
24 August 2015
The EU must help Macedonia with their current situation which has become quite dramatic, as the country has been left isolated and alone to deal with the increased number of immigrants moving through its borders, stated Austria’s Minister for Foreign Affairs. Sebastian Kurz visited Macedonia for one day and made the journey to the immigrant camp in Gevgelija, […]
21 August 2015
The government does not have an adequate way of dealing with the migrant crisis, it uses force against migrants and doesn’t allow humanitarian activists to enter the boder zone to help the migrants, is the reaction of the Helsinki Human Rights Committee. They say from there that the instituting of an emergency situation in the […]
21 August 2015
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 […]
21 August 2015
The UNHCR doesn’t condone the closing of the borders by any country in the world, but at this point doesn’t not have information that the border has been officially closed, and we are waiting for a response of the authorities- commented for Meta Aleksandra Kraus, deputy representative of UNHCR in Macedonia. Kraus says they don’t […]
