10 December 2015
Macedonia has started build a second fence on the border with Greece, one in Gevgelija, as there is a desire to work better and control the tide of migrants coming in, said a military source in Skopje to the Balkan network of “Radio Free Europe” who reported on it. “We will raise the border area […]
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. […]
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 […]
12 September 2015
Today, the Government found themselves surrounded by a cardboard fence which had been put up beside the iron fences. A group of citizens and activists from non-governmental organizations believe that this way they will disassociate themselves from the crime and abuse from current government officials. A graffiti on the cardboard fence read, “And we distance ourselves […]
11 September 2015
The European Commission believes that building fences is not the solution to the problem of illegal border crossing. “We have repeatedly explained how the EU helps the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. We have the data. It is not that we don’t give aid. We know that it is a difficult situation, but, as we […]
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 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 […]
10 September 2015
Macedonia is considering building a fence on its border, much like Hungary did to stop the large influx of migrants, said Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Popovski, in an interview with Hungarian weekly “Figel.” According to Popovski, Macedonia, probably “needs some kind of physical defence, although it should be a long term solution.” “If you seriously […]
25 June 2015
The placement of wrought iron fence between concrete pillars higher than two meters began at the back of the Government building. The fence around the government is built by Skopje construction company “Bauer BG”, and around 700,000 euros are spent for it.
26 March 2015
After META’s text that money for panoramic wheel, which will cost 15.5 million euros, can save 516 Tamaras, on the social networks, each cost of the government began to be calculated in money for sick people, homeless people, ambulances, dormitories. With a total of 19.2 million euros will be spent on the fence of the […]
