Tag: For a United Macedonia

Today, to mark the occasion of May the 9th – Victory in Europe Day, President Gjorge Ivanov awarded the Macedonian Opera and Ballet with the Order of Merit. The ceremony took place at the residence of the President at Vodno, and the Director of the Macedonian Opera and Ballet (MOB), Igor Durlovski was their to accept the award. “This award is...

The Ministry of Interior (MOI) are monitoring the situation and if there is a violation of public order and peace, we are prepared to react, said MOI to “Meta” regarding recent statement of a possible forced entry into Parliament. “The Ministry of Interior has established operational headquarters in the field. If such a breach of public disorder does occur, the...

Media outlets that openly support VMRO-DPMNE, have been publishing articles which pervade military rhetoric. Accordingly, “Republika” has “learned that citizens are organizing themselves and are making lists for immediate mobilization”. The article claims that “citizens are voluntarily forming groups who in certain situations in a very short time can mobilize and react in any way and by all means necessary”. According to...

President Gjorge Ivanov will not be meeting with European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, and the three MEPs, Eduard Kukan, Ivo Vajgl and Knut Fleckenstein, as he is still visiting Hungary. The president’s cabinet announced that Ivanov will return to Macedonia late this evening and on Friday he even informed Ambassador Samuel Žbogar that he has...

“For a United Macedonia” are asking for a meeting with European Commissioner of Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn who arrives in Macedonia on Tuesday. This was announced today by a member of the initiative and Director of the Macedonian Opera and Ballet, Igor Durlovski, who said that no one “is allowed, or can ignore 200.000 citizens who are...

CIVIL – Center for Freedom condemned the physical attack on TV 24’s journalist which happened during the protests last night. “This isn’t an isolated incident and it is becoming obvious that the violence is part of the image of the protests from its very beginning. There were attacks on journalists that were doing their job i.e. to inform the general...

Freely, peacefully expressing opinions is a vital part of any democracy, as is a vibrant, independent media free of intimidation, replied the US Embassy to the question from “Meta”, “How would you comment on the frequent inter-ethnic incidents and the attack on the news crew from ‘A1on’ during the protest organized by “For a United Macedonia”. The Embassy repeated yesterday’s...