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 […]
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 […]
8 February 2016
Another line of wired fence is being raised on the southern border by the Army of Macedonia to strengthen security along the border in the wake of the crackdown on leaks of refugees in to Europe. The network of wires is being set up intensively left and right of quota 59. ARM at the end […]
3 February 2016
In a video story broadcasted by the US television network CNN, from the Greek side of the border, one can clearly hear migrants chanting “Macedonia, Macedonia” while waiting at a petrol station near the Greek-Macedonia border-crossing Bogorodica / Idomeni. In the longer video one can see countless buses parked while migrants await registration and sign […]
21 January 2016
The number of refugees in Idomeni is on the rise as the border crossing remains closed. Fear has begun to grow in Greece because of the decision to close the Macedonian border to refugees may be more than just temporary. Although the official explanation is that the border is closed at the request of Slovenia […]
1 January 2016
The Department of Border Affairs at the Ministry of Interior, during the year that is now behind us had extensive duties, primarily caused by the huge influx of migrants from countries of the Near and Middle East and North Africa stated the Minister of Interior Oliver Spasovski after meeting with Police officers at the border […]
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 […]
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. […]
