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2 July 2022
The saying “Slow but steady wins the race” maybe is the simplest explanation of China’s slow entry into the North Macedonia’s railroad sector in the past several years. From the takeover of the Piraeus Port in neighboring Greece, through the purchase of locomotives and multiple-unit trains for “RNM Railways – Transport” Public enterprise to the […]
20 September 2021
A slimy foam named sea snot, also known as marine mucilage, which results from global warming, has been appearing increasingly on the Greek beaches during the summer of 2021. Photos of some of the beaches on the Chalkidiki (Halkidiki) peninsula this September show that the Aegean Sea indeed occasionally sprouts such organic foam. Scientists relate […]
17 May 2021
The weekend finally arrived when the majority of North Macedonia’s citizens will be able to visit the nearest sea, and why not – have a swim in the Aegean. Greece opens its borders to avoid losing yet another tourist season. Of course, in accordance with all COVID-19 restrictions. As it usually happens, some have started […]
11 September 2020
During today’s visit to the Pelagonia region, the Minister for Transport and Communications Blagoj Bochvarski announced that the newly built railway line Bitola-Kremenica will become operational during this year. He informed that at the moment, the last tests are being conducted on the new railway line and it is expected by the end of this […]
18 June 2020
After a COVID-19 imposed hiatus, Serbia announced that it will hold its postponed parliamentary elections on June 21. Some of the biggest opposition parties will boycott the elections, blaming the government it had not provided fair game conditions. Ruling parties, on the other hand, started the campaign in earnest, continuing their tradition of controversial campaign […]
7 June 2020
The Greek literary magazine Hartis (Χάρτης, meaning “map”) published a portrait of the Macedonian linguist, writer, translator, poet and member of Macedonian Academy of Arts and Sciences, Blaže Koneski (1921-1993). The article, titled “Synaxaria” (Συναξάρια) was published in the June 2020 issue of the magazine and presents part of his life work. The term synaxarion […]
5 June 2020
Disinformation launched June 3 by several right-wing media in North Macedonia, falsely claiming that Greece prohibits citizens of certain municipalities to enter the country, had been promptly debunked by CriThink, but it continues to serve as part of the populist arsenal for inciting inter-ethnic tensions and hate speech promoting religious intolerance. These claims were originally […]
24 April 2020
Two months since the first case of COVID-19 was registered in Croatia, as the first Balkan nation to have officially confirmed the presence of the virus, there almost 20,000 inhabitants of 10 Balkan nations that have been infected with the virus. What’s most striking about the official statistics published by the World Health Organization, the […]
3 September 2019
U julu 2019., makedonski društveni mediji su bili preplavljeni linkovima na članke od pre godinu dana u kojima se tvrdi da su premijeri Severne Makedonije i Grčke, Zoran Zaev i Aleksis Cipras svaki primili milijarde evra mita da bi potpisali Prespanski dogovor. Prespanski dogovor je postignut u junu 2018. godine, i okončao je 27-ogodišnji spor […]
21 July 2019
Theodoros Daniilidis is the founder, and Thanos Sitistas is the editor of “Ellinika Hoaxes”, the most famous website in Greece that debunks disinformation and fake news. It has been doing that in the past six years, since 2013. In the interview for “Meta.mk”, Daniilidis and Sitistas say that the Greeks are pretty prone to believe […]
2 July 2019
Greek website “Valkaniko Periscopo” which published various types of news from the Balkans region including the USA, the Near East, Russia, Armenia and even from Libia, two days after the first Pride Parade in Skopje occurred, has published a news that refers to a Macedonian website that states even 200.000 people in Macedonia are homosexuals. […]
22 May 2019
Two fighter jets from the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority carried out to successful flights at a height of 1.5 kilometres over the airspace of the country this morning, ARM General Staff told “Meta”. Otherwise, the patrol had been previously agreed with Greece, with a precise time, place of entry and exit, route and height. Information […]
17 May 2019
The first joint meeting between the international group of experts from North Macedonia and Greece on names for commercial purposes, trademarks and design networks will be held in June, announced the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). At today’s meeting in Thessaloniki, State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Viktor Dimovski, and Secretary General for […]
3 April 2019
At the press conference in Skopje, besides building bridges and the benefits of the two countries becoming closer, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras spoke about the issue with fake news in regards to the Prespa Agreement. According to Tsipras, “in the past months of implementing the agreement, the issue of fake news has become noticeable. […]
3 April 2019
At the today’s session of the High Council for Cooperation between Macedonia and Greece, both countries’ prime ministers, Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras have signed the Action Plan for Increasing the Cooperation, according to the Prespa Agreement, and both countries’ ministers have signed several important memorandums. As informs the government, the Defense Ministers Radmila Shekjerinska […]
2 April 2019
Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras, at a press conference projected a joint message that with the Prespa Agreement, both Greece and North Macedonia will benefit both the citizens and future generations, and that opponents of the agreement will in time, see all the benefits. They said the current political leadership is committed to building bridges […]
2 April 2019
The airplane with which the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras arrived today to an official visit to North Macedonia accompanied by a delegation consisting of 70 businessmen, has landed at the Skopje’s International Airport. Tsipras is the first Greek Prime Minister who has arrived on an official visit to this country. Tsipras was greeted at […]
29 March 2019
A delegation from Greece, led by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, arrives for an official visit to North Macedonia on Tuesday, 2 April, reports the government. “In the framework of the visit, the delegation from Greece will be welcomed at the airport in Skopje, followed by a formal reception with high state honours on the plateau […]
8 March 2019
Andreas Petrides, President of the Union of Macedonians, is another number of Greeks who fell into a dispute with the British Broadcasting Cooperation (BBC), after their report on ethnic Macedonians in Greece, but failed to deliver any real arguments, repeating the classical Greek empty phrases. Earlier, the Greek ambassador in London also joined in with […]
8 March 2019
While Bulgaria, Serbia and Greece are actively working to build high-speed railways, Macedonia is fast asleep. In a several years, our country could encounter serious problems with the low speeds of the trains, taking into account the pace of development of the railway infrastructures in neighbouring countries. This year, Greece plans to complete the production […]
