13 April 2017
In the following days, the Ministry of Interior, during the Easter holidays will strengthen security measures throughout the country, due to the global terrorist threats from the Islamic State (ISIS), who are also targeting Balkan countries, including Macedonia, said this afternoon the MOI. “Given the global terrorist threat, who target religious buildings (like the recent […]
9 July 2016
In a police operation which was carried out early this morning in Skopje and Tetovo, four people have been arrested, and another three are still at large, while all of them are suspected of being former fighters of ISIS, reports the Public Prosecution. “The prosecutor in charge of the case from the Public Prosecutor’s Office […]
11 January 2016
Officers of the State Agency for Investigation and Protection of BiH (SIPA) arrested three people who were found with weapons and even a flag of the Islamic State. SIPA said it raided three premises in three different locations , which is part of a police operation called “Damascus”. Its aims is to detect people who […]
1 December 2015
At least seven Kosovo citizens who fought for the of the Islamic State of Syria and Iraq (ISIS) in Syria, three weeks ago returned to the Balkans and took refuge in the region of Skopje, reports the Kosovo daily “Koha Ditore“. Relying on information from intelligence agencies, including the Kosovo intelligence services, the newspaper writes that […]
24 November 2015
President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, called for calm after Turkey, a candidate for European Union membership, took down a Russian war jet on the Syrian border. “In this dangerous moment, after the crash of the Russian plane, we all need to have cool heads and calm remain calm,” wrote […]
11 October 2015
Turkish intelligence officials have failed so far to identify the perpetrators of the terrorist attack on the pro-Kurdish Peace march in Ankara, which killed nearly 100 people and injured twice as many. The two blasts, which were caused by suicide bombers targeted the peace protest near the railway station in Ankara. According to the latest death […]
30 September 2015
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, refused to attend the UN General Assembly, a key meeting on the fight against ISIS, because of Macedonia. Neither Mr Tsipras, nor his Greek counterpart Nikos Kotzias attended the meeting on the fight against terrorism, organized by US President Barack Obama because Macedonia participated under its constitutional name. Sources from […]
2 July 2015
Guidelines and warnings of possible retaliatory action in the police operation in Kumanovo on 9th of May and increased level of security measures contained in the guidance telegram which the Ministry of Interior sent to senior officials in the ministry, is still in force, confirmed Deputy Minister of Public Relations at the Ministry of Interior […]
26 June 2015
Russian President Vladimir Putin phoned US President Barack Obama. The two presidents discussed the negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program, the situation in Syria, as well as the need to deal with members of the Islamic state. President Obama stressed the need to maintain the truce in Ukraine. Otherwise, since February, this is the first phone […]
16 June 2015
“The Ministry of Interior (MOI) monitors the security situation and all incoming announcements, knowledge and information, and, if necessary, the Ministry is ready to act,” stated Deputy Minister of Public Relations at the Ministry of Interior Ivo Kotevski for META in connection with the information published by Albanian and Kosovo media for alleged terrorist attacks […]
18 January 2015
Along with actual gunfights in Paris and the counterterrorist actions that later followed in Germany, France and Belgium, in which several extremists were killed and arrested, a fierce military propaganda is led online by jihadists who control the territory of the Islamic State. Extreme Islamists fighting in Iraq and Syria intensively use the Internet, social […]
