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More than 20 police officers were injured during clashes with migrants

14 policemen and 9 members of the Army, were injured in today's clash between the police and migrants at the Macedonian-Greek border, said the Ministry of Interior. The statement from the Interior Ministry reported that during the clash three vehicles were damaged from the MOI and five from the Army. According to initial estimates from the MOI more than 3,000 migrants...

Volunteers leaving Idomeni refugee camp?

Conditions at Idomeni continue to deteriorate. Rain and more bad weather are like salt to open wound, especially following yesterday's announcement that voluntary organizations and the UNHCR were pulling out from the camp. Once again tents are sinking into the mud from recent rains, and refugees are being left in the cold while voluntary organizations withdraw, it is feared...

Refugees in Idomeni claim that they were beaten by Macedonian police

Thirty refugees in Idomeni claim that they were physically attacked by Macedonian police for attempting to cross the border into Macedonia illegally. Greek media reported on this incident according to information from the volunteers of the organization "Doctors without Borders". A representative of the organization said that 33 people from different countries, aged 17 to 29, on Saturday tried to enter...

Ivanov has asked his colleagues to tell Greece to stop bringing migrants to the border

President Gjorge Ivanov, yesterday and today telephoned several Presidents and Prime Ministers from member states of the European Union and the Balkan corridor regarding the migrant crisis and discussed the incident that occurred on March 14, when 1,500 migrants from Greece illegally entered Macedonian territory, in the village of Moin near Gevgelija. As announced by Ivanov's office, he asked his...

Ivanov: Macedonia will take all measures to protect it’s state borders and national security

Macedonia is neither a member of the European Union nor NATO, nor is it part of the Schengen area and can not bear the consequences of the policy of the European Union, said President Gjorge Ivanov after meeting with the National Security Council convened in a wider composition, after approximately 1,500 refugees illegally entered Macedonia from Greece. “Last night there...

Tonight Ivanov will assemble the Security Council

Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov on Friday evening, after returning from an official visit to Egypt, will summon the Security Council in its extended configuration. At the session of the Security Council, those responsible for the Crisis Management System will brief the President and members of the Security Council on the threat of illegal migration, originating from European Union territory as...

Migrants returned to Greece, while Journalists released at Bogorodica after being fined

Migrants, who yesterday managed to find a 'gap' in the Macedonian-Greece border fences and so entered Macedonian territory illegally before arriving at the village of Moin, near Gevgelija were returned to Greece, the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) said today to "Meta" journalists. Approximately 1500 people were detained yesterday by Macedonian security forces. A further group, 600 to 700 people...

Macedonian Police have arrested 28 journalists for illegally crossing the border

Mariana Karakoulaki, a journalist who has been covering the refugee crisis in Greece,  posted on her "Twitter" account that photographer Dimitris Tosidis and 30 other journalists and activists were arrested by the Macedonian security forces on the Macedonian-Greek border. Another her tweet said, "URGENT: photographer Dimitris Tosidis was arrested by the Macedonian Army as they reported on the #RefuGR march,...

Hundreds of refugees from Greece have entered the village of Moin, ARM and the MOI are on standby

Around 600 to 700 migrants from the thousands who have been stranded at the camp in Idomeni for the last ten days on the Greek side of the border, this afternoon managed to illegally cross the border into Macedonia and arrived at the village of Moin near Gevgelija, confirmed the Ministry of iInterior for "Meta". They added that the group...

Three migrants found drowned in the River Suva near Gevgelija

Three lifeless bodies were found this morning in the River Suva, near the Macedonian - Greek border, according to the first information,  the bodies are most probably those of migrants, said the Ministry of Interior to "Meta". According to preliminary official information, this morning around at 6:45 am, three bodies in the River Suva were reported to the police station in Gevgelija. "These...

The Southern border ‘legally’ open, but actually it is closed

The Steering Committee’s meeting over the migrant crisis lasted late into the night, due to the new circumstances and measures introduced by the countries of the Balkan route, which was confirmed for "Meta" by the Center for Crisis Management (CCM) and the Ministry of Interior ( MOI) that they had not adopted new measures, but had confirmed the previous...

Southern border closed, Steering Committee will decide later on today what is to follow

The Steering Committee have scheduled a meeting for 18:00 today, to deal with migrant crisis, at the meeting they will determine the countries new policy regarding the removal of refugees, after decisions were made at the summit in Brussels and after the confirmation of the new measures to close the borders to most asylum seekers, which yesterday was already...

Refugees stranded, will have to wait until March 18 for EU’s final decision

In the cold weather, flooded by the pouring rain rain, some gather in tents, some outdoors, some even in the mud, but over 13,000 refugees in Idomeni await the decision from Brussels whether they’ll be allowed to continue their journey to Germany or not. This morning the situation got even worse. Mud, fog, flooded tents and soaking wet clothes drying...

More than 1,000 migrants stranded at Tabanovce, while all eyes are on the summit in Brussels

More than 1,000 migrants mostly from Syria and Iraq are currently stranded at Tabanovce, the Macedonia-Serbian border, because the Serbian authorities refuses to allow transit for the migrants and further along the Balkan route, the Ministry of Interior (MOI) told “Meta”. Meanwhile, at the Southern border, according to information from the Greek side, apparently additional restrictions have been applied to...

Refugee Torment: Two hours wait for food – doctor, toilets – How many days to get into Macedonia!?

In a desperate situation, without the basic living conditions, in thin tents on open ground 14,000 refugees from Syria and Iraq are spread across a field in Idomeni, waiting on European leaders, who are in Brussels deciding whether to "seal" the Balkan Route, and what to do with the thousands of refugees stranded in Idomeni. Even though the conditions...

Besimi: We must have strong coordination with all countries in the region, and the EU

Because of the situations with the migrants Macedonia, we must have strong coordination with all countries in the region, the countries of the Balkan Route, and the European Union, if we are to successfully implement EU decisions which are expected to be made tomorrow at the summit in Brussels. This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs, Fatmir...

Tusk – Ivanov: Synchronized action is needed to address the refugee problem

Today, President Gjorge Ivanov met with the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk. Ivanov’s Cabinet announced that at the meeting, they will focus on efforts to achieve a common European solution for the refugee and migrant crisis. “We require and expect a decision from the European Council, and we have no interest in letting the entire burden fall only...

Donald Tusk and Robert Fico visit Macedonia

European Council President Donald Tusk while on is tour of the Balkans countries hit by the migrant crisis, todays visits Macedonia. In the afternoon, he is scheduled to meet with Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov. Today in Macedonia will be the Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico and Slovak Interior Minister Robert Kaliňák. They, along with Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski will visit the...

“BBC” provoke Poposki: Did you enter politics to throw tear gas at children?

“Your country fired tear gas on many people, many of them were children. Now I’m just wandering, is that why you went into politics for?” Provocatively asked the BBC journalist from Newsnight to Nikola Poposki, the Foreign Minister to Macedonia. “I don’t think this is a fair judgment”, replied Poposki. According to the Foreign Minister, Macedonia is trying to implement all...

Tomorrow Tusk meets with President Ivanov in Skopje

The President of the European Council President Donald Tusk, arrives in Skopje tomorrow to meet with President Gjorge Ivanov, where they shall discuss  the refugee crisis. The visit is part of Tusk’s short-tour, from March 1st -3rd, he will travel to Vienna, Ljubljana, Zagreb, Skopje and Athens to continue building a European consensus on addressing the migrant crisis, but also to prepare...