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The Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia, Bujar Osmani, in an interview with Portalb.mk says that disinformation and propaganda are tools of war and that the Government treats them as such. He says that the state has difficulties in preventing the daily mass penetration of disinformation in the creation of public opinion. According to him, the fight against...

On January 27, Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sophie Wilmès launched the new Belgian passport. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,  the new passport is more secure thanks to new security and personalization techniques, while the new original design makes it more recognizable "honoring one of the jewels of Belgian culture: the heroines and...

In response to yesterday's statement by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the MFA (Macedonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs) says that the procedure for passing the constitutional changes in accordance with the Prespa Agreement is with full respect of the envisaged parliamentary procedure and the Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia, and expressed regret that Russia "in a negative...

After the accusations from the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs that the US Ambassador in Macedonia, Jess Baily, was present at the Parliament during the voting for the initiation of the constitutional changes, yesterday on TV21, he denied these claims, stating that he was watching the voting on TV, from his living room. - -That day I was working in...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a warning to all citizens planning to travel to Greece tomorrow. The Greek organization “The Committee for the fight for the Greek character of Macedonia” has announced protests tomorrow in fourteen major cities in Northern Greece, all protesting against the use of the word “Macedonia”. Protests begin at 19 o’clock. The Ministry of...

The Russian Embassy in Skopje on their Twitter account reacted to the statement made by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev in an interview with "Television 24", where he says that "the expelled Russian diplomat had behaved inappropriately in Macedonia and was warned several times, but continued to act and that the evidence was presented to the Russian Embassy." The embassy said...

Last night, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece greeted the decision of the Macedonian government to rename the "Alexander the Macedonian" highway and the Skopje airport "Alexander the Great" into "Friendship" and "International airport Skopje." "We greet today's decision of the government of the Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia to rename the airport at Skopje into "International airport...

The Bulgarian Prime Minister, Bojko Borisov and the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs this afternoon have greeted the ratification of the Agreement for friendship, good neighborly relations and cooperation between Republic of Macedonia and Republic of Bulgaria that occurred today at the Macedonian Parliament. Borisov addressed through his Facebook page from Azerbaijan where he is on an official visit....

Outside interference in the internal affairs of Republic of Macedonia is taking extreme forms, said today’s statement of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which accuses the European Union and NATO of putting unprecedented pressure on the president of Macedonia. "The EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini,...

Greece and Macedonia continue to hold meetings on confidence-building measures. The Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports that representatives from the two ministries yesterday in Skopje held their fifth meeting on the measures and that both countries are working to strengthen the trust and cooperation. Representatives from both ministries focused on previously agreed upon topics, such as better interconnection, strengthening...

Today in Skopje, the Foreign Ministers of Macedonia and Greece, Nikola Poposki and Nikos Kotzias discussed confidence-building measures and the possible development and expansion of the railway line from Bitola to Lerin and the construction of the gas pipeline from Thessaloniki to Macedonia . The name dispute, as previously announced, was not part of the conversation between the two Foreign...

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has appointed a special envoy to Macedonia, which should mediate in resolving the political crisis. The German  Foreign Office announced this on their official Twitter account this afternoon. The special envoy, according to the announcement, will be working in coordination with representatives of the European Union and the United States in the country to mediate...

Minister of Interior Mitko Chavkov and the Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz, who is visiting the country, will visit the town Gevgelija which was in the focus of the international media because of the unfolding crisis with Middle Eastern refugees. “Today, August 24, at 10:30 in Gevgelija, the Minister of Interior Mitko Chavkov will receive the Austrian Minister of Foreign...