27 August 2021
Meta.mk, under the cooperation agreement with fact-checking service Truthmeter.mk republishes its latest assessment about a viral media manipulation affecting the US and North Macedonia: Conservative US commentator and a long time media figure, owner of The Blaze media network Glenn Beck published a tweet containing a snippet of his interview with the Arkansas senator Tom […]
7 May 2019
I encourage you to continue on your journey in order for your country to represent a beacon of peace, acceptance and the fruitful integration of cultures, religions and nations. By reflecting on their special identities and the vitality of their cultural and civic life, they will be able to build a common destiny through the […]
24 October 2018
The Commissariat for Refugees and Migration s in Serbia has issued a warning yesterday that fake news is spread on social networks about an alleged attack by a group of immigrants on a 17-year-old girl at the center of Belgrade. “This is not the first case of spreading fake news on social networks about migrants […]
25 August 2017
The Head of the Macedonian diplomacy, Nikola Dimitrov, on his Twitter profile announced that none of the EU’s representatives have asked Macedonia to become a destination for refugees. -I had hundreds of meetings starting from 1st of June and onwards. none of them, not one interlocutor had asked Macedonia to become a country destination for […]
15 August 2017
What is surprising, is the fact that the SDSM led government is blindingly obeying orders and directions provided by international organizations for the integration of refugees and at the same time it forgets the socially vulnerable categories of citizens to whom at the parliamentary elections in 2016 were promised a life in abundance, said Andon […]
8 August 2017
Only two objections were received at the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy today when the deadline ends when the organizations or the citizens can provide proposals or objections about the draft-strategy for integration for refugees and foreigners 2017-2027 and about the proposed national action plan for integration of refugees 2017-2027. As was confirmed for […]
8 August 2017
The Ministry of Labor and Social Policy has issued a press reaction to the media where it states that the news that the country will be building flats for refugees and that they will be staying in Macedonia is fake. The Ministry states that refugee camps won’t be built and no citizenships will be given […]
7 August 2017
“Citizens can remain calm. Macedonia has been declared a transit country for refugees, and with the adoption of the strategy, international standards and the Convention on the Rights of Refugees have been respected, which Macedonia has ratified”, said SDSM, in response to a statement by VMRO-DPMNE. The party says it has a document that serves […]
7 August 2017
The Ministry of labor and social policy, one day before the end of the deadline, still hasn’t received any official proposition or reaction about the draft strategy for integration of refugees and foreigners 2017-2027 and for the proposed national action plan for integration of refugees 2017-2027, confirms the Ministry for Meta. The oppositional VMRO-DPMNE has […]
22 February 2017
The Special Public Prosecutor, who was appointed by Parliament in 2015 to investigate officials involved in the wiretapping scandal and crimes by political figures, continues to face pressure in carrying out her work, says the report by “Amnesty International” about the situation on human rights for 2016/2017. “In October (last year), the transitional Parliament rejected […]
28 May 2016
The refugees from the camp on the Macedonian-Greek border who refused to leave and go to the other refugee centres near Thessaloniki have found shelter in empty buildings along the motorway. Thousands of people have sent up their tents in abandoned petrol pumps in the surrounding area of Idomeni, just before the border crossing, Evzoni, […]
13 April 2016
At Idomeni, tensions have flared up again between refugees and the Macedonian police. A short time ago, a group of refugees began to pull at the fence of the Macedonian-Greek border to make a hole in the fence and enter Macedonian territory. With the intent to distract the refugees, the Macedonian police threw stun grenades […]
12 April 2016
The Macedonian Ministry for Foreign Affairs has delivered a note to the Liaison Office of Greece in Skopje, in response to yesterday’s verbal demarche by the Head of the Office, Ambassador to Macedonia, Theocharis Lalakos, which was presented to him personally during talks at the Ministry. “Macedonian security forces during yesterday’s violent incidents acted with maximum possible restraint, […]
11 April 2016
The situation remains tense in Idomeni after yesterday’s clashes. Today a group of refugees gathered again at the fence and demanded the Macedonian police open the border. Today’s communication, however, is still calm. Refugees demanded the Macedonian police to let them through, commenting that they were not terrorists. The response from the Macedonian side was that […]
11 April 2016
The European Commission today called on all migrants from the Greek side of the border to be moved to other camps in the country. “The European Commission will continue to send the message that the people of Idomeni should be relocated and placed in reception centers across Greece and they should not make these dangerous […]
11 April 2016
Greece has sent a note of protest to Macedonia, condemning the violent incidents with the refugees at the border. According to a statement by the Greek Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the Greek Ambassador to Macedonia, Theocharis Lalakos, delivered two demarches to the Macedonian authorities concerning the situation in Idomeni. Lalakos noted that the use of violence […]
11 April 2016
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 […]
10 April 2016
Three police officers were injured in the clash this afternoon on the Macedonian-Greek border, where a police officers and a group of migrants clashed violently when the migrants tried to cross the border, the Interior Ministry confirmed for “Meta”. The police officers were immediately transferred to the medical center in Gevgelija. Earlier, police threw tear […]
10 April 2016
Macedonian police threw tear gas to clear a group of refugees protesting at the fence in Idomeni. Greek media reported that some of the refugees were unconscious and were have trouble breathing because of the incident. Refugees protested again this morning on the fence demanding the border be opened. Yesterday a leaflet in Arabic circulated […]
27 March 2016
Today in Idomeni a stressful and anxiety situation unfolded because of speculation earlier that day, that the Greek-Macedonia border will open. Even though the camp has began to empty since Friday, new people arrive everyday. Thousands of refugees from the refugee centers from around Thessaloniki went to Idomeni on foot with false information that the […]
