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MFA summons Serbian Ambassador to explain the presence of Serbian intelligence officer during the violence in Parliament

Today, the Serbian Ambassador, Dušanka Divjak-Tomić was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the presence of a counselor employed at the Serbian Embassy, Goran Živaljević in the Parliament building during the violent events. The ambassador refused to comment, but the Foreign Ministry stated that at the meeting, they expressed their dissatisfaction and concern about the unauthorized presence of...

Dačić: Živaljević was meant to report whether there were any Serbian nationals in Parliament

Today, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić stated that the official of the Embassy of Serbia in Macedonia and member of the Security Information Agency (BIA), Goran Živaljević, entered the Macedonian Parliament on April the 27th, during the violence, but did not violate diplomatic protocol, nor did he violate the Vienna Convention, he was just doing his job. “He did not...

It’s not a criminal act that a Serbian intelligence officer was in the Macedonian Parliament, says Vučić

The Serbian Prime Minister, Aleksandar Vučić, after last night’s informal dinner with the Prime Ministers of the Western Balkans, when asked by a journalist about the presence of an advisor of the Serbian Embassy in Skopje in the Parliament building during the violence on the 27th of April, he said that the embassy’s advisor didn’t commit any crimes nor...

Belgrade insists at the EU for a peaceful solution for the crisis in Macedonia

The public discourse that is calling for violence, in a lack of a crucial dialogue between Belgrade and Prishtina and the instability in Macedonia represent a serious and open threat for the peace in South Eastern Europe, was the main message from the unofficial document that the Serbian Minister for European Integrations, Jadranka Joksimovic, and the director of the...

MFA for Meta: Dačić is scared to direct his chauvinistic outbursts towards the great powers

The Serbian Minister of foreign affairs, Ivica Dačić is scared to direct his chauvinistic statements towards the great powers that recognized Kosovo, so he is confronting the smallest countries in Europe,  stated for “Meta” news agency representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Macedonia after Serbia's Minister of Foreign Affairs statement where he asks why is Republic of...

Dačić: If you’re offended by FYROM, why take a seat at the UN, EU, OSCE and the Council of Europe?

For Serbia, the use of the name "Republic of Kosovo" is offensive, said Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić, after the Macedonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs requested that the reference FYROM not be used, because it is offensive. “We require a mutual correct relationship. If they already protesting about the pay toll receipts, what should we be doing after their recognition...

Starting from tomorrow, Serbia will delete the term FYROM from the pay toll receipts

For a whole month, Macedonia has been named by using the term FYROM on the pay toll receipts in Serbia, informed by Serbian enterprise “Putevi Srbije” “Regarding your question and related to the term used on the toll receipts at a location on the highway near Preshevo, we inform you that the system for charging tolls at the stated location...

Dačić softens: Friendship must be respected in Skopje as well as Belgrade

Serbian Foreign Minister, Ivica Dačić, tonight announced that he agrees with the views of the Macedonian Foreign Ministry, because the friendship between Serbia and Macedonia should not be ruined, adding that this should apply to Belgrade and Skopje, reports a "Meta" correspondent from Belgrade. His announcement comes after the Macedonia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs reaction to his statement that Serbia...

Dačić is a calculated nationalist say Serbia’s Liberal Democratic Party

With Ivica Dačić’s latest statements, he is knowingly violating relations in the region and is again inciting and provoking reactions from neighbouring countries, says one of the two announcements by the Serbian Liberal Democratic Party in response to the interview with Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić where he stated that Serbia had made a big mistake by recognizing Macedonia...

Ivica Dačić: Serbia made a mistake by recognizing Macedonia under its constitutional name

Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić  said that Serbia was wrong to recognize Macedonia under its constitutional name since Macedonia recognized Kosovo, and supported its membership in UNESCO. “Serbia made a huge mistake. The whole of Europe and the world uses the name, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and we hit back at our fellow Greeks and now expect Greece...

Russian Foreign Ministry: An aggressive minority are preparing a “Colour Revolution” in Macedonia

An aggressive minority paid from outside the country, who have a well-planned scheme are preparing a new "coloured revolution", this time in Macedonia, said today at a press briefing the spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Marija Zakharova. Ms Zakharova made this remark when speaking in about the recent protests in Belgrade, which she says were organized by various NGOs with...

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...

MFA: For now we will not close borders, but financial aid from the EU has still not arrived

For now, Macedonia has no intention of closing close the southern border with Greece for the migrants said from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. They say that Afghan nationals who are stranded at Tabanovce, are likely to remain in the country until Serbia and Croatia resolve their dispute over the treatment of migrants from Afghanistan. Macedonia, says the Foreign Ministry, at...

MOI: 617 migrants from Afghanistan stranded at Tabanovce as Serbia refuses them entry

Over 600 migrants from Afghanistan are currently stuck in the reception camp at the Macedonian-Serbian border-crossing of Tabanovce, after Serbia closed its border to migrants with citizenship from Afghanistan, the Ministry of Interior (MOI) told "Meta". The MOI, also told "Meta" that they deny the information from news agencies and some of the Greek media that Serbian and Macedonian authorities have...

Macedonia, Austria, Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia will meet tomorrow to discuss the migrant crisis

The Directors of the Police Forces of Austria, Croatia, Slovenia and Serbia are coming to Macedonia tomorrow to meet with the Director of the Public Security Bureau, Goranco Savovski, where the main topic of discussion will be the current situation surrounding the migrant crisis. As announced by the Ministry of Interior (MOI), the meeting will also be attended by the Secretary...

79 arrested in Serbia, among the detained are former officials

In a large anti-corruption police operation last night in Serbia, 79 people were arrested, including a several former officials, said the Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic. At an extraordinary press conference, Interior Minister Nebojshe Stefanovic said that among the 79 arrested, former Minister Slobodan Milosavljevic and former Director of the Agency for Combating Corruption Zoran Markvik, and Zeljko Zunik a...

Dacic to Macedonia’s MFA: Road-map labelled FYROM will remain as it is

Serbia rejected the Macedonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs request to remove the sign set on section of Corridor 10 which states "FYROM" instead of the constitutional name of Macedonia. Serbia's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ivica Dacic, said that the board will stay as it is and that he sees no reason for Macedonia's reaction. On the highway Vladicin Han the sign...

President of the EU Council, Donald Tusk will be in Skopje on Sunday

President of the Council of the European Union, Donald Tusk will visit Serbia in the upcoming weekend, and he will also visit Albania and Macedonia and will meet with the leaders of the three countries, the EU Council stated. The website of the EU Council published a schedule of meetings Mr Tusk and other leaders of countries would have, he did...

The Paris bomber’s passport has put pressure on the Macedonian Police

The identification of a Parisian suicide bomber has become more complicated for police investigators after Serbian police on Saturday in refugee reception centre in Presevo arrested a migrant with an identical passport with the name, Ahmed Almuhamed, which was found near the terrorists remains at the stadium "Stade de France ". According to Serbian authorities, the name and other information...

Macedonian authorities remain secretive over information on Paris bomber

Is the Syrian citizen Ahmed Almuhamed , the assumed terrorist in Paris, who apparently drove through the territory of Macedonia? It still remains a mystery, and Macedonian authorities have remained silent and secretive over the matter. Greece and Serbia yesterday confirmed that a person with that identity,went through the so-called 'Balkan Corridor', the most popular route for refugees moving towards...