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The Republic of Macedonia supports the democratically elected government of the Republic of Turkey, and we are currently holding a meeting which assesses the security issues of this situation, reported President Gjorgi Ivanov’s Cabinet. "After receiving information about the attempted military coup in Turkey, the Army of the Republic of Macedonia undertook a series of measures and activities for the...

55 percent of citizens believe that the former Prime Minister and leader of the VMRO-DPMNE party, Nikola Gruevski, is not doing a good job and does not deserve to be re-elected, and 33 percent believe he deserves another chance as Prime Minister, shows new research conducted by the International Republican Institute (IRI). Gruevski, from having 66 percent support in June...

Surveys conducted by several agencies for research on the public opinion show diametrically opposed differences with citizens opinions in terms of ratings, trust and confidence in the Special Prosecutor’s Office and prosecutor Katica Janeva. The newest survey by the International Republican Institute (IRI) who are based in Washington says that 63 percent of the respondents support the Special Prosecutor’s Office...

Citizens have gathered 1.405 euros, 40 US dollars and 878,360 denars or in total, 15.528 euros at yesterday’s event at the cafe-bar “Izlet” in support of the protesters of the “Colourful Revolution” who have been fined or charged for taking part in protests. The “Colourful Revolution” stated that they are more than satisfied with the turn out at yesterday’s event...

Hoyt Brian Yee, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Europe and Eurasia Affairs at the State Department, in an interview with the "Voice of America" said that the US and the EU will continue to provide support to overcome the political crisis in Macedonia. "We believe that the parties involved in the crisis in Macedonia can find a way to get out...

The President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Goran Milevski, met with the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte in Leeuwarden, Netherlands, where they discussed the current political and social crisis "that the ruling party has produced and the efforts of the opposition to establish rule of law and the restoration of democracy in the country ", stated...

People are opposing the destructive policy of the SDSM and of trying to destroy the Republic of Macedonia, was the reaction from the VMRO-DPMNE by Damjan Manchevski's press conference. "The people are against the ideas of the SDSM leadership such as an Albanian Prime Minister. The People are against federalism which was discussed by the criminal Zoran Zaev and the Albanian diaspora. People are against...

The group of protesters arrived in front of the Public Office of the President Gjorge Ivanov in the city center and bombarded the building with eggs. Protesters threw a smoke bomb, however, it did not cause any damage. Citizens threw stones at the office as well. Police did not allow the protesters to approach the object. Several hundred citizens have come...

Several dozens of citizens gathered today at 18:00 in front of the premises of the Special Prosecutor's Office to express support for the work of the institution. The gathering was a reaction to President Gjorge Ivanov decision to grant amnesty and pardon all politicians who are under preliminary investigations, those involved in court proceedings and those who have at present...

"Especially for the Special Public Prosecutor" is a new informal civil platform, which will organize and support the work and functioning of the Special Public Prosecutor's Office as an institution which will help restore and improve the rule of law in the country. "Especially for the SPP as an autonomous body, it's composed of citizens of the Republic of Macedonia, and...

Last night at the SDSM Central Board gave unanimous support to all the nominations for Ministers and Deputy Ministers: Oliver Spasovski for Interior Minister Frosina Remenski as Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Alexander Kiracovski as Deputy Minister for Information Society and Administration, Kire Naumov as Deputy Minister for Finance, Ljupco Nikolovski for Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water...

Support from the citizens for membership in the European Union is unchanged since March 2014, shows new research in the field of public opinion for EU integration of Macedonia, conducted by the Institute for Democracy "Societas Civilis". However, as the report says, the factor of the "name change" of the state in a significant proportion of the population is...

Representatives of the biggest and oldest tour operator in the world, the Thomas Cook Group, from England, are visiting Macedonia starting today, came an announcement from the Agency for the Promotion and Support of Tourism (APPT). The Agency will organize meetings with Macedonian tour operators, hotels, associations, and chambers for tourism. The representatives will visit Ohrid where they will get a...

Croatia fully supports Macedonia's Euro-Atlantic path, and because of the name dispute, the country cannot endlessly be maintained on the way, Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovik said after the meeting with President Gjorge Ivanov today in Zagreb. "Croatia supports membership of our neighbors in the EU and NATO because it is a condition for lasting peace, stability and prosperity in Southeastern...

With 178 votes "for" and 120 "against", the Greek Parliament gave green light to the proposal for a referendum on the austerity measures of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. MPs of SYRIZA, Independent Greeks and Golden Dawn voted for the referendum, while all other opposition parties, i.e. River, New Democracy, PASOK and the Communist Party, were against the idea on...

Richard Howitt, Kunt Flenkenstein and Giacomo Philippe, Secretary General of PES, MEPs from Sweden and representatives of the Socialist Party in Finland, will be guests of SDSM at the mass civil protest which is scheduled to start on Sunday at 2 pm. SDSM officially said that their colleagues will come to express their support in the fight against the regime,...