Tag: Turkey

Turkey has annulled the agreement with Macedonia for a mutual recognition of Macedonian diplomas on all educational levels, says “Alsat M.” The decision was already published at an official gazette in Turkey and it refers to an agreement that was signed by both countries on the 6th of July 1998 and with which Turkey and Macedonia established...

Macedonian citizens who are currently in Turkey are safe, and there have been no reports of casualties or deaths of Macedonian nationals, reports the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikola Poposki has been in contact via telephone with his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, who has assured him that the Turkish authorities are working on restoring peace...

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...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stated they are closely following the situation in Turkey and are in constant contact with the Macedonian Embassy in Ankara and the General Consulate in Istanbul. The MFA have urged all Macedonian nationals currently in Turkey to remain in safe locations, not to leave their hotels or accommodation and to avoid gatherings in public...

The Macedonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs still has no information whether any Macedonian nationals were hurt in the terrorist attack on Istanbul’s airport “Ataturk”, where at least 36 people were killed and 147 people have been injured. The MFA have stated that they are in constant contact with the Macedonian Embassy in Ankara, the Consulate in Istanbul and Turkish authorities. The...

"We do not want to go back to Turkey, the decision from the European Union is nonsense," commented migrants at the camp in Idomeni in Greece, for the Balkan service of "Radio Free Europe". Reactions come after the EU and Turkey came to an agreement. The camp Idomeni at the Macedonian-Greek border currently has more than 13,000 refugees, many of whom are women...

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...

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...

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...

President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, called for calm after Turkey, a candidate for European Union membership, took down a Russian war jet on the Syrian border.   "In this dangerous moment, after the crash of the Russian plane, we all need to have cool heads and calm remain calm," wrote        former Prime Minister of Poland on...

Turkish intelligence officials have failed so far to identify the perpetrators of the terrorist attack on the pro-Kurdish Peace march in Ankara, which killed nearly 100 people and injured twice as many. The two blasts, which were caused by suicide bombers targeted the peace protest near the railway station in Ankara. According to the latest death toll, this is the deadliest...

  The death toll now stands at Eighty-six dead and over 190 injured from the terrorist attack in Ankara. Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu declared three days of mourning the terrorist attack and said there is evidence that two suicide suicide bombers carried out the attack near the railway station, at the beginning of a peaceful protest against tensions between Kurdish...

Thirty dead and 126 injured are the latest numbers from today's explosion in Ankara, announced the Turkish Ministry of Interior. According to investigators, the explosions were the work of a suicide bomber. The Turkish government have assessed the attack as a terrorist act. Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu convened an emergency meeting with representatives from the Ministry of Justice and Internal Affairs,...

New way of migrants and refugees, mostly coming from Syria, is expected to reach the Macedonian border to the south. Greek media repored that around 5 in the morning, the ferry Elifterios Venizelos, carrying 2500 migrants, set off from Mitilini to the island of Lesbos. The ferry is expected to reach Piraeus today around 5:40. From the port, the migrants...

Former Turkish President Suleyman Demirel died in hospital in Ankara on 90 years. He performed the duty head of the government in more mandates from 1965 to 1993 and was the ninth president of the country. Turkish media reported that he ended up in the hospital because of sudden respiratory problems, but doctors failed to save him. Demirel marked the tumultuous...