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Hungarian funding supports spread of disinformation between Greece, Slovenia and North Macedonia

During July 2019 a new trend for spreading disinformation affected the online sphere in North Macedonia. Possibly to compensate for lack of coverage of political events that can be misconstrued during the vacation season, social media were flooded with links to old articles promoted through Facebook ads and right-wing Facebook groups. Some of these articles were originally published within the...

Mickoski will meet Orban in Budapest, no information of a meeting with the Honorary President Gruevski

The opposition party VMRO-DPMNE informs that the president of the party Hristijan Mickoski tomorrow will have a meeting with the Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban. However, the party did not say whether Mickoski will meet with the Honorary president of the party, Nikola Gruevski, who as a fugitive from justice has asylum in Hungary. In the short announcement from...

Zaev did not meet Orbán in Zagreb

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev took part in the Summit of Heads of Government from member states of the Central European Initiative in Zagreb. He assessed the event as a good opportunity for Macedonia to reiterate its expectations of support from friendly countries, for membership of our country in NATO and the start of negotiations with the EU. "We have requested the support...

Orbán: Soros organization behind persecution of Gruevski

George Soros' organization is behind the persecution of former Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, said Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in an interview with Radio Koshut. According to Orbán, it is only normal for Budapest to help the former Macedonian prime minister because he too has helped Hungary defend itself against a surge of migrants. "This is a former leader...

“Politika”: Gruevski raises tensions between America and Russia

While it has been formally claimed that fugitive Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski is in Budapest, some articles speculate that he had traveled to Russia or Turkey, reported Serbian pro-government daily newspaper "Politika". The article points out that both Russia and Turkey maintain diplomatic relations with Skopje, but have clashed over pro-Western policies pursued by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev. Under...

Orbán: We received Gruevski, but we won’t interfere in Macedonia’s internal affairs

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has confirmed that former Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski is in Budapest and that the authorities there are handling his asylum application in accordance with domestic and international law. "Nikola Gruevski has applied for asylum to the relevant Hungarian authorities. The former Macedonian prime minister has announced his intention to claim refugee status in Hungary,"...

Orbán congratulates Zaev for Agreement with Greece

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev received a letter from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán congratulating him on the agreement regarding the Macedonian-Greek name dispute and for reaching a strategic partnership between the two countries, reported the government's press service. The letter, which Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán signed on behalf of the Visegrád Four, welcomes the solution that the Republic of Macedonia...

Gruevski complained to Orbán and Janša that the government are abusing the election campaign

The leader of VMRO-DPMNE, Nikola Gruevski, met with Hungarian Prime Minister and leader of the ruling party, Viktor Orbán, and the President of the Slovenian Democratic Party, Janez Janša, in Ohrid today. Gruevski informed the leaders of the sister parties about the course of the election campaign for the local elections. He estimated the campaign as having gone through a...

Orban: With Macedonia’s EU and NATO membership, it will fill the hole in the Balkans

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, said today in Budapest that Hungary will support Macedonia's membership in the EU and NATO, which, he said, will fill the gap in the Balkans. Orban said after meeting with Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, that wasn't announced in Macedonia, said that it in the interest of Hungary, any country in the Balkans had interest,...

Calls for President Ivanov to strip President Orban of his medal

Users of social networks today wrote individual statuses urging President Gjorge Ivanov to strip the medal "September 8" from Hungarian President Viktor Orban over the violence against refugees and reporters at the Serbian-Hungarian border. Ivanov's office said they had no information whether the President was thinking in that direction. The daily newspaper "Vest" in tomorrow's edition will call on President Ivanov...

Macedonia could be part of the route of “Turkish stream”

"Turkish stream" could pass through Greece, Macedonia, Serbia and Hungary, said Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in an interview with the Russian newspaper "Komersant". Orban's statement comes after a recent meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, on which it was discussed about energy and the replacement of the "South Stream", project which collapsed due to objections from Brussels. During a meeting...