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  Direct flights have resumed between Skopje and Athens after a 12-year pause. Direct flights were halted in 2007 when FYR Macedonia’s previous conservative government named the Skopje airport after the ancient Greek warrior Alexander the Great, angering Athens. But under a new accord earlier this year, the government agreed to rename the country North […]

  International Event – Athens/Skopje: Deputy PM for European Affairs Bujar Osmani will visit Athens for talks with Greece’s Alternate Foreign Minister Georgios Katrougalos at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Events in Skopje: – Parliament’s Finances and Budget Committee, Committee on Culture and Committee on Labour and Social Policy to hold sessions. – Press conference […]

  The World Organization for Social Integration named Ohrid and Macedonia as ‘the world’s capital of humanism in honor of St. Clement of Ohrid.’ Clement of Ohrid has founded the first medieval school of humanism in Europe. He is a disciple of the saints Cyril and Methodius who are considered the ‘apostles of the Slavs’. […]

  Late Friday two-thirds of the MPs voteed in favour of changing the country’s name. Constitutional procedure formally changing the country’s name to the Republic of North Macedonia should be completed by January the latest. Once Macedonia formally changes the constitution, the Greek parliament will also have to vote on the deal. The move could […]

  The main theses of his speech are: – Macedonia is the first country in the region to introduce a guaranteed minimum income. – Sustainable growth can be achieved only through investments for a better life of citizens and an improved social protection system. – Government’s priority is the country’s EU and NATO accession, with […]

  The Archbishopric Council of the Macedonian Orthodox Church (MOC) reaffirmed its position that the name of the church as well as the name of the country should not be changed. This decision was reached after the MOC Council held its annual session on Friday and Saturday in a monastery in the village of Kalista […]

  Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel has been visited Macedonia to express her support to a deal with Greece over the country’s name. Merkel says it would pave the way for membership of the European Union and NATO. ”You are invited to be a member of NATO and you have the prospect of acceptance into the […]

  Zoran Zaev met United States Vice-President Mike Pence in Washington at September 20, 2018. Zaev and Pence discussed the upcoming referendum on the Prespa Agreement in Macedonia, and the country’s integration in NATO. Mike Pence expressed his strong support for the Prespa Agreement as well as his support for the country as it moves […]

  A total of US$11.1 million will go as investments in the Former Yugoslav Republic (FYR) of Macedonia from The International Finance Corporation (IFC) IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest multilateral source of equity and loan financing for private sector projects in developing countries. FYR Macedonia became a member of […]

  Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary-General, visits Macedonia before referendum about changing country’s name. Stoltenberg will meet with Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and other political leaders on Thursday, and back the campaign to change the former Yugoslav republic’s name to North Macedonia. NATO officials said that he will also visit Athens on Thursday to meet with […]