Western Balkans on Alert Over islamist ISIS Threat
BELGRADE, SARAJEVO, PRISTINA, 12. July 2015- Countries in the Western Balkans have raised security levels and introduced new precautions to counter the threat of terrorist attacks by Islamic State of...
View ArticleUS Nuland Visits Balkans, Tries to Break Deadlock in Macedonia
SKOPJE, 13. July 2015 – The US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, Victoria Nuland, reached Macedonia, part of a Balkan tour aimed at resolving several key disputes. The US...
View ArticleStoltenberg:NATO respects “Serbia’s decisions, contacts with Russia”
BELGRADE, 15. July 2015 –NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says “Serbia’s decisions and contacts with Russia must be respected – because it is the choice of an independent country and its...
View ArticleTrue Cost of grand revamp of ‘Skopje 2014’: €560 million
SKOPJE, 28. JULY 2015 – From the initially announced price tag of €80 million, the cost of giving the Macedonian capital a new/antique Alexander the Great and Philip of Macedonia look has risen to €560...
View ArticleMacedonia Arrests Nine terrorist ISIS Suspects
SKOPJE, 07. AUG. 2015 – Nine people have been arrested in Macedonia and the police are searching for another 27 in a large-scale operation across the country aimed at detaining suspected Islamist...
View ArticleNo Serbian-FYR Macedonia fence; migrants redirected to Bulgaria-Croatia
BELGRADE, 20. AUG.2015 – Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Dacic said that Belgrade would not build a fence at its border to (FYR) Macedonia and instead the illegal migrants would be redirected to...
View ArticleAustria Urges EU Help in Balkan Migrant Crisis
SKOPJE, 25. AUG. 2015 -Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz said western Balkan countries need urgent assistance in dealing with the huge influx refugees and migrants from the Middle East and...
View ArticleSerbia and Macedonia want EU “to take action” regarding migrant crisis
VIENNA, 27. AUG. 2015 – Serbian and Macedonian FM’s Ivica Dacic and Nikola Poposki have asked the EU take action on the issue of massive flow of the asylum seekers, given that a million euros earmarked...
View ArticleMacedonia Court Rejects Opposition Tapes As Evidence
SKOPJE, 02. SEP. 2015 – In a shock ruling, the Skopje Criminal Court has ruled that compromising tapes of officials’ conversations provided by the Macedonian opposition cannot be used as evidence in...
View ArticleMinisters Sign Memo on Balkan Refugee Flow
SKOPJE, 05. SEP. 2015 – Ministers from Macedonia, Serbia, Hungary and Austria, the states most affected by the refugee flow through the Balkans, agreed to boost the fight against traffickers and...
View ArticleMacedonia Mulls Hungarian-Style Border Fence
SKOPJE, 11. SEP. 2015 – Macedonia may have to follow Hungary’s example and build fence o its border with Greece to curb the inflow of refugees and migrants, the Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki stated....
View ArticleUS Has Plans for Macedonia,“Europe and NATO are waiting for you”
ATHENS, 05. OCT. 2015 – Washington’s insisting to invite Macedonia at international meetings under its constitutional name, as it was the case last week, is discomforting for the Greek diplomacy, but...
View ArticleMacedonia Opposition Stays Out of Crisis Talks
SKOPJE, 16. OCT. 2015 – The Macedonian opposition said that it will not resume suspended crisis talks with the government until the special prosecutor who will probe illegal surveillance claims gets...
View ArticleMacedonia Crisis Deal in Mortal Danger, EU Warns
SKOPJE, 21. OCT. 2015 – European Union mediator warned crisis deal will be dead – and Macedonia may find itself as isolated as Belarus – if leaders fail to agree on the key reforms by the weekend. EU...
View ArticlePro-Govt Media Savage EU’s Macedonia Mediator
SKOPJE, 24. OCT. 2015 – After he warned Macedonian leaders against stalling an agreement on reforms, the pro-government media have targeted the EU mediator, Peter Vanhoutte. Media seen as close to...
View ArticleEU: REFUGEES WILL NOT STAY IN MACEDONIA, SERBIA
BRUSSELS, 29. OCT. 2015 – Refugees will continue to travel through Serbia and Macedonia and will not stay for good in the reception centers able to handle 50,000 people which are to be built in the...
View ArticleSERBIA:6,000 REFUGEES PER DAY ARRIVING FROM MACEDONIA
BELGRADE, 29. OCT. 2015 – Serbian police at the admission center for refugees in southern Serbia’s town of Presevo registered 5,878 new refugees, who arrived in Serbia from Macedonia, making up a total...
View ArticleMacedonia:Last Moment Deal On Interim Government
SKOPJE, 06. NOV. 2015 – After marathon European Union brokered talks, Macedonia’s crisis agreement was salvaged as political leaders ironed out differences over reforms to be implemented ahead of early...
View ArticleMACEDONIA PREPARING GROUND FOR FENCE ON GREEK BORDER
SKOPJE, 17. NOV. 2015 – Macedonian authorities began clearing the ground on Nov. 16 in the border area with Greece near Gevgelija in preparation for the possible erection of a wire fence, the...
View ArticleSerbia and Macedonia now letting only “refugees from war” cross border
BELGRADE, SKOPJE, 19.NOV. 2015 – Serbia and Macedonia have started to limit the passage of “refugees who are not coming from war-affected areas of Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan.” UNHCR spokesperson...
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