Macedonian News

Sofia to impede Skopje’s Euro intentions?

2012-05-08T15:30:00.001-04:00

The Bulgarian authorities submitted on 5 May a protest note in relation to the incident with the Ambassador to Skopje, Ivan Petkov. On Friday, the Bulgarian Ambassador and his delegation were attacked and not admitted to the grave of the revolutionary Gotse Delchev, in order to bring flowers and commemorate the 109 anniversary of his death, a long-standing tradition of the Bulgarian representatives in Skopje. The president of the country, Rosen Plevneliev, identified the incident as...

Muselmaniacs in Macedonia Scream Death to Christians, Demand Killers of Christians be Released

2012-05-06T18:35:00.004-04:00

“Killing infidels is a small matter to us”- Tabari 9:69 The 7th century tradition continues while any attempt to raise awareness is instantly attacked by kwality journolists, Islamic headbangers and our complicit elites with cries of “racist-bigot-Islamophobia…..” Read more...

Quintuple murder suspect says “plan was to attack police”

2012-05-06T18:33:00.001-04:00

According to court sources, the suspect said this in front of several people but it is unknown whether he repeated it to investigative judges. Makfax news agency has reported that all court appointed defense lawyers, including some of the most prominent Macedonian attorneys, refused to represent the suspects for the murder of five young Macedonians and a 45-year-old man on April 11 near Skopje. The news agency has learnt that the arrested persons who decided to give their statements to...

Only in Macedonia: Let's protest over arresting killers

2012-05-05T21:45:00.003-04:00

Hundreds of mostly young ethnic Albanians protested in Skopje on Friday because of the arrests of people suspected of killing five near Lake Smiljkovsko, and several small incidents happened during the protest. The protesters went from the Yahya Pasha Mosque at around 1:30 p.m. CET, after the prayer had ended, towards the government headquarters. While the crowd was shouting that they did not want framed cases, that Albanians were not just Muslims and that they were not terrorists, a group...

Former commander threatens with partisan war to protect Albanian population in Macedonia

2012-05-05T18:35:00.004-04:00

Former partisan commander from the National Liberation Army Xhezair Shaqiri, commander Hoxha, has said he will start a partisan war to protect the Albanian population in Macedonia and the valley of the Morava River, Tribuna reported. According to website the former partisan commander and MP in the Macedonian parliament held meetings with former commanders from the National Liberation Army and Kosovo Liberation Army and discussed the need to protect the Albanian population in Macedonia and...

Days of Macedonian Culture in London

2012-05-05T18:34:00.002-04:00

The concert of piano virtuoso Simon Trpceski with London's Philharmonia Orchestra at the "Royal Festival Hall" will open Thursday the Days of Macedonian Culture in London, held until May 14.The event is organized within the Cultural Olympiad, in light of the Summer Olympics in the British capital.Trpceski will perform Piano Concerto No.2 by Franz Liszt, under the baton of Philippe Jordan. The concert is part of his UK tour, including performances in Cheltenham, Bedford and Warwick this week."I...

Radical Islam in Macedonia - Video

2012-05-05T18:33:00.002-04:00

Bulgarian ambassador to Skopje prevented from laying flowers in memory of Gotse Delchev

2012-05-05T15:27:00.002-04:00

Hooligans have prevented the Bulgarian ambassador to Macedonia to lay flowers on the 109th death anniversary of Gotse Delchev in Saint Spas church in Skopje. The Bulgarian delegation which is headed by Sofia’s newly appointed ambassador in Skopje Ivan Petkov and local Bulgarians tried to lay flowers at the sarcophagus that holds the bones of the apostle of the struggles of Bulgarians in Macedonia and Edirne region, Gotse Delchev. Outside Saint Spas church the Bulgarian group was assaulted...

Macedonia's central bank cuts rate to 3.75%

2012-05-05T15:26:00.001-04:00

Macedonia's central bank announced May that it cut its key central bank bills rate to 3.75% from 4% due to the sufficient level of foreign exchange reserves, newswires reported, citing a statement from the bank. The bank also cut its projections for the country's GDP growth in 2012 to 2% from 2.4%, although the bank added that it expects an acceleration to 3.7% in 2013.

Bike video tour of Ohrid

2012-05-05T15:16:00.001-04:00

Tour of Ohrid city and Lake Ohrid on bike.

1,500 protest in Macedonia after murder arrests

2012-05-05T15:13:00.003-04:00

About 1,500 people have joined a protest by ethnic Albanians in Macedonia to demand a fair trial for five people suspected of murder in a case that has raised ethnic tension in the tiny country. The five have been charged with terrorism-related offenses over the murder of five Macedonian fishermen last month. Two of the suspects remain at large. The government has described the suspects as radical Islamists. Protesters at Friday's rally in the capital Skopje chanted "God is Great" and...

10 000 Ethnic Albanians Rise against Macedonian Govt over Lakeside Murders

2012-05-05T15:12:00.002-04:00

More than 10 000 ethnic Albanians protested in Macedonia's capital Skopje on Friday to demand a fair trial for five people suspected of murder in a case that has raised ethnic tension in the tiny country. The five detainees have been charged with offenses related to terrorism and radical Islamism over the murder of five Macedonian fishermen near Skopje last month. Two of the suspects remain at large. Protesters at Friday's rally in the capital Skopje chanted "Allah is Great" and...

Protestors in Skopje hurl stones at police, smash bus stop

2012-05-05T15:11:00.005-04:00

The protesting Muslims in Macedonia’s capital Skopje have started hurling stones at the police, the local news agency Makfax reported. The protest kicked off outside Jaja Pasha Mosque in Skopje and the incident occurred outside the government’s building. The demonstrators also managed to smash the windows of a bus stop. Insulting words were voiced against Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski and ruling Albanian party Democratic Union for Integration of Ali Ahmeti. The group is now moving...

Macedonia may develop even outside EU, NATO, says German ambassador

2012-05-05T15:11:00.000-04:00

“Macedonia’s development does not depend on the membership in the EU and NATO. The progress and the reforms may continue even outside these organisations,” said German Ambassador to Skopje Gudrun Steinacker, writes Macedonian Vecer daily. In her words, Macedonia deserves the EU and NATO membership and the country has met all the criteria, but Germany cannot react in separation to all the rest of the member states. “Geographically speaking, Macedonia belongs to Europe and it is a member of...

New USAID Project - Adaptation to Climate Change in Agriculture

2012-05-05T15:09:00.000-04:00

USAID launched Thursday its new Adaptation to Climate Change in Agriculture project which will promote adaptive agricultural practices and raise awareness of the forthcoming challenges of climate change and the need for joint, community level responses. Adaptation to Climate Change in Agriculture will be implemented by the Rural Development Network (RDN), the USAID said in a press release. "Real progress to safeguard our natural resources for future generations will ultimately depend upon...

Roadmap on goals from Macedonia-EU accession dialogue presented in Parliament

2012-05-05T15:08:00.002-04:00

Vice PM in charge of EU integration, Teuta Arifi presented on Thursday a three-month report on past and future achievements made with respect to the process of EU integration. The report was presented before members of the National EU Integration Council and Parliament's European Affairs Commission. Arifi underlined the launch of a high level dialogue with the EU as the most important event in recent months, announcing that EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule was due to visit Skopje...

Everything Except The Trout at Ohrid

2012-05-04T00:30:00.003-04:00

Macedonia’s Lake Ohrid is famous for its trout. In the chilly, mountain depths of these waters, theohridska pastrmka (pastrmka means trout) has swum since time immemorial, and has been fished here since Neolithic times. It’s one of the only European fish to have existed since before the last ice age, and the species is probably some million years old. Reportedly, it’s delicious. The problem is, it’s almost extinct. That doesn’t stop restaurants here from serving it....

Macedonian court orders 30-day detention for 5 suspects in fishermen killings

2012-05-03T20:56:00.000-04:00

A court in Macedonia’s capital has issued 30-day detention orders for five men, including two who are still at large, suspected of killing five fishermen in April. The fatal shooting of the fishermen near Skopje last month fueled tension in the Balkan country between ethnic Macedonians and the ethnic Albanian minority. The Interior Ministry has issued an international arrest warrant for the two suspects still at large, identified as 32-year-old Afrim Ismailovic and 27-year-old Alil...

Macedonia Reveals Suspects in Lakeside Murder Case

2012-05-03T20:55:00.001-04:00

Macedonian media have revealed the identity of the suspects for the brutal murder of five men that took place last month near Skopje. 27-year-old Alil Demir, 32-year-old Afrim Ismailovic and his brother, 33-year-old Agim Ismailovic are the alleged shooters, according to the Macedonian Utrinski vestnik daily. 54-year-old Fejzi Aziri and 24-year-old Rami Sejdu have allegedly transported the shooters to the crime scene and subsequently helped them to escape the country by entering...

Macedonia’s Plea for a Seat in NATO Falls on Busy Ears

2012-05-03T00:20:00.002-04:00

More than two decades after an independent Macedonia was born from the bloody ethnic wars in the Balkans, its desire to join NATO remains stalled by an old question: “What’s in a name?” Greece, an alliance member since 1952, was vehemently opposed to initial desires of its neighbor to adopt the name Republic of Macedonia, saying it implied territorial claims to the Greek province of the same name, an assertion Macedonia has publicly disavowed. To remove that hurdle, the government in the...

Extremists among those detained in Macedonia massacre

2012-05-02T21:44:00.003-04:00

Macedonian police on Tuesday arrested 20, allegedly radicalised, Muslims in an operation in several villages around the capital. The police believe that the murderers are among those arrested. After spending the night in a police station in Skopje, they were brought before court this morning. Police said the motives of the men, some of whom were Macedonian nationals, was to spread fear in the country. “The arrested men are radical Islamists who have been fighting in Afghanistan and...

Macedonian police file charges in fishermen deaths

2012-05-02T21:44:00.000-04:00

Macedonian authorities have filed terrorism charges against five men in connection with the shooting deaths of five Macedonian fishermen in mid-April, Interior Minister Gordana Jankuloska said. Two of those charged were still at large, while the other three were among 20 people identified as radical Islamists who were arrested in connection with the case Tuesday. The killings of the fishermen near the Macedonian capital Skopje last month fueled tension in the Balkan country between...

Skopje Faculty of Pharmacy gets two new labs

2012-05-01T21:48:00.001-04:00

Premier Nikola Gruevski, accompanied by Ministers of Education, Science and Health Care, Pance Kralev and Nikola Todorov respectively, formally set into work Sunday two new labs at Skopje Faculty of Pharmacy. The two labs, worth EUR1,7 million, will test the quality of drugs and make biomolecular pharmaceutical analysis. "The Government has been investing in all spheres - economy, agriculture, education, health care, tourism...Even in this difficult period of debt crisis in Europe, we...

Videos from Macedonian Police Regarding Operation "Monstrum"

2012-05-01T19:56:00.001-04:00

Radical Muslim group involved in Macedonia murders arrested

2012-05-01T19:52:00.002-04:00

Macedonian police announced Tuesday that they arrested 20 radical Muslims, suspected to be members of a terrorist group which has been linked to the murder of five Macedonians in early April. “The ministry of the interior found the perpetrators of the horrific killings at Smilkovsko lake” near Skopje, Interior Minister Gordana Jankulovska told a press conference. Twenty radical Muslims, mostly Macedonian citizens, some of whom had been “fighting in Afghanistan and Pakistan against NATO...