AlQa'dah 20, 1432, Oct 18, 2011, SPA - Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of Qatar met here today the Chairman of Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia Trajko Vlaanowska.
During the meeting, they exchanged cordial talks and reviewed the (...)
Macedonia's ruling VMRO-DPMNE conservative party on Sunday claimed the victory in early parliamentary elections but would likely have to seek coalition partners to form a stable government, according to Reuters.
"This press conference is dedicated (...)
Awwal 11, 1432 / April 15, 2011, SPA -- Macedonia's parliamentary speaker formally scheduled an early parliamentary election for June 5 on Friday, a move aimed at resolving a political deadlock complicating its European Union integration goals, (...)
Awwal 01, 1432, Feb 04, 2011, SPA -- A German man allegedly snatched by the CIA in Macedonia and tortured at a secret prison in Afghanistan launched a claim in court Friday to demand official recognition and compensation for his ordeal. But a key (...)
Macedonian police say a shootout between police and an armed group near the country's border with Kosovo has left four people dead.
Police spokesman Ivo Kotevski said the four were killed in the area of Radusa village.
He says the four had been (...)
Thirty people were held hostage for an hour by a man
who failed his driver's test in the Macedonian capital Skopje, media
reported Saturday, according to dpa.
The 21-year-old man, who had also failed the test previously, left
the exam office (...)
Macedonia is sending an additional 79 troops to Afghanistan to help train members of the Afghan national army and police, according to AP.
The soldiers will join the 170-strong Macedonian contingent in Kabul, as part of the international mission in (...)
Turkish company TAV today took over
management of two airports in Macedonia, dpa quoted local media as reporting.
The Turkish company took over management of international airports
in the capital Skopje and the city Ohrid and will operate the (...)
The European Union is urging Macedonia to resolve a 19-year-long dispute with Greece over the former Yugoslav republic's name, according to AP.
Stefan Fule, the EU's enlargement commissioner, said during a visit to Skopje Friday that the (...)
At least 12 people died when a tourist boat sank Saturday in Ohrid Lake in Macedonia, local media reports said, and there were fears that five more people had drowned, DPA reported.
Fifty-three people were in safety after the vessel, with (...)
At least 22 people died when a tourist boat
capsized and sank Saturday in Ohrid Lake in southwest Macedonia today, dpa reported.
Most of the dead are believe to be elderly tourists from Bulgaria.
According to initial TV reports there were 74 (...)
A diplomatic row over a prison sentence
Macedonia handed to a Bulgarian national could signal growing ethnic
tensions and further burden Skopje's already stalled bid to join the
EU and NATO, media said Thursday in both countries, according to (...)
A United Nations mediator says progress has been made in efforts to end an 18-year dispute between neighbors Greece and Macedonia that has prevented the former Yugoslav country from joining NATO.
Envoy Matthew Nimetz says Greece and the former (...)
Macedonia's government plans to
reshuffle the cabinet in an effort to combat the impact of the
global financial crisis, Reuters quoted a senior government official as saying today.
The official said that the government will submit a list (...)
Macedonia has confirmed its first
cases of the new H1N1 flu virus in two patients who caught the
virus abroad, Reuters cited Health Minister Bujar Osmani as saying today.
"With the new data we have confirmed our first two positive
cases of (...)
Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski and
ethnic Albanian leader Ali Ahmeti agreed late Friday a coalition for
the country's new government, local media reported.
The policy-making bodies of the two parties, meeting separately in
Skopje and (...)
Several incidents of shooting have been reported in Macedonia's election, with voting
suspended in at least one polling station.
The spokeswoman for the main ethnic Albanian party in
Macedonia says the party headquarters in the capital,
Skopje, (...)