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Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Filip Stojanovski is a Global Voices author and translator based in Skopje, Macedonia. He is the Program Coordinator of Metamorphosis, a think tank which seeks the development of democracy and prosperity by promoting knowledge-based economy and information society.
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Skopje - Macedonia on Wednesday reported its first swine flu death - a 32-year-old man who died in Skopje hospital according to local media. The man was hospitalized earlier this week with a serious case of pneumonia. ...
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Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov declared that Bulgaria and Macedonia are not only neighbors but brother peoples, who have to help and support each other. “We have categorically supported the removal of visas for Macedonian citizens. Skopje will also get our support for the Euro-Atlantic community,” declared Borisov. ...
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Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Bulgaria has announced its support for the Kosovo-Macedonia border agreement that was signed late Saturday and rejected by Serbia soon after. The Bulgarian Foreign Affairs Ministry said in an official statement on Tuesday that it supports the steps taken by Kosovo and Macedonia in signing a final agreement between Pristina and Skopje on the two countries’ borders. "We appreciate these arrangements...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
Pristina/Skopje - The parliaments of Kosovo and Macedonia have ratified a border agreement, ending a long dispute over the volatile region and established diplomatic ties, media reports said Sunday. Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki and h...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
Pristina/Skopje - The parliaments of Kosovo and Macedonia have ratified a border agreement, ending a long dispute over the volatile region and paving the way for diplomatic ties, media reports said Sunday. Kosovo ratified the agreement Sunday with 81...
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The Sofia Echo (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
The European Commission’s report recommending the opening of EU accession negotiations with Skopje sparked cheering in Macedonia, but there are few signs that the name issue will be any easier than before.
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
Macedonia officials on Wednesday greeted the European Commission decision to recommend Skopje's start its European Union accession talks. The move marks the country's first major step towards integration with the bloc since it was granted the status of an EUcandidate state in 2005. However, the report did not set a date for the beginning of talks, which will be left for the EU council of ministers...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Skopje - Macedonia on Wednesday welcomed as historic a European Commission report recommending that Brussels launch accession talks with Skopje. The conservative Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski promised reforms required for speedy accession, Gruevsk...
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Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
Macedonia's former Interior Minister Lyubomir Mihaylovski-Dzhango has confirmed he will defend Macedonian with Bulgarian passport Spaska Mitrova in an upcoming custody trial. Mitrova was released Thursday from the jail in Skopje where she served over two months of her controversial three-month sentence. Mihaylovski, who served as interior minister in the cabinet of former prime minister Vlado Buchkovski,...
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Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Bulgaria’s Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, welcomed Friday night Macedonian with Bulgarian passport Spaska Mitrova. Mitrova was released Thursday from the jail in Skopje where she served over two months of her controversial three-month sentence. Borisov welcomed Mitrova on Bulgarian soil in the southwest town of Sandanski, which is close to Mitrova’s native town of Gevgeliya in Macedonia....
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Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boyko Borisov exerted serious pressure on Macedonia for the release of Spaska Mitrova. This was announced Friday by Diaspora Minister, Bozhidar Dimitrov. Macedonian with Bulgarian passport Spaska Mitrova was released from the prison in Skopje Thursday after serving 2 months and 8 days of her highly controversial three-month sentence. ...
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Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Macedonian with Bulgarian passport Spaska Mitrova was harassed for being Bulgarian while in jail. This was announced by Mitrova herself in an interview for bTV. Mitrova was realesed from the prison in Skopje Thursday after serving 2 months and 8 days of her highly controversial three-month sentence. ...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
The European Commission is likely to condition Macedonia's membership in the European Union on the resolution of its longstanding "name" row with neighboring Greece, local media reported Thursday. The EC annual progress report on Macedonia was set for release Oct. 14. Skopje hopes to see in it a recommendation and a date for launching its next step toward EU membership, the start of accession...