Latest News from Macedonia
Mid Europa buys Bambi, Imlek, Knjaz Milos
BELGRADE- Mid Europa Partners, a leading investment fund focused on Central and Eastern Europe, signed an agreement on the acquisition of Danube Foods Group (DFG), the owner of Serbian companies Imlek, Mlekara Subotica, Bambi, and Knjaz Milos, DFG said in a release on Monday.
Mid Europa also bought all Imlek dairies operating in Macedonia, Republika Srpska and Montenegro.
Social Media Campaign Launched in Macedonia To Name Street After Zhelyu Zhelev
A petition has been launched on social media in Macedonia urging the government to name a street in the capital Skopie after the recently deceased former Bulgarian President Zhelyu Zhelev.
Zhelev, Bulgaria's first democratically-elected President after the fall of communism in 1989, passed away on 30 January.
Opposition leader charged with conspiring to organize coup
Opposition leader charged with conspiring to organize coup
SKOPJE -- The U.S. embassy in Skopje has said that it was following the criminal proceedings against Zoran Zaev "with concern."
Zaev, leader of the Social Democrats, was charged by police on Saturday with conspiring with a foreign intelligence service to topple the government.
Macedonian 'Coup' Charges Alarm US, EU
The EU and US have urged Macedonia to follow due legal process following dramatic developments at the weekend when opposition leader Zoran Zaev was accused of attempting a coup.
Police have charged the Social Democrat leader with espionage and with making violent threats aimed at the government with the goal of undermining constitutional order.
Balkan nations receive support for NATO membership
Balkan nations receive support for NATO membership
Turkey and Hungary voice support for quicker regional NATO integration as they continue comprehensive defence reforms.
Macedonia has satisfied all conditions for NATO membership, but is kept out by Greece's veto. [AFP]
Bulgaria Holds Day of National Mourning for Ex President Zhelyu Zhelev
Bulgaria holds a day of national mourning for late Bulgarian President Zhelyu Zhelev.
Zhelev, a dissident who served as Bulgaria's first democratically elected president (1990-1997) after the fall of communism, passed away on Friday at the age of 79.
Bulgarian national flags at all state institutions will be flown at half-mast.
Macedonia Opposition Leader Charged With Spying
The leader of Macedonia's main opposition Social Democratic Party, SDSM, has been ordered to remain in the country and his passport has been confiscated.
In a dramatic address carried on all main TV stations, Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski on Saturday accused Zoran Zaev of attempting a coup.
"Railway to go ahead as planned" despite Piraeus decision
"Railway to go ahead as planned" despite Piraeus decision
BELGRADE -- Serbia continues to work on the modernization of the Belgrade-Budapest railway and will start building it without delays by the end of this year.
Bulgaria Records No Improvement in Freedom House Report
In 2014 Bulgaria has remained in the group of the free countries, but has not shown improvement for the last seven years.
The information was made available through the annual report ''Freedom In The World 2015'', published by Freedom House on Wednesday.
Teachers Strike in Macedonia Wins European Backing
The European Trade Union Committee for Education, ETUCEE, said it supported a strike by teachers in Macedonia over a new system of evaluation of their work that includes fines - but urged all sides to continue talks.
Freedom House Moves Kosovo up - Bosnia, Macedonia Down
In the latest report by Freedom House on global political rights and civil liberties, Macedonia and Bosnia lost ground in the ratings index while Kosovo improved its standing.
BIRN Attack 'Part of Balkan Democratic Crisis'
The orchestrated campaign against BIRN in Aleksandar Vucic's Serbia was a prime example of the new authoritarianism sweeping the Balkans, which is the rolling back the democratic gains of the 1990s, Balkan expert Florian Bieber said in London on Tuesday.
Less Bulgarians Went on Holiday Abroad at End of 2014
In December 2014 Bulgarians traveled more than 267 000 times abroad, which is an increase of 12.4 % compared to the same month in 2013.
National Council on Climate Change holds first meeting
BEOGRAD - According to the latest climate change mitigation research, Serbia ranks as 73rd among the 192 parties to the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change, Serbian Minister of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Snezana Bogosavljevic-Boskovic said Monday, chairing the first meeting of the National Council on Climate Change.
Macedonia's Foreign Minister Visiting Albania to Boost Cooperation
Macedonia's Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki is visiting Albania on Monday as part of intensified contacts between the two Balkan neighbours.
Poposki is scheduled to meet his Albanian counterpart Ditmir Bushati and Prime Minister Edi Rama as well as the head of the foreign affairs committee in Parliament, Arta Dade, the Foreign Ministry in Skopje said in a press release.