Latest News from Macedonia

Kosovo, Albania ‘Most Corrupt Countries in Region’

According to the index published by the Berlin-based watchdog on Wednesday, Albania and Kosovo are ranked joint 110th out of 174 countries around the world that were assessed in the report.

FSS: Proposal for replay rejected by Albania

BELGRADE - The Football Association of Serbia (FSS) said on Wednesday that top officials of the Football Association of Albania have rejected a proposal for a replay of the EURO 2016 qualifying match between the two countries' national teams.

Novi Sad designer awarded for best startup

NOVI SAD - Owner and director of the design studio Salt and Water from Novi Sad Svetlana Mojic has won this year's Balkan women's entrepreneurship award for the most successful startup company, the company said on Wednesday.

Macedonia Opposition MPs Face Ousting from Parliament

Macedonia's political crisis stepped up a gear on Tuesday as the parliamentary Committee on Mandate and Immunity Issues, which is composed of the ruling parties' members, unanimously voted to revoke the mandates of the absent 31 opposition MPs.

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Macedonia Students Vow More Exam Protests

After being denied talks with the government, students at Macedonia's largest, state-run university, Sts. Cyril and Methodius, have decided to stage another protest march next week against alleged government interference in the academic system.

Traffic accidents third cause of death in Greece, seminar hears

Greece has one of the highest traffic accident rates in Europe, according to data presented on Monday at a seminar in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, by the Ministry of Macedonia and Thrace together with the Hellenic Institute of Transport (IMET/EKETA).

Romania, Poland and Latvia were also shown to be high on the list, the conference was told.

Road sign to greater Albania appears in Kosovska Vitina

KOSOVSKA VITINA - A road sign listing the distances from Kosovska Vitina to cities that should come under a greater Albania has been put up in the downtown of this eastern Kosovo-Metohija municipality to mark the Albanian Flag Day, observed in Albania on November 28.

Macedonia Industrial Output Continues Steady Rise

Industrial output in Macedonia in October rose by 7.5 per cent in comparison with the same period last year, data from the State Statistical Office showed.

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Salsa festival to take place in Belgrade December 5-7

BELGRADE - The 9th International Festival of Salsa and other Caribbean dances under the title Salsa Motion Weekend will be held in Belgrade from December 5 to 7 and it will gather around 1,000 dancers from Serbia and the world.

Minister opposes plans to establish Islamic Studies department at Thessaloniki university

Minister of Macedonia and Thrace Giorgos Orfanos has criticized plans to establish a department of Islamic Studies at the Theological School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

In comments made Thursday, Orfanos said that it would be wrong to mix the study of Orthodox faith with “something else.”

Serbia, Macedonia together to penetrate new textile markets

BELGRADE - Serbia and Macedonia should promote the textile industry through closer cooperation and create conditions for joint penetration of the third markets, participants of the business forum discussing the two countries' cooperation in this area have concluded.

Bulgaria’s Tourism Minister Invites Deputy to Resign

Bulgarian Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova has expressed hopes that her deputy, Branimir Botev, will step down.

Speaking Thursday in Plovdiv at the opening of the annual international meeting of tour operators, she suggested that Botev had been appointed Deputy Tourism Minister at the insistence of Valeri Simeonov from nationalist formation the Patriotic Front.

Bulgaria Marks 95 Years of Neuilly Treaty after WWI

Bulgarians around the country marked Thursday what is believed to be one of the most sinister dates in the country's history - the signing of the Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine.

Several marches by patriotic organizations are to mark the 95th year since the Neuilly Treaty in major Bulgarian cities.

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