Macedonia
Health authorities preparing to deal with possible Ebola infections, official says
The Health Ministry's general secretary Christina Papanikolaou said on Friday that Greek authorities were braced to deal with a potential Ebola infection in Greece in the wake of several cases being reported in Spain, the Former Yuguslav Republic of Macedonia and the Czech Republic.
Macedonian Media in Govt's Grip, Research Says
State control over the media, censorship, political clientelism and corrupt links between the government, media owners and the media are prevalent in the Macedonian media, new research presented on Tuesday in Skopje by the Macedonian Institute for Media, MIM, claims.
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Venizelos says FYROM must make move on name dispute
It is up to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) to make the next steps needed to solve its name dispute with Greece, said Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos after meeting his counterpart from the neighboring country, Nikola Poposki, in New York late on Friday.
IS Recruits Fighters From The Balkans
The Balkan Peninsula is one of the places where the Islamic State (IS) recruits fighters, the President of Serbia Tomislav Nikolic told the UN General Assembly, quoted by Bulgaria's Nova TV national channel.
According to him, the Balkans are the third region, after the Middle East and Western Europe, that provides large numbers of warriors for the terrorist organisation.
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Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister Meets Counterparts from Turkey, Macedonia in New York
Bulgaria's caretaker Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov has met with his Turkish and Macedonian counterparts during the General Debate at the 69th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York.
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Spike in Syrian Refugees Crossing Macedonia
Macedonian police have discovered a record number of refugees from Syria trying to illegally cross the country on their way towards Western Europe in the past two weeks.
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Macedonian Collaborator Hunters Eye Secret Serbian Files
The head of the Lustration Commission, Tome Adziev, said he hoped that an agreement on the exchange of classified files with Serbia will allow access to the secret files of some prominent Macedonians which are now believed to be stored in Belgrade.
The agreement on data exchange was signed in February and is awaiting ratification in the Macedonian parliament this month.
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FYROM PM says Greek suggestions for name are ‘unacceptable’
Greeces terms for a solution to an ongoing name dispute with the neighboring Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) have been shaped in such a way to be unacceptable to us, the Balkan countrys prime minister, Nikola Gruevski, told the Skopje-based Republika newspaper on Friday.
Police Seize 3600kg of Cannabis from Fields in SW Bulgaria
Police have detected cannabis weighing over 3600kg in two operations in fields near the village of Dragush, Petrich District, and the village of Laki, Gotse Delchev District.
FYROM president blames Greece of ‘not contributing’ to name talks
The president of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Gjorge Ivanov, welcomed on Friday the greater interest shown by European countries in his countrys name dispute with Greece.