MACEDONIA TO SEND 90 TROOPS TO AFGHANISTAN
admin1 – May 18, 2006 – 12:48pm

Macedonia will send 90 troops prepared for a combat mission to Afghanistan in June, within the frames of NATO's mission in this country.

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20 EMIGRANTS ARRESTED ON BORDER CROSSING WITH GREECE
admin1 – May 17, 2006 – 11:53am

The Macedonian police arrested 20 migrants on the Bogorodica border crossing last night who tried to enter Greece from Macedonia illegally. Police sources said that 12 of these individuals are citizens of Albania, while eight are Chinese.

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GOVERNMENT TO PREPARE TENDER DOCUMENTS FOR CEBREN AND GALISTE
admin1 – May 15, 2006 – 10:16am

At its last meeting, the Government decided to form a special commission, which should prepare the tender documents for the construction of the hydroelectric power stations Cebren and Galiste.

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DEKRA OF GERMANY OPENS EMPLOYMENT MEDIATION OFFICE IN SKOPJE
admin1 – May 11, 2006 – 9:49am

The German company Dekra Arbeit GmbH, holding a network of 71 offices in Germany, opened up its employment mediation office in Skopje on Wednesday.

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JOHNSON CONTROLS TO INVEST IN MACEDONIA
admin1 – May 10, 2006 – 10:38am
Johnson Controls

The US company Johnson Controls decided to invest in Macedonia.

According to government sources, the company's Board of Directors took this decision a few days ago. Poland, which has been Macedonia's greatest rival until recently, definitively drops out of the game.

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GOVERNMENT OWES MKD 4.7 BN TO HOME CREDITORS
admin1 – May 9, 2006 – 10:15am

The government has so far issued bills of 4.7 billion denars, thus becoming indebted to home banks and companies, in order to plug the budget hole and to avoid taking expensive loans from foreign creditors, "Business" daily writes.

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UNITED STATES SUPPORTS MACEDONIA, CROATIA, AND ALBANIA FOR NATO MEMBERSHIP
admin1 – May 8, 2006 – 2:04pm

The United States supports the Adriatic Charter signatories' efforts to become part of NATO and the EU, US Vice President Dick Cheney told Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski, Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader, and Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha at their meeting in Dubrovnik, the Macedonian media report.

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TENDER FOR CONSULTANT FOR RENTING AIRPORTS ANNOUNCED
admin1 – May 5, 2006 – 12:34pm

The Ministry of Transport and Communications announced the tender for selecting a consulting house that will prepare the documents for leasing the airports in Skopje and Ohrid. The consultant should develop a model by which the two airports should be rented in keeping with the Concession Law and the Aviation Law. The tender procedure will have a pre-qualification stage.

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MACEDONIAN, GREEK FOREIGN MINISTERS AGREE TALKS ON NAME TO CONTINUE AFTER ELECTIONS
admin1 – May 4, 2006 – 9:21am

Macedonia's position on the use of its constitutional name is known, Foreign Minister Ilinka Mitreva stressed at her meeting with her Greek counterpart Dora Bakoyannis in Thessaloniki yesterday, in the margins of the Summit of the Process for Cooperation in Southeastern Europe. The two foreign ministers also stated that the talks on the name would continue in the United Nations after the elections.

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KOSOVO PRIME MINISTER CEKU TO VISIT SKOPJE ON 5 MAY
admin1 – May 3, 2006 – 9:23am

Kosovo interim Government Prime Minister Agim Ceku will pay an official visit to Macedonia on Friday (5 May), following his softening of his positions on the issue of demarcation of the border.

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INTERIOR MINISTER MIHAJLOVSKI: MACEDONIAN SERVICES NOT INVOLVED IN EL MASRI CASE
admin1 – April 28, 2006 – 2:11pm

Interior Minister Ljubomir Mihajlovski rejected today any involvement of the Macedonian services in the "El Masri" case.

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MARCH INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION RISES 1.7% FROM 2003 AVERAGE
admin1 – April 28, 2006 – 12:06pm

Industrial production in March 2006 increased by 1.7 percent from the average of 2003 as a result of the increase in the groups of energy by 19.4 percent and intermediate goods, except energy, by 13.4 percent.

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CRVENKOVSKI: MACEDONIA WILL NOT TALK OVER BORDER AGAIN
admin1 – April 27, 2006 – 9:05am
President Branko Crvenkovski

Macedonian President Branko Crvenkovski believes that the Kosovo authorities' refusal to recognize the Macedonia-Kosovo border seriously affects the overall policy that the international community conducts in this part of the region.

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ADRIATIC GROUP EXPECTS CLEAR MESSAGE ON MEMBERSHIP IN NATO
admin1 – April 26, 2006 – 10:41am

Macedonia, Albania, and Croatia expect a message from NATO's summit in Riga this fall that they would receive an invitation for membership in NATO as soon as possible. This message was conveyed by these three countries' foreign ministers and defense ministers at yesterday's meeting on Brioni, Croatia.

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DEPUTIES ARGUE AGAINST ELEM'S NEW LOANS
admin1 – April 25, 2006 – 12:45pm

The conditions for taking loans by AD ELEM from KfW of Frankfurt for provision of equipment for the Brod-Gneotino opencut mine are unfavorable, according to the members of the parliamentary committee for financing and budget. They asked that the law on taking loans by ELEM be taken off the Parliament's meeting agenda.

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BUCKOVSKI: ING CHANGED POSITION DUE TO FINANCIAL, NOT POLITICAL REASONS
admin1 – April 21, 2006 – 3:16pm

Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski stated today that he received information from the Macedonian delegation that attended the consultations with ING representatives in Amsterdam that there is a new offer for Postenska Banka, which will be assessed by the Macedonian Government over the next few days.

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IMF BOARD APPROVES FIRST REVIEW OF ARRANGEMENT
admin1 – April 20, 2006 – 9:37am
International Monetary Fund Headquarters
 

The IMF Board of directors approved the first review of the standby arrangement with Macedonia late last night. The three-year arrangement of $73 million was approved to Macedonia on 31 August year 2005.

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ULTIMATUM FOR FORMATION OF NEW STATE UNION MACEDONIA-ILIRIDA
admin1 – April 19, 2006 – 8:41am

In its first statement to the public, the Albanian National Movement for Ilirida (NADI) expresses concern about the discrimination against the Albanians on their ethnic territories. This nonprofit, non-party, and nongovernmental organization demands that the Macedonian Assembly holds an emergency session at which it would freeze the parliamentary elections and introduce amendments to the Constitution by proclaiming Macedonia a union of two equal peoples or new state union Macedonia-Ilirida.

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PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS TO BE HELD ON JULY 5
admin1 – April 18, 2006 – 1:43pm

Assembly Chairman Ljupco Jordanovski stated today that the parliamentary elections would be held on July 5. He explained that he would officially call the elections by the end of this week.

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ELECTIONS TO BE HELD ON 5 JULY
admin1 – April 17, 2006 – 12:41pm

The Government decided that the parliamentary elections would be held on 5 July. At a secret meeting held on Saturday (15 April) the SDSM leadership assessed that the holding of the elections on the first regular date has numerous advantages for them and that their chances for victory are quite certain, "Utrinski Vesnik" reports. An agreement on this date was allegedly reached between coalition partners SDSM leader Vlado Buckovski and BDI leader Ali Ahmeti.

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CRVENKOVSKI AND WISNER AGREE BORDER SHOULD BE MARKED BEFORE FINAL DECISION ON KOSOVO STATUS
admin1 – April 14, 2006 – 10:33am

Macedonian President Branko Crvenkovski and Ambassador Frank Wisner, US special envoy to the negotiations on Kosovo's status, agreed that the issue of demarcation of Macedonia's border toward Kosovo should be closed prior to the resolving of this province's final status.

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MAN INJURED BY BOMB DIES LAST NIGHT
admin1 – April 13, 2006 – 8:59am

After a long fight for his life, the man injured by a hand bomb on the Naroden Front Street in Skopje died last night. The Interior Ministry officially reported that the bomb exploded following the quarrel of the deceased and another two persons. He promised them jobs and had been paid for it, but failed to keep his promise. The police investigation continues.

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EXPLOSION IN SKOPJE
admin1 – April 12, 2006 – 3:26pm

One man was heavilly injured in a bomb explosion today at 14.30 hrs in the center of Skopje near a few famous restaurants on the Naroden Front Street (Kapistec). Eyewitnesses claim the blast happened following a quarrel between two groups where one man took out a bomb that went off in his hand.

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EU IS NOT OUT OF MACEDONIA'S REACH
admin1 – April 11, 2006 – 3:33pm

"The road to joining the EU is long and the drawbacks that you should overcome are numerous. A Spaniard is telling you this. But what is more important for you today is that the road has already been traced," said the President of the European Parliament, Josep Borrell Fontelles, in his address to the Macedonian Parliament on Monday.

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FINANCIAL TIMES ANNOUNCES TENDER FOR TEC NEGOTINO
admin1 – April 7, 2006 – 11:27am

The international tender for selling the steam power plant TEC Negotino was published in The Financial Times. The companies interested to race for the tender will have to prove that they have assets of over 300 million euros, income of over 200 million euros in the last two fiscal years and profit of more than 20 million euros. Consortiums, including at least one company meeting these requirements, will also be able to participate in the tender.

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FINANCE LEADERS TO MEET AT SUMMIT ON MACEDONIA’S ECONOMY POTENTIAL
admin1 – April 6, 2006 – 2:58pm
European Finance Convention

Following the EU’s decision to grant the Republic of Macedonia a candidate state status and in line with the creation of new opportunities for business and investments in the country, the Republic of Macedonia Business and Investment Summit will take place in Skopje, on 27-28 April 2006. High-ranking officials from the economic, industrial and financial circles will meet on this occasion with the aim of promoting Macedonia’s co-operation with the Western Balkans and establishing closer communication with the EU countries.

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FOREIGN MINISTER MITREVA: I DO NOT BELIEVE IN PESSIMISTIC PROGNOSES
admin1 – April 3, 2006 – 11:08am
Macedonian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ilinka Mitreva

"I do not believe in pessimistic prognoses. I believe in the strength of the dedication to the reforms that will take the Republic of Macedonia to the European Union", Foreign Minister Ilinka Mitreva said yesterday in response to the prognosis of "Economist". The foreign minister hopes that Macedonia's efforts will be evaluated realistically.

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ASSEMBLY ADOPTS ELECTION CODE
admin1 – March 30, 2006 – 9:11am

The Macedonian Assembly adopted the Election Code last night, the electronic media reported yesterday. Article 192-a, which was added to the bill, also became part of this code.

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MACEDONIA DOES NOT DISRUPT EU'S ABSORPTION POWER
admin1 – March 27, 2006 – 10:33am

Finance Minister Nikola Popovski stated this weekend that there would be no problems on the way to Macedonia's full-fledged membership of the EU.

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INTERIOR MINISTER MIHAJLOVSKI DOES NOT REFUSE TO MEET WITH EU OFFICIALS OVER EL MASRI CASE
admin1 – March 24, 2006 – 4:30pm
Ljubomir Mihajlovski

Macedonian Interior Minister Ljubomir Mihajlovski does not refuse to meet with the European Parliament delegation, the Interior Ministry reported officially. The ministry stated that the misunderstanding occurred as a result of an incorrect agency information based on the term "interrogation". Interior Minister Mihajlovski will meet with the delegation after 26 April.

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