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President Ilham Aliyev receives President of Assembly of North Macedonia
AzerNews
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June 17, 2025
17 June 2025 11:35 (UTC+04:00) On June 17, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received President of the Assembly of the Republic of North Macedonia Afrim Gashi, Azernews reports. Here we are to serve you with news right now. It...
Bulgaria has not imposed veto on North Macedonia in EU, says President Radev
BNR - Radio Bulgaria
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June 17, 2025
Photo: Bulgarian Presidency Bulgarian President Rumen Radev said that Sofia had never imposed a veto on North Macedonia on its path to the EU, BGNES reported. Radev gave a joint press conference in Tirana with North Macedonian President Gordana...
Speaker of Parliamentary Assembly of North Macedonia arrives in Azerbaijan on official visit
APA
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Speaker of Parliamentary Assembly of North Macedonia Afrim Gashi arrived in Azerbaijan on an official visit on June 17, the Press and Public Relations Department of the Milli Majlis (Azerbaijani Parliament) told APA. At Heydar Aliyev International...
EU and Balkans leaders meet in Skopje for €6bn growth plan
Gazeta Tema
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June 30, 2025
European Union and Western Balkan leaders are meeting in Skopje for a two-day summit focused on a €6 billion Growth Plan aimed at accelerating economic integration and reform in the region. The summit, hosted by North Macedonia, includes opening...
Azerbaijan, North Macedonia explore expansion of energy cooperation
Azertag
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June 17, 2025
Baku, June 17, AZERTAC Parviz Shahbazov, Azerbaijan’s Minister of Energy, met with the North Macedonian parliamentary delegation led by Afrim Gashi, President of the Assembly. the meeting explored the development prospects of bilateral relations,...
Azerbaijan-North Macedonia discuss prospects for advancing bilateral relations
Azertag
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June 17, 2025
Baku, June 17, AZERTAC On June 17, Sahiba Gafarova, Speaker of Azerbaijan’s Milli Majlis, met with Afrim Gashi, Speaker of the North Macedonian Assembly, during his official visit to Azerbaijan. Gashi was first introduced to the plenary session...
Sofia and Skopje to sign an agreement for the construction of a cross-border railway tunnel
BNR - Radio Bulgaria
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June 30, 2025
Photo: Ministry of Transport Bulgaria’s Deputy Premier and Minister of Transport and Communications Grozdan Karadzhov met with North Macedonia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport Aleksandar Nikoloski at the Global Transport...
Association of the Descendants of Refugees and Migrants from the Territory of the Republic of North Macedonia and friends: Violation of Freedom of Expression in the Case of Lyupcho Georgievski from Bitola
Bulgarian News Agency
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To: Ms Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for Technological Sovereignty, Security and Democracy Ms Kaja Kallas, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Mr Raffaele Fitto, Executive...
EU and Western Balkans leaders to discuss Growth Plan in Skopje
BGNES
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June 30, 2025
European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos will attend the meeting of EU and Western Balkan leaders on the growth plan, which will take place in Skopje on June 30 and July 1. "On June 30 (Monday), at 4 p.m. (5 p.m. Bulgarian time), a...
Digital Forensic Tools Risk Abuse in Fragile Democracies Like North Macedonia
Balkan Insight
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June 17, 2025
In 2021, Swedish public broadcaster SVT reported that Xry had been used by the Chinese government to monitor protesters in Hong Kong. The manufacturer, MSAB, said it had halted operations in China, as well as Russia and Myanmar, where SVT also...
An Earthquake hits North Macedonia
Sarajevo Times
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June 16, 2025
An earthquake measuring around four on the Richter scale has struck the area of North Macedonia, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre announced. The earthquake measuring 3.8 on the Richter scale was registered at 4.34 am, at a depth...
EU–Balkans leaders to meet in Skopje for growth plan
Gazeta Tema
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June 29, 2025
European and Western Balkan leaders will gather in Skopje on July 1–2 to discuss the €6 billion EU Growth Plan for the region, the government of North Macedonia announced Saturday. The summit will include bilateral and plenary meetings between...
Balkan power boost: Albania–North Macedonia grid nears finish
Gazeta Tema
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June 15, 2025
A €67.5 million interconnector project between Albania and North Macedonia is nearing completion, backed by EU grants and German loans, officials said. Construction of the 400 kV electricity transmission line linking Elbasan–Fier–Qafë Thanë and a...
Protest over Court Sentence against Ljupcho Georgievski Staged in Front of North Macedonia's Embassy in Sofia
Bulgarian News Agency
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A protest was held in front of the Embassy of the Republic of North Macedonia in Sofia on Sunday over the suspended sentence handed down June 12 by a court in Bitola against Ljupcho Georgievski, a prominent representative of the Bulgarian...
Protest in front of North Macedonia embassy in support of Ljupco Georgievski
BNR - Radio Bulgaria
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June 15, 2025
Ljupco Georgievski Photo: BTA A protest in support of the chairman of the Bulgarian club in Bitola Ivan Mihaylov, which was closed, Ljupco Georgievski, who was sentenced to a suspended term of one year of imprisonment, with a 2-year probation...
Francophone Film Week Underway in Skopje
The Film New Europe
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SKOPJE: Nine films are currently screened in the capital of North Macedonia as part of the Francophone Film Week (23 – 30 June 2025). The event is organised in cooperation with the Embassies of the member states of the International Organisation...
GERB Hits Back at President’s Criticisms over Inflation, Past Financial Scandals, Relations with Skopje
Bulgarian News Agency
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Denitsa Sacheva, deputy chair of the GERB–SDS parliamentary group, reacted to criticism by President Rumen Radev earlier in the day over inflation and the country's plans to join the eurozone, past financial scandals and failing to defend national...
Azerbaijani cadet judokas dominate first day of European Championships in Skopje
AzerNews
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June 26, 2025
The European Judo Championship for Cadets has kicked off in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia. Azernews reports that 9 Azerbaijani judokas competed on the first day of the tournament across six weight categories. Six of them managed to reach...
Skopje is preparing new trial against Ljupcho Georgievski over publishing "Macedonian Blood Wedding"
BNR - Radio Bulgaria
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June 18, 2025
On May 15, I was summoned for questioning in a second case. We published the book "Macedonian Blood Wedding" by Voydan Chernodrinski. It has not been formulated yet, but the accusation is for spreading racism. This was what Macedonian Bulgarian...
Bulgaria Takes Part in Month of Francophonie in Skopje
Bulgarian News Agency
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As a regular participant in Francophone Film Week in the Republic of North Macedonia, Bulgaria was represented with a screening of director Niki Iliev’s film "The Foreigner" at the Cinematheque in Skopje on Tuesday evening. The event was made...