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When grief gets political: weaponizing tragedy against youth and free expression in North Macedonia and Serbia
Global Voices
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July 16, 2025
This article by Despina Kovačevska was first published by Reporting Diversity Network (RDN) on June 12, 2025. An edited version is being republished on Global Voices under a content partnership agreement with Innovative Media. Two recent tragedies...
North Macedonia Increases Film Budget for 2025
The Film New Europe
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SKOPJE: The Ministry of Culture and Tourism of North Macedonia has announced a significant increase in the national budget for culture in 2025, with a notable boost of 2.3 m EUR / 145 m MKD for the film sector. A new legal provision is also in...
Bulgarian President Urges North Macedonia to Fulfill EU Commitments on Bulgarian Minority
Novinite
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July 14, 2025
Bulgarian President Rumen Radev, speaking at a joint press conference with Croatian President Zoran Milanović in Zagreb, stated that the Republic of North Macedonia is obstructing its own path to the European Union due to its failure to meet the...
North Macedonia’s Foreign Ministry Strongly Condemns Comments by Bulgaria’s Chief Diplomat
Bulgarian News Agency
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The Foreign Ministry in Skopje has strongly condemned what it called "the offensive remarks” made by Bulgarian Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev towards the Prime Minister and the institutions of North Macedonia during his appearance on BTV’s...
North Macedonia's PM Accuses Bulgaria: 'They Want to Destroy the Macedonian Nation and Identity'
Novinite
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North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski declared on Wednesday that Bulgaria is pursuing a long-standing strategy aimed at erasing the Macedonian nation and identity. The statement came in response to developments in the European...
North Macedonia's PM: Bulgaria’s Goal Is “The Destruction of the Macedonian Nation and Identity”
Bulgarian News Agency
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The Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Hristijan Mickoski, stated on Wednesday that Bulgaria’s goal is “the destruction of the Macedonian nation and identity.” At an extraordinary press conference held at the headquarters of VMRO-DPMNE, he said...
Media Censorship in Kosovo at the Behest of Big Business
Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa
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With media outlets in Kosovo and the region increasingly concentrated in the hands of major business moguls, journalists say censorship to protect the owners’ interests has become ‘the norm’. A six-month investigation, involving over thirty...
The Tech Mogul Behind Trump’s Truth Social Used To Own Porn Domains
Forbes
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Editor’s note: This story has been updated to clarify that while Pavlovski owned domains, he was not involved in operating them as websites. President Donald Trump’s MAGA movement has long been a coalition of strange bedfellows. On the one hand,...
Mayor of North Macedonia’s Capital, Bulgarian Citizen Danela Arsovska, Attacked in Skopje
BGNES
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July 11, 2025
Danela Arsovska, Mayor of North Macedonia’s capital Skopje and a Bulgarian citizen, was attacked this afternoon, BGNES reported. The incident occurred in Skopje’s Čair district while she was performing her official duties — inspecting an illegal...
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and North Macedonia must step up reforms
The European Sting
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July 11, 2025
(Credit: Unsplash) This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. Three reports adopted on Wednesday highlight the urgent need for EU-related reforms, effective use of the Growth Plan and a decisive stance against...
Foreign Ministry Condemns "Unacceptable, Offensive Language" Used by North Macedonia's PM towards Bulgarian Foreign Minister
Bulgarian News Agency
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In a position released late on Thursday, the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the "unacceptable and offensive language" used by Prime Minister of North Macedonia Hristijan Mickoski to address the Bulgarian Foreign Minister earlier...
Megaproject to Megadump: North Macedonia’s Ancient City Surrounded by Garbage
Balkan Insight
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July 10, 2025
Late archaeologist Ivan Mikulcic, the authority on ancient settlements in North Macedonia, who died in 2020, wrote that Skupi was once twice as large as Stobi in central North Macedonia, five times larger than Heraclea, near Bitola, and nine times...
Report on North Macedonia's Progress towards EU Membership Adopted in Strasbourg, Reactions
Bulgarian News Agency
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The European Parliament’s (EP) annual report on North Macedonia’s progress towards EU accession was adopted during a plenary session in Strasbourg on Wednesday. The report was voted with 461 in favour, 121 against and 107 abstained out of 689 EP...
North Macedonia's President Calls for EU Reforms Amid Controversy Over Macedonian Identity
Novinite
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North Macedonia’s President Gordana Siljanovska responded to the upcoming European Parliament (EP) vote on the country’s EU progress report, due on July 8, stating that “nothing has been decided, everything is possible,” as reported by BTA. The...
Bulgaria's Foreign Policy Committee Chair Urges North Macedonia to Honour Commitments Assumed on Path to EU
Bulgarian News Agency
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Bulgaria’s National Assembly Foreign Policy Committee Chair Yordanka Fandakova on Wednesday urged North Macedonia to heed the European Parliament (EP) call for the country to honour the commitments it has assumed on the path of European...
Mitre by mitre: How North Macedonian nuns are stitching priceless holy headwear for bishops worldwide
Malay Mail
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July 9, 2025
SKOPJE, July 9 — In total silence, Sister Elisaveta stitched the sacred headwear for which her monastery in North Macedonia is renowned throughout the Orthodox world. In her careful hands, the mitre glimmered as if spun from gold. The bulbous silk...
Report on North Macedonia's Progress towards EU Membership to Be Put to Vote in Strasbourg
Bulgarian News Agency
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The European Parliament’s annual report on North Macedonia’s progress towards EU accession will be put to a vote during a plenary session in Strasbourg on Wednesday. The report was debated in the chamber on Tuesday. Tensions have arisen in...
Mitre by mitre: North Macedonian nuns craft priceless holy headwear
Kuwait Times
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July 8, 2025
In total silence, Sister Elisaveta stitched the sacred headwear for which her monastery in North Macedonia is renowned throughout the Orthodox world. In her careful hands, the mitre glimmered as if spun from gold. The bulbous silk crown, now...
Before the report on North Macedonia and the red light "Macedonian identity and language"
BNR - Radio Bulgaria
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July 9, 2025
"What we have let slip, we have let slip over the last 20 years, not yesterday or the day before." This was stated to the Bulgarian National Radio by Ivaylo Valchev, MEP from the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), before today's vote in...
Report on North Macedonia's Progress towards EU Membership Discussed in Strasbourg
Bulgarian News Agency
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The report of the European Parliament (EP) on the progress of the Republic of North Macedonia towards EU membership was discussed on Tuesday in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. The rapporteur for the country in the EP, Thomas Weitz,...