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Sashko Micevski Appointed Acting Director of North Macedonia Film Agency
The Film New Europe
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SKOPJE: Editor and sound designer Sashko Micevski has been appointed acting director of the North Macedonia Film Agency by the Macedonian Government. He is replacing Veronika Buchkovska, who had held the position since December 2023. Micevski,...
Skopje Pride participants demand ‘death to fascism, freedom to the people’
Global Voices
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June 26, 2025
Skopje Pride, June 21, 2025. Photo: Meta.mk, used with permission. This article first appeared in Meta.mk on June 22, 2025. An edited version is being republished on Global Voices under a content partnership agreement with the Metamorphosis...
North Macedonia's EU Membership Vetoed by Its PM, Government, MEP Vigenin Says
Bulgarian News Agency
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MEP Kristian Vigenin (Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats/Bulgarian Socialist Party) said Wednesday that North Macedonia's European Union membership is vetoed by its Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski and his government. In an...
Activist Ljupcho Georgievski Calls for Constitutional Guarantees for Bulgarians’ Rights in North Macedonia
Bulgarian News Agency
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Ljupcho Georgievski, the leader of a disbanded cultural centre in Bitola, North Macedonia, called for constitutional guarantees for the rights of Bulgarians in that country. Georgievski, who recently received a one-year suspended sentence from a...
Swedish Ambassador to North Macedonia: Constitutional Changes Are Key EU Step
Bulgarian News Agency
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Sweden’s Ambassador to the Republic of North Macedonia, Ami Larsson Jain, said in an interview with the “360 Degrees” programme on MRT 1 on Friday that constitutional changes are clearly the next step in North Macedonia's EU integration process....
President of the Assembly of North Macedonia visits Nizami Museum of Azerbaijani Literature
Azertag
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June 20, 2025
Baku, June 20, AZERTAC President of the Assembly of the Republic of North Macedonia, Afrim Gashi, who arrived in Azerbaijan to attend the 65th plenary session of the General Assembly of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic...
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President of Assembly of North Macedonia visits Nizami Museum of Azerbaijani Literature [PHOTOS]
AzerNews
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June 20, 2025
President of the Assembly of the Republic of North Macedonia, Afrim Gashi, who arrived in Azerbaijan to attend the 65th plenary session of the General Assembly of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC), visited...
VMRO Protest Briefly Blocks Traffic at Checkpoint on Bulgaria-North Macedonia Border
Bulgarian News Agency
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Traffic on both sides of the Zlatarevo-Novo Selo checkpoint at Bulgaria's border with the Republic of North Macedonia was blocked for nearly an hour by protesters from the VMRO party on Thursday. Organized by chapters of VMRO in Blagoevgrad...
Bus сarrying Ukrainian сhildren сrashes in Hungary, 21 injured
The Kyiv Independent
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July 6, 2025
Editor's Note: This story has been updated with additional details from Ukraine's Foreign Ministry. A bus carrying Ukrainian children veered off the road and overturned on a Hungarian highway on July 6, leaving 21 people injured, Ukraine's embassy...
Bulgarian Parliament Stands Behind Ljubco Georgievski and Bulgarians in North Macedonia
Novinite
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All parliamentary parties in Bulgaria have united in support of Ljubco Georgievski, the Macedonian Bulgarian recently convicted in Bitola, and all citizens of North Macedonia who identify as Bulgarians. The pledge came during an extraordinary...
Assembly President: North Macedonia sees the development of PABSEC as fundamental
APA
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Currently, there are major crises in multilateral cooperation, therefore we are required to strengthen economic cooperation, said Afrim Gashi, President of the Assembly of the Republic of North Macedonia, at the 65th Plenary Session of the...
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...
Bulgaria Expresses Support for Ljupcho Georgievski in Wake of Politically Motivated Trial in North Macedonia
Bulgarian News Agency
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Ljupcho Georgievski, former head of the now-closed Ivan Mihailov Bulgarian Cultural Club in Bitola (North Macedonia), received unconditional support during his meetings in Sofia on Tuesday. He met with Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev and President...
Ljupcho Georgievski Says It Is Time to Act on All Issues Facing Bulgarians in North Macedonia
Bulgarian News Agency
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Addressing Bulgaria's parliamentary Committee on European Affairs, Ljupcho Georgievski, chairman of the now-dissolved Ivan Mihailov Cultural Club in Bitola (North Macedonia), said on Tuesday it is important to act now on all the problems faced by...
European Parliament Must Adopt Unambiguous Report on North Macedonia - MEP Andrey Kovatchev
Bulgarian News Agency
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The European Parliament (EP) must adopt a clear and unambiguous report (on North Macedonia) that does not lend itself to interpretation, said MEP Andrey Kovatchev from the EPP/GERB-UDF in an interview with BTA in the lobby of the European...
Bulgaria's President Condemns Political Trial of Bulgarian Activist in North Macedonia, Calls for EU Intervention
Novinite
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Bulgarian President Rumen Radev expressed his full support for Ljubco Georgievski, chairman of the now-dissolved Bulgarian cultural club "Ivan Mihailov" in Bitola, North Macedonia, during their recent meeting. Georgievski was recently sentenced by...
North Macedonian Sinologist: AI can be an excellent learning companion
China Daily
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The contributions of digital technology to empowering Sinology, Chinese studies, and the exchanges of civilizations were discussed at the 9th World Conference on Sinology, held in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, from June 5-7. It was jointly hosted...
North Macedonia Court Convicts Defunct Cultural Club Leader over Facebook Posts, He Will Appeal Verdict
Bulgarian News Agency
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A court in Bitola has handed a one-year suspended sentence with a two-year probation period to Ljupcho Georgievski, former chair of the now-dissolved Ivan Mihailov Cultural Club, in a case that has drawn attention across the border in Bulgaria....
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...
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...