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MITREVA AND MORATINOS
SIGNED THE READMISSION AGREEMENT
The Macedonian minister of foreign affairs, Ilinka Mitreva and the chief if
the Spanish diplomacy, Miguel Anhel Moratinos, who is visiting Macedonia
signed the readmission agreement in Skopje.
In their mutual statement after the meeting the minister Mitreva accented:
“The agreement that we signed it today with the minister Moratinos is
another step forward in the liberalization process of the visa regime, and
we expected that an official dialog with EU will begin for it”. The Spanish
minister Morations reminds again that the signed agreement is part of the
global immigration policy of Spain, and that with it the citizens of
Macedonia can travel legally and regularly. During this year Embassy of
Spain will be open in Skopje. That, as Moratinos said, will enable
straightening not only in the bilateral relations political level, but will
also enable the members of the business community of Spain to attend in the
economical improvement of Macedonia. |
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BUCKOVSKI IN A VISIT TO
LIBYA
The Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski, who is in two-day visit to
Libya, in Tripoli has met with the Libyan Prime Minister Shukri Ganem.
They were talking about the political and economical relations between the
two countries and about the possibilities for their deepening. In function
of market opening, the presidents of the Chamber of Commerce of Macedonia
and of the Federation of the Libyan trade-industrial and chambers of
agricultural, Branko Azevski and Muhamed Husein Kanun, have signed agreement
for cooperation. The Macedonian delegation is also coming back from Tripoli
with agreements for potential cooperation in the area of the economy, health
and construction. It’s agreed, for businessmen from Libya to come to Skopje
on invitation by the Chamber of Commerce in the second half of May, and the
two chambers continuously will exchange information about all possibilities
and tenders, which will be opened.
Also the Macedonian and the Libyan minister of health had a meeting. It’s
been evaluated that on the basis of the experience gained so far has a need
of inclusion of Macedonian medical professional personal in the health
system of the Libyan Arabic Jamahiriya. The minister Vlado Dimov announced
that there’re possibilities for expansion of the cooperation and in the area
of the pharmacy.
The minister of transport and communications Djemail Mezahi talked again
with the representatives of the Libyan government about the possibilities of
making legal act for civil air navigation that will means establishment
air-link of the Libyan Arabic Jamahiriya with the Balkan. |
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UNIFICATION
OF THE MACEDONIAN EMIGRANTS
The Macedonians from Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Croatia and from Serbia will
unify to operate in the decision of the national rights in their countries.
This is a point from the two-day all-Macedonian commemoration, which was
held in Prilep, on initiative by the Citizen’s initiative for national,
spiritual and cultural unification of the Macedonian people, on the topic
“Realization of the human and national rights in the context of the euro
integration processes”.
“The Macedonians from Gora are forgotten by the Macedonian authorities.
That’s why we organized ourselves, requesting for double nationality and
learning of the Macedonian language in the schools in the countries where we
live”, sad Ismail Bojda from the Association of the Gorans.
The Macedonians in Bulgaria say that this country still, despite the
positive convictions by the Court in Strasburg, doesn’t accept their
minority rights. |
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MACEDONIAN VIRTUAL LIBRARY
Last year the National and university library “St. Kliment Ohridski”,
Skopje, promoted the implementation of the library-informational system
COBISS.MK, as a part of the project COBISS. Net in which
library-informational systems from Slovenia, Serbia and Montenegro,
Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina are included. This project is enabling
to all institutions from Macedonia, which are connected in the system
COBISS.MK, to take over freely and to use the data from the
library-informational systems of the other countries for their needs. In the
frames of the promotion the Center NUV-VLM (National and University
library-Virtual Library of Macedonia) was represented. This system
represents library-informational service of the COBISS.MK system, with a
task to coordinate the development of this system, to give a professional
help and services to the users, to do education of the users for using of
the program COBISS support, as well as other tasks which are resulting by
its function. One year of the functioning of this center was celebrated on
3rd of February. |
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134 YEARS FROM THE BIRTH
OF GOCE DELCEV
On 4th of February in the church “St. Spas” in Skopje was celebrated the 134
year of the birth of the Macedonian revolutionist and visionary Goce Delcev.
The celebration was held in the frames of the international manifestation
“Gocevi Denovi”.
Fresh flowers in front of the monument of Goce Delcev in the City Park were
also laid by the delegations of MOC, Assembly of the manifestation “Gocevi
Denovi”, ARM, the Association of the fighters, MANU, the Assembly of the
city of Skopje and by the Municipality Centar. |
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THE COUNCIL OF SPE
ANNOUNCED THE LAUREATE
The poetess Nansi Morehon from Cuba is the winner of the “Golden wreath “on
the Struga’s poetry evenings, the board of the Festival has announced. The
handing of this poetry award will be on the 45th edition of SPE in Struga on
24th of August. According to the president of the Board of the
Manifestation, Zoran Ancevski, it was decided this year the winner to be a
poetess, among the other, and because till now the “Golden Wreath” was wan
only by one woman. The poetry of Morehon is translated on English, Portugal,
French, Italian, Russian, German, Polish and Dutch language. Lines by
Morehon are also represented in a big number of literary magazines and
anthologies of the world poetry. For her creation positive critics were told
by a large number of literary people from USA and Great Britain, countries
in which the books of Morehon were translated in big anthological
collections. |
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OUR OLYMPIANS IN TORINO
The Macedonian three-member competitive expedition set off to Torino, on the
20th Winter Olympic Games. The alpinists Ivana Ivcevska and Gjorgi
Markovski, as well as the Nordic Darko Damjanovski will defend the colors of
Macedonia. All of them are debating on the Olympic scene. Ivcevska is the
youngest member of our Olympic structure. With only 17 years she obtained
for chance to ski in front of the whole world. The 20 year old Markovski has
the honor to carry the Macedonian flag on the inauguration of the Games. His
expectations are also bigger in the slalom. This is the third participation
of Macedonia on WOG. The début was in Nagano in 1998, and meanwhile we
didn’t succeed to enlarge the number of our attendance. The first Olympic
team was consist by Jana Nikolovska, Aleksandar Stojanovski and Gjoko
Dinevski, while four years later in Salt Lake City the place of Stojanovski
was replaced with Dejan Panovski, but Nikolovka didn’t attend because of
injury. |
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THE MACEDONIAN MEETINGS IN
THE SPIRIT OF “EUROPE WITHOUT BORDERS”
“The Dionysus’ commemorative service - Minu Ugrinovska”, will be held on
24th and 25th of February 2006, in the cinema-hall of the Youth cultural
center in Skopje with beginning at 8.00 pm by the in the organization of the
Cultural centre “Skrb i Uteha”. All-Macedonian meetings of theatre, books,
speeches, folklore, art, xylographic and movie. Meetings of the Macedonian
culture of Macedonia, and of the Macedonian culture of the neighbor states
from Golo Brdo, Prespa, Gora, Pirin, the Rodops, the Aegean part of
Macedonia as well as Macedonian guests with their culture from Romania and
turkey. Let us break the last European-Macedonian wall, not with hate and
killings but with free Macedonian culture. We want Freedom for the European
and the Macedonian culture. Europe without borders - Macedonia without
borders. Come to see and feel the renewed holy Macedonian’s saint days and
celebrations, the cultic- Dionysus’ commemorative service… |
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NEWS
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JUSTICE MINISTER TO MEET HAGUE CHIEF
PROSECUTOR
Justice Minister Meri Mladenovska-Gjorgjievska is scheduled to meet Chief
Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte on Thursday in Hague.
The meeting should focus on the manner and dynamics for future proceedings
regarding the four cases that haven't been opened so far.
In 2002, Hague investigators began investigations on five cases related to
the 2001 conflict. Formal proceedings have only been initiated for case
"Ljuboten", while former Minister of Interior Ljube Boskoski and police
inspector Johan Tarculovski have been indicted.
The Hague Prosecution decided to return the four other cases - closure of
Lipkovo dam, molesting of "Mavrovo" construction workers, kidnapped
Macedonians, and National Liberation Army (NLA) leadership - to Macedonia,
in compliance with the agreement reached with Minister
Mladenovska-Gjorgjievska and State Prosecutor Aleksandar Prcevski.
According to Del Ponte, the reason for the return of the cases was the
request of the UN Security Council that all Tribunal investigative
procedures were to be completed by the end of 2004.
EARTHQUAKES IN PEHCEVO,
BEROVO, SVETI NIKOLE, VELES, SKOPJE AND OHRID
An earthquake measuring 4 on the European Macroseismic Scale - 98 has been
felt in the region of Pehcevo and Berovo Wednesday at 22:50 hours.
A series of earthquakes with epicentre of 40 kilometres southeast of Skopje
have been felt early Thursday, Seismological Observatory in Skopje told.
The earthquakes happened at 05:48hours, 06:47hours and 08:01horus. The
strongest one has been felt at 06:47h. in Sveti Nikole and its surrounding
measuring 4 and in Veles and Skopje measuring 3 on the European Macroseismic
Scale - 98.
Another quake has been registered at 10:03hours with the epicentre 150
kilometres southwest of Skopje in Albania, which has been felt in Ohrid.
BARROSO AND REHN TO VISIT
MACEDONIA
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, accompanied by
Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn will visit Macedonian on Friday, in the
frameworks of the visit to the Western Balkans on 15-18 February.
Barroso and Rehn, as announced, will hold meetings with Macedonian Prime
Minister Vlado Buckovski, Parliament Speaker Ljupco Jordanovski and
President Branko Crvenkovski.
EC President will deliver a speech before Macedonian deputies.
Commission President Barroso and Commissioner Rehn, will also travel to
Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro, including Kosovo, Albania, and Bosnia and
Herzegovina.
As Delegation of the European Commission said, President Barroso and
Commissioner Rehn will encourage the leaders of the countries to reinforce
their reform efforts, in order to make faster progress along the road
towards European integration.
SECOND ARM CONTINGENT TO
LEAVE FOR AFGHANISTAN
The ceremony of dispatching the Macedonian medical team to Afghanistan in
the frameworks of the Joint Medical Team of Adriatic Charter countries -
Macedonia, Albania in Croatia, will take place in the Military Hospital in
Skopje on Thursday morning.
The medical team of the Macedonian Army includes one physician and three
medical technicians.
Each of the three members of the Adriatic Charter designate four servicemen
to the Joint Medical Team, which is under direct command of the Greek
contingent. |
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