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INFO
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MACEDONIA MARKS FIRST
ANNIVERSARY
OF TOSE PROESKI'S DEATH
Family, close friends, fans from Macedonia and Balkans Thursday will observe
1st anniversary of the tragic death of Macedonian pop icon Tose Proeski.
Tose Proeski died tragically in car crash on Oct. 16, 2007 on highway near
Nova Gradiska, Croatia.
Minister of Education and Science and Information Society Pero Stojanovski
and Ivo Ivanovski and Deputy Culture Minister Dragan Nedeljkovic to attend
the ceremony in Krusevo and will lay fresh flowers at Proeski's grave.
Special exhibition of 30 paintings of Tose will be presented at National
Gallery Small Bitola Montmartre. Citizen's association "Mother Teresa of
Skopje" in memory of Tose's humanity will promote new CD including hundreds
of pop stars speaking about Tose Proeski.
The talented boy from Krusevo - Tose Proeski, one of the best Macedonian
vocalists ever, was born on 25 January 1981.
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NEWS
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TOP OFFICIALS TO DEFINE RESPONSE TO
NIMETZ'S PROPOSAL
President Branko Crvenkovski and PM Nikola Gruevski Thursday will hold
coordination meeting to define country's response on last set of ideas by
the UN mediator Matthew Nimetz regarding name row settlement.
The meeting is scheduled to take place at the President's Cabinet.
Both Crvenkovski and Gruevski in their initial reaction told that without
serious changes the Nimetz’s proposals are not good basis for finding the
most adequate solution. Macedonia, as they pointed out, is prepared to fair
compromise but not at any price and through dictate and humiliation.
The proposal that Nimetz presented to Macedonian and Greek negotiators at
last week’s meeting in New York is assessed as pro-Greek and unfavourable
for Macedonia.
In the part of the name, Nimetz proposes that the constitutional one is used
internally, whereas the new one "Republic of Northern Macedonia"
internationally, with a quite large range. Regarding nationality and the
language, the mediator foresees a double solution - Macedonian, but also
alternative - language and nation of Republic of Northern Macedonia.
According to Government representatives, such alternative solutions for the
nation and the language are totally unacceptable.
Also problematic is the provision, according to which new talks on the
identity would be launched as soon as Skopje and Athens agree on the name
change.
Furthermore, Macedonia cannot accept that the UN Security Council recommends
to third countries, including those that have accepted Macedonia's
constitutional name, that they use the new international name in bilateral
communication. Pertaining to passports, Nimetz proposes they read "Republic
of Northern Macedonia" in English and French languages, and "Republic of
Macedonia" in Cyrillic.
Top officials should decide on the response to Nimetz, whether to completely
reject it, or to submit detailed remarks on all points.
High US, EU and NATO officials suggested mediator’s proposal to be seriously
reviewed by both parties. US Assistance Secretary of State Daniel Fried
called Greece and Macedonia to reach a compromise on name row before end of
the mandate of the administration of the US President George Bush,
expressing hope that two countries “will have courage and wisdom” to accept
Nimetz’s ideas. Brussels recommends Macedonia to carefully present remarks
and that Greece becomes firmer in relation to the name. |
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