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NO MACEDONIANS AMONG
AUSTRALIA WILDFIRE VICTIMS
There are no Macedonians among the victims in the Australia wildfires, said
Ico Najdovski, secretary of the Macedonian community in Australian federal
state of Victoria.
"Information reported in certain media that a four-member Macedonia family
was killed in the fires is not true. There are damages, but no Macedonian
casualties thus far", stated Najdovski.
Monastery "St. Kliment Ohridski" in area King Lake was burnt to the ground.
Victoria emigrants have already launched activities for reconstruction of
the first Macedonian monastery abroad, built in 1973.
Australian federal state of Victoria is almost entirely hit by the wildfires
in the past 4-5 days. Temperatures have risen up to 48C, accompanied by
strong winds up to 100kmh. The death toll has surpassed 180, along with 750
houses and 400,000 hectares of forests burnt.
NATASA
DIMOVSKA-UZUNOVSKA
AT GENEVA ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF FEMALE AUTHORS
Macedonia artist Natasa Dimovska-Uzunovska presents five art photographs at
the annual international exhibition of female authors at the Geneva
Headquarters of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
The exhibition includes participants from 25 countries, presenting more than
60 artworks in different techniques - canvass, aquarelle, graphic,
sculpture, photography.
The display is organized by the women's organization within the UN Office in
Geneva, under the auspices of WIPO Director-General Francis Gurry. |
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FRESH ROUND
OF NAME TALKS
IN NEW YORK
Following a four-month break, Macedonian-Greek talks on overcoming
differences over the use of Macedonia's constitutional name resume in New
York on Wednesday.
UN mediator Matthew Nimetz will sit for the first time at the same table new
Macedonian negotiator Zoran Jolevski and Ademantios Vassilakis of Greece.
According to announcements from both countries, Nimetz will not present a
new proposal at this round of talks. The meeting will focus on precising
positions of both parties, as well as review of ideas and suggestions
regarding the negotiating process. Both Macedonia and Greece remain on their
official positions - double formula by the former, i.e. one name in
bilateral communication with Athens and the constitutional name for all
other countries, whereas the latter on one name with geographic determinant
for general use.
The prospects for progress at today's meeting in New York are modest, report
Greek media. "Kathimerini" endorses this conclusion with the latest
statements by Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyiannis and Macedonian PM
Nikola Gruevski.
Bakoyiannis told Albanian newspaper "Panorama" there is no positive
atmosphere between the two countries dues to "series of provocations from
Skopje", while Gruevski said at the Munich Security Forum that Greece
undermines regional peace and security with its behavior, reiterating that
Skopje would not alter its tactics.
The last formal meeting between Nimetz and the countries' negotiators was
held in New York on October 8, when the mediator tabled a "set of ideas",
which both Skopje and Athens assessed as unacceptable.
Greece has denied the right of the Republic of Macedonia to use its
constitutional name for 17 years, saying it demonstrates territorial
pretensions towards the namesake northern Greek province. Due to the
opposition and pressures by Athens, Macedonia's UN accession on April 8,
1993 was carried out under interim reference "Former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia", which is valid until present.
Political relations have worsened since Greece's veto on Macedonia's NATO
accession at last year's Bucharest Summit, which Macedonia assessed as
violation of the 1995 Interim Treaty, which reads that Greece would not
obstruct Macedonia's accession in international organizations under the
interim reference. This has resulted in Macedonia filing a suit against
Greece before the Hague-based International Court of Justice. |
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