NATO REFERENDUM BATTLE HEATS UP- World Macedonia Congress leader Todor Petrov returns fire at “Brussels racism” by Sasha Uzunov, Skopje, MacedoniaSaturday 11 August 2018 Mr Todor Petrov, the President of the World Macedonian Congress, an internationally based lobby group, has condemned what he says is the European Union’s “racist” attacks against opponents of the NATO […]
Andrej Zernovski second from right. Photo source: MIA by Sasha UzunovSkopje, Macedonia Macedonia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Andrej Zernovski has denied he discussed with US officials becoming a candidate in next year’s presidential election in Macedonia. Mr Zernovski was in the US a fortnight ago on an official visit and met with some key US government […]
IVANOV UNDER PRESSURE AND RACIST ATTACKS – must withstand says Alliance coordinator Janko Bachev by Sasha UzunovSkopje, Macedonia An alliance of 28 political parties, NGOs and civic groups have signed an agreement to lead a boycott against a scheduled referendum on Macedonia changing its name in order to join NATO and the EU. see link […]
by Sasha UzunovMeckin Kamen, Krusevo,and Skopje, Macedonia On 2 August 1903, Macedonian rebels were heavily outnumbered and slaughtered by the Ottoman Turkish Army and its Albanian bashi-bazouk irregulars on the strategic hill known as Meckin Kamen overlooking the town of Krusevo – south west of Skopje, the present day capital – in what was to […]
by Sasha Uzunov Serbian money laundering and its impact upon Macedonia is of serious concern, Norway’s Ambassador to Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia has alleged. Ambassador Mr Arne Sannes Bjørnstad has also further alleged that Serb money laundering has permitted groups to finance opposition to the controversial name deal between Greece and Macedonia, which would remove […]
Norwegian Ambassador to Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia, Mr Arne Sannes Bjørnstad photo credit: Diplomacy and Commerce- link here by Sasha Uzunov Norwegian Ambassador to Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia, Mr Arne Sannes Bjørnstad, says he was unaware of World War II Albanian Nazi collaborator statues installed in Macedonia by leading Albanian politicians and will further investigate. “I […]
GUEST COLUMNIST Chris Popov writes for Team Uzunov blog / Alternate Comms website: Supporters of the name deal write to The Guardian newspaper – see link here Preface comment by Sasha Uzunov – TEAM UZUNOV blog editor The “North Macedonia name deal” signed by Greece and Macedonia on 17 June – in reality formulated by […]
by Sasha Uzunov Switzerland, which has a sizeable Albanian community from Macedonia and Kosovo, has ruled out lobbying ethnic Albanian politicians in Macedonia to remove controversial World War II Albanian Nazi collaborator statues but has thrown its support for a planned referendum on Macedonia changing its name in order to join NATO and the EU. […]
by Sasha Uzunov Germany’s Ambassador to Australia Dr Anna Prinz has given an undertaking to pass on grave concerns to Berlin from the Australian Macedonian community over controversial World War II Albanian Nazi statues installed over the last decade in Macedonia by that country’s mainstream ethnic Albanian political parties. An official statement from Ms Silke […]
Ms Greta Stanoevska, Charge d’affaires, Macedonian Embassy in Canberra, Australia. Photo source SBS radio – see link Team Uzunov blog got in contact with the Macedonian Embassy, in particular Ms Greta Stanoevska, the Charge d’Affaires, the temporary Ambassador, with a series of questions about events in Macedonia. An email was sent to her on 4 […]
