Vardar Post

03/02/2024

In May 2023, not far from the seaside resort town of Tivat on the Montenegrin Adriatic peninsula of Lustica, a conference on new technologies and blockchain was held that attracted little media attention at the time. Some of the country's most senior officials were there, including then-Prime Minister Dritan Abazovic and Milojko Spajic, who would take over the premier's post in October 2023....

In May 2023, not far from the seaside resort town of Tivat on the Montenegrin Adriatic peninsula of Lustica, a conference on new technologies and blockchain was held that attracted little media att…

31/01/2024

Union leader says PM's promise to amend proposed law, criminalising leaks from investigations, are a 'cheap political trick' and will not end 'the harassment of our colleagues and the intimidation of whistleblowers'. Several hundred people gathered at the protest of the Croatian Journalists’ Association, HND, against the “lex AP” on Wednesday in Zagreb’s Marko Square. HND President Hrvoje Zovko said that they demand withdrawal of a law change that would make leaking information from an investigation a crime....

Union leader says PM’s promise to amend proposed law, criminalising leaks from investigations, are a ‘cheap political trick’ and will not end ‘the harassment of our colleagu…

31/01/2024

President Stevo Pendarovski of North Macedonia has provided a comprehensive assessment of the political dynamics surrounding the crucial issue of constitutional changes in the country. Pendarovski expressed disappointment with what he perceived as an unrealistic and overly optimistic outlook within the outgoing government, particularly among certain ministers associated with former Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski. The president pointed out that the lack of support from the opposition, notably the VMRO-DPMNE party, became evident after the adoption of the French proposal....

President Stevo Pendarovski of North Macedonia has provided a comprehensive assessment of the political dynamics surrounding the crucial issue of constitutional changes in the country. Pendarovski …

31/01/2024

Kosovo is defying western pleas that it delay a ban from Thursday on Serbia’s currency for cash transactions on its territory, a proposal that has triggered new tensions between the two countries after decades of instability in the Balkans. BQK, Kosovo’s central bank, earlier this month issued an order to enforce the euro as the sole cash currency from February 1....

Kosovo is defying western pleas that it delay a ban from Thursday on Serbia’s currency for cash transactions on its territory, a proposal that has triggered new tensions between the two countries after decades of instability in the Balkans.

16/12/2023

Twenty icons stolen from Macedonian Orthodox churches over many years and seized by Albanian police a decade ago were finally returned to their country of origin on Friday. Twenty icons stolen from Macedonian churches and monasteries over the past few decades, which were discovered a decade ago in Albania, were finally returned to North Macedonia. The handover took place in Tirana during the visit of North Macedonia’s Culture Minister Bisera Kostadinovska-Stojcevska to her counterpart from Albania, Elva Margariti....

Twenty icons stolen from Macedonian Orthodox churches over many years and seized by Albanian police a decade ago were finally returned to their country of origin on Friday. Twenty icons stolen from…

16/12/2023

Voters on Sunday in Serbia will elect a new parliament, an assembly for the province of Vojvodina and a city council for Belgrade and 64 more municipalities. Less than two years since they last voted in parliamentary and Belgrade city elections, voters in Serbia are again going to the polls on Sunday. Elections will also be held for councils in 64 more cities and towns....

Voters on Sunday in Serbia will elect a new parliament, an assembly for the province of Vojvodina and a city council for Belgrade and 64 more municipalities. Less than two years since they last vot…

22/11/2023

The agreement was opposed both in Italy and Albania and one of the biggest critics that it received is related to Albania’s capacities to receive 3000 migrants in a month. According to the protocol that has been published, a reception center for migrants will be built inside the Port of Shengjin, in the Lezha area of northern Albania, which will process and register migrants rescued at sea by Italy....

The agreement was opposed both in Italy and Albania and one of the biggest critics that it received is related to Albania’s capacities to receive 3000 migrants in a month. According to the protocol…

19/11/2023

Tomorrow, Skopje, the capital city of North Macedonia is hosting England’s National Football Team, as part of UEFA EURO 2024 qualifying group matches. The first game between two national team…

17/11/2023

With the end of the Communist Dictatorship in Albania, in which religious buildings were burned and destroyed, worship was banned, and Islamic Scholars and Christian Priests were tortured and killed, on November 16th 1990, 50,000 people in Shkodra flocked to the Kurşunlu Mosque to pray collectively for the first time. The historical welcome of Hafız Sabri Koçi with the accumulation of longing for scholars....

With the end of the Communist Dictatorship in Albania, in which religious buildings were burned and destroyed, worship was banned, and Islamic Scholars and Christian Priests were tortured and kille…

15/11/2023

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accuses Tel Aviv of implementing a strategy of destroying all of Gaza along with its residents. Türkiye will take steps to ensure that political and military leaders who "ruthlessly" massacred people in Gaza face trial in the international courts, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said. Calling Israel a “terrorist state,” the Turkish leader on Wednesday accused Tel Aviv of implementing a strategy of destroying all of Gaza along with its residents....

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accuses Tel Aviv of implementing a strategy of destroying all of Gaza along with its residents. Türkiye will take steps to ensure that political and military …

15/11/2023

Renowned Serbian photographer Imre Szabo recorded Kosovo’s gradual descent into turmoil in the 1980s and 1990s, documenting crucial events that led to the outbreak of war and how they affected ethnic Albanians and Serbs. It’s May 1981 in the village of Kosovo Polje/Fushe Kosova. An elderly woman called Milusa is sitting on a chair under a tree, concentrating on peeling a potato....

Renowned Serbian photographer Imre Szabo recorded Kosovo’s gradual descent into turmoil in the 1980s and 1990s, documenting crucial events that led to the outbreak of war and how they affected ethn…