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  VRANISKOVSKI IS OF NO SIGNIFICANCE TO MACEDONIA

“I’m deeply assured that giving an abolition to a person which guilt and responsibility are proved in a legal procedure would have final negative consequences and for the integrity of the basic principals to those who repose secular states, in which the ruling of the law and autonomy of the jurisdiction are the highest priorities”, is said by the president Branko Crvenkovski in the answer of the letter form the Serbian patriarch Pavle, in which is asked from the chief of the Macedonian state to amnesty Zoran Vraniskovski, as a precondition for continuing of the dialog between SOC and MOC.
“In relation to the shown interest from your site to the person Zoran Vraniskovski, I would like to state you some things of meaning with full and right understanding of the concrete case. Namely because of founded doubt that he made criminal act, suppression, there was a legal procedure against this person in front of the Elementary court in Veles, and was judged one year in prison. According to the deductive proofs, in the period of the legal procedure was confirmed that Vraniskovski did the criminal act, whereupon he defalcated bigger sum of money previously donated to the local eparchy of MOC”, Crvenkovski stated.
According to the Law, Crvenovski points out that the president of RM can give an amnesty without leading a procedure enjoined by the law only when it’s in interest for the state or when special occasions that are related to the person and to the criminal act and when they are pointing out that that is justifiable.
“According to the stated, it is absolutely clear that in this case it’s not a question of a person which proceedings have a special meaning for RM, but on the contrary it’s a matter of illegal criminal acts and corruptive behavior, on which we should contradict in the interest of the democratic development and European perspective of our states” the chief of the state, stated.
“In principle, I support the decision of the Holly prelate meeting of SOC for which you inform me, to continue the dialog with your spiritual brothers from MOC and through conversation, to understand yourself, of course, if on that way a preconditions will not be set that are not related with the essentiality of the discussion”, Crvenkovski estimates in the answer to the head of SOC.		  
     
  A PREMIER’S PROPOSAL

Macedonian historians categorically deny and in the same time judge the idea for mutual Macedonian-Bulgarian commemoration of Ilinden and other holidays, promoted by the premieres of Bulgaria and of Macedonia, Vlado Buckovski and Sergej Stanisev.
“As a politician he can allowed somebody to address to the Macedonian people who doesn’t recognize their existence, language and identity”, Todor Chepreganov, the director of the institution of the national history, wonders.		  
     
 

FUND IPA FROM THE EU IMPORTANT FOR MACEDONIA

The participants of the second Forum organized by the UN program for development have sent out that Macedonia should use the IPA fund from the EU, which is from a great meaning for the local economic development in the country. In the frames of IPA, Macedonia could withdraw money for strengthening of the institutional development, bettering of the administration’s capacity, border collaboration, regional and human resources development and for rural development also. The constant representative of UNDP in Macedonia, Marija Lujza Silva Mehias, estimated that the local economic development t they can be relieved by the decentralization and the EU entry.

  
     
  AFTER EU AND MACEDONIA WILL RECOGNIZE MONTENEGRO

The government of RM stated that Macedonia will join towards the declaration of EU for recognition of the results from the referendum for independence of Montenegro. Then they say that Macedonia will follow the steps of the Union, it’s been expected Montenegro to be recognized for independence country on the UN meeting in August and September in New York, and at the same time Skopje and Podgorica will develop relations like two independence countries. Otherwise the president Branko Crvenkovski and the PM Vlado Buckovski were among the first who have recognized the results of the Montenegro’s referendum.		  
     
 

NO IRON’S IMPORT WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION

After the last week incident in the iron’s depot in Trubarevo, where two wagons filled with low-radioactive old iron were discovered, between the competitive institutions has been agreed that the customs mustn’t allowed import of old iron without written permission by the Direction for protection from ionic radiation. In the meantime, Management for life environment in Serbia instigated a criminal procedure against the managers in “Makos”.

  
     
  BILLION DOLLARS FROM THE DIASPORA?!

Last year, the biggest investment came from the Macedonian emigrants (one billion dollars), but no one in the country can explain from where this money are, which are registered on the exchange market and what are they used for. The minister of finace, Nikola Popovski, assumes that they are private transfers and the money probably has been used for opening of small family businesses.		  
     
  400 YEARS EXISTENCE OF “ST NIKOLA” FROM STREZOVCE

Recently the Church board from Strezovce marked 400 years from the orthodox temple “St Nikola”, which is situated in this village. On the ceremony, for the church and its meaning professor d-r Marjan Dimitrijevski, research councilor in the Institute for national history, Ranko Maksimovski, retired judge from the Supreme Court and the metropolitan European Gorazd were speaking.
The church “St. Nikola” will continue causing an interest to the broadly and most of all to the scientific public. Cultural-art and architect-fresco art are staying as lasting valuables for education of the visitors of this holly temple.		  
     
  FRATERNIZATION OF PRILEP AND TOPOLCANI

Prilep and Municipality of Topolcani from the Republic of Slovakia have fraternized with signing a Memorandum for collaboration. The mutual name of the two municipalities Topolcani-Prilep is a bridge of rapprochement and establishing collaboration between the two cities, which’s two firms “Vitaminka” and “Salt system” from Slovakia have a long standing collaboration.		  
     
  FOR THE 32ND TIME THE SOUND OF BAGPIPE AND DRUM IN DOLNENI

The traditional festival of national instruments “Pece Atanasovski” for the 32nd time was held on Rudina, near Dolneni, Prilep. 350 participants from Macedonia participated on it. This year also there were not participants from abroad because of insufficient funds, and the former international festival became only domestic. Vesna Vucic, the daughter of Pece Atanasovski again expressed her dissatisfaction from the Ministry of culture, which has cut the budget for this manifestation, but through the streets of Prilep Macedonian songs and dances played by the bagpipe, the drum and the pipe have been listened again and have remembered of the traditions.		  
     
  EARNERS’ MEETINGS IN KALUGERICA

The Macedonian association “Izvor” from Murten, Switzerland, will organize “Earners’ meetings” for the emigrants from Macedonia in the village Kalugerica, this year. They address the invitation to all Macedonian associations in Switzerland, as well as to all associations through all over the world that want and will participate at these meetings. ”Earnings’ meetings” will last one day where the Macedonian production, tradition, custom, sport, Macedonian music will be presented. These meetings will be held on 26th of July in the village Kalugerica, Municipality of Radovis, and famous Macedonian businessmen, emigrants from whole world will be present.		  
     
  FAMOUS MACEDONIAN SPORTSMEN FROM THE XX CENTURY

Recently the PM Vlado Buckovski ceremoniously has opened the exhibition “The Macedonian sportsmen that have marked the XX century” in Museum of Macedonia. Throughout the displayed photographs the history of the Macedonian sport can bee seen from the beginning to the end of the last century, with a special accent on the persons who have achieved famous results on the international sport scene. Many kinds of sport’s trophies, goblets, badges, medals and as well as personal things from the famous Macedonian sportsmen.		  
     
  “OFF-FEST” FOR THE FIFTH TIME

With the concert of the African project “Desert Blues” the fifth “Off-Fest” festival has began. The organizers, “Skopje’s Jazz Festival”, are continuing the tradition of famous names, and this year there are part of the European association of festivals and musical radios “World Music”. “Off-Fest” will end with the appearance of the main stars “Massive attack”.		  
     
     
     
     
     
     
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

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  PRIME MINISTER BUCKOVSKI TO VISIT VIENNA

- Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski will visit Vienna on Thursday, upon the invitation by Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel.
Buckovski and Schuessel will talk on the EU enlargement, Macedonia's integration in the Union, and the country's reform process.
PM Buckovski will also meet with representatives from Reiffeisen Bank, Soravia Group and Siemens, who will inform him about their plans for investments in Macedonia.