Friday, November 28, 2008

MACEDONIAN TREASURES IN THE NETHERLANDS



Culture.

Some 120 icons of Macedonia, fragments of frescoes, archaeological items from pre-history, the Hellenic and Roman eras and terracotta icons will be exhibited in a museum in the Netherlands in 2010. In return, Macedonian audiences will be able to see an exhibition of works by Rembrandt van Rijn, the 17-century inviolable master of art. Details of the shows were being discussed yesterday by Macedonian Minister of Culture Elizabeta Kanceska-Milevska and Director of the Museum Catharijnecovent in Utecht, Hus van den Haut and the Chief Curator Saskia van Harn. It was agreed that icons, valuable liturgical items, costumes, carvings, records and terracotta icons were to be exhibited.

“The objective of the show is to present the religious artistic cultural treasures of Macedonia that have never been exhibited in the Netherlands, the Ministry of Culture says. Both shows will display originals. The Catharijnecovent has tradition in exhibiting icons. Located in a 15-century mediaeval monastery, the museum has a sixth and seventh century setting of 80,000 exhibits. The Dutch guests explained how the idea for a show occurred to them.

“Traditionally, we open shows in collaboration with a range of countries in East Europe – Russia, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria. An associate once mentioned that there was magnificent art in Macedonia, which had hardly been seen by anyone, and it was the best you could find in this part of Europe,” Van den Haut says.

They decided to check what they could find here. And they came in April to meet the Minister of Culture and representatives of a few museums. What we saw was so impressive, so beautiful that we decided to make a show,” Van den Haut adds.
Impressed by the terracotta icons the existence of which they were not aware of, archaeological findings and carvings, the mixed culture in Macedonia, they decided to extend the show to include those items as well.


MD: Wonderful! Keep promoting Macedonia's rich culture

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RICE: NAME ISSUE UNLIKELY TO BE RESOLVED QUICKLY



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The United States does not believe in quick settlement of the name dispute between Macedonia and Greece even though the U.S. administration has been trying to work with the UN to work out a compromise.

"It is our great hope that this name issue can be resolved. I keep saying quickly - it’s obviously not going to be resolved quickly. But it is important that both sides recognize that whatever happens on the name issue, the real benefit here of the incorporation of Macedonia into NATO - it will benefit NATO, it will benefit Macedonia, it will benefit Greece, it will benefit the Balkans," U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said.

"And so Dan Fried, in particular, has been trying to work with Ambassador Nimetz to get a compromise, and we continue to try to do so," she added


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WATER MUSEUM IN OHRID OPENS ON 8 DECEMBER



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Reconstruction works on a Neolithic pile-dwelling settlement near Gradiste are coming to an end and it is scheduled to open to public on 8th December, the Day of St. Kliment, Ohrid’s Patron. “This is one of the major projects funded by the Government of the Republic of Macedonia. This settlement is unique in the Balkans, and besides its archaeological values, it will be a tourist attraction. Besides a tour of the settlement, tourists will be offered an opportunity of diving and seeing Lake Ohrid underwater wildlife,” Director of the Directorate for Protection of Cultural Heritage Pasko Kuzman says.

The pile-dwelling settlement will have two accesses from land - one will be intended for tourists touring the settlement and artefacts, and another for divers who will teach visitors to dive and enable them to see the underwater beauties of the lake and the archaeological site assisted by experienced divers. Kuzman says besides being a uniquely reconstructed archaeological site, the settlement is also one of the rare projects that have pre-conceived commercial contents, and a unique water museum in a wider region.


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Thursday, November 27, 2008

MASSIVE HUNT ON ATTACKERS OF POLICEMEN



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Macedonian police launched a comprehensive search operation for the gunmen who killed one and wounded two members of the special unit ALFAs.

All border crossings have been blocked and intensive checks of the vehicles is under way.

Afrim Arifi (39), a member of the ALFAs unit, was killed in the armed attack that took place near the Science and Mathematics Faculty in Skopje at about 12:30 hrs on Wednesday.

Another two members of the unit, aged 31 and 33, are wounded. One is in critical condition, while the other one is lightly injured.

Interior Minister Gordana Jankulovska revealed the details of the armed incident at a press conference held this afternoon.

As to the motives of the armed attack, police did not rule out the possibility of retaliation after the recent arrests of a number of criminals, but revealed no additional information.

The police patrol arrived at the parking lot of the Science and Mathematics Faculty from the Cento District to conduct regular activities.

The Mazda car in which ALFAs were patrolling, passed by a Golf car with darkened windows.

There were three or four gunmen traveling in the Golf, who opened fire toward the police vehicle from an automatic weapon in a shooting that lasted about 30 seconds.


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BATTLE AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE



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The signing ceremony of one of the most comprehensive programmes for prevention and protection of victims of domestic violence in Macedonia, initiated by the United Nations, will be held in Skopje today.

The programme entitled "Strengthening of the National Capacities for Prevention of Domestic Violence 2008-2011" has been drafted upon a joint initiative of five of the United Nations agencies present in Macedonia - UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, UNIFEM and WHO.

As announced, this complex programme aims to support the Government and the civil society sector in improving inter and intra-sectoral coordination, as well as to strengthen their capacity for domestic violence prevention and provision of adequate victim support services.

The funding for this programme against domestic violence, totaling 2 million euros, has been provided by the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the United Nations Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence Against Women.

Maria Luisa Silva Mejias, the UN Resident Coordinator, Simone Filippini, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and Xhelal Bajrami, Macedonian Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, will give addresses at the signing ceremony for the Joint Programme on Domestic Violence.


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Wednesday, November 26, 2008

TEACHER'S STRIKE CONTINUES



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Education, Science and Culture Union (SONK) convened for a session late Tuesday, and decided to continue the nationwide strike

SONK leader Dojcin Cvetanovski said the extraordinary session was convoked due to government's pressure on teachers to quit the strike.

Among those attending the session were Deputy Prime Minister Zoran Stavreski, Culture Minister Elizabeta Kanceska-Milevska and Education Minister Pero Stojanovski.

Deputy Prime Minister Stavreski told the unionists that the government cannot secure extra funds to increase the teachers' salaries amid global financial crisis already felt in Macedonia.

He added that the government is willing to uphold SONK's demands, but he made it clear that pay rise could take place in 2010.


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ST.KLIMENT RELIC GIVEN TO BULGARIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH



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"It is a great honor for our Church to receive this gift from the Macedonian Church," the Head of the Bulgarian Church, Nikolaj, said at the ceremony staged to welcome the arrival of a fraction of St. Kliment Ohridski's relic.

Macedonian Orthodox Church decided to present the Bulgarian Church with a particle removed from the hand of the corporal relic of the Pan-Slavic illuminator and founder of the Macedonian Church St. Kliment Ohridski.

The Metropolitan of Debar and Kicevo, Timotej, brought the relic to the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv.

The particle of the relics will be kept in a small chest placed in front of the holly altar of the newly build temple St. Kliment Ohridski in Plovdiv, due to open tomorrow.

The relics of St. Kliment Ohridski are kept in the Ohrid's nearby monastery of St Pantelejmon.


MD: Why make such a gesture towards someone who is not even willing to recognize you?

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Tuesday, November 25, 2008

'GOCE DAYS' IN ROMANIA



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International manifestation “Goce Days”, which is traditionally held in Macedonia, will tour in Bucharest and Craiova, Romania on November 25-27.

The program includes a scientific debate on topic “Cultural-Historic Ties of the Macedonian and Romanian Peoples” in the Romanian Academy of Sciences and Arts, and a concert of Katerina Kostadinovska-Gelebeseva and Gligor Gelebesev, including pieces by Macedonian, Romanian and world authors. The same program will also be held in Craiova.

The tour of “Goce Days” in Romania is held under the auspices of the Macedonian Ministry of Culture, supported by the Macedonian Embassy to Romania and the Romanian Ministry of Culture and Religion.


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SLOVENIA TELECOM TO BUY COSMOFON?



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Slovenia Telecom said it wants to buy Cosmofon, the second mobile and landline telephony operator in Macedonia.

Slovenia Telecom said now they are focused on the announced sellout of Cosmofon.

Cosmofon, a subsidiary of Greek OTE, is likely to be put on sale in February or March next year due to protection for the competition, after Deutsche Telecom acquired 25% of OTE," Slovenia Telecom spokeswoman Darinka Pavlic-Kamien said.

Slovenia Telecom launched talks with a number of banks to secure EUR 400 million loan for the purpose of planned takeovers in the region of the former Yugoslavia.

Besides Cosmofon buy, Slovenia Telecom is interested in the take-over of majority shares in Bosnian telecom operator BH Telecom, and is also seeking opportunity to incest in Croatia.

Slovenia Telecom is the largest landline, mobile and internet operator in Slovenia, with market capitalization set at 951.4 million euros.


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3G LICENSE TO T-MOBILE MK



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The Agency for Electronic Communications (AEK) decided to issue to T-Mobile an operating license on providing third generation mobile communications services (3G).

An announcement released Monday says that the decision was made after completion of the public bidding procedure at which T-Mobile was the only company that submitted a valid offer.

The deadline for payment of the offered sum of 10,000,100 euros is 19 December, 2008.

Upon receiving of the payment, AEK is bind to issue the approval for using of radiofrequencies for public mobile communication networks and third generation services (3G) until 22 December, 2008.

AEK said they would make public the details on the best bid on their website.


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STRIKE GOES ON



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The strike of the employees in education and culture will go on despite the pressures, said the President of SONK, Dojcin Cvetanovski.

At today's press conference in Skopje, the President of the Syndicate of the Employees in Education, Science and Culture Sectors (SONK), said that 95 to 97 percent of the concerned institutions joined the strike, pointing out that some of the schools were subject of strong pressures.

According to Cvetanovski, the principals of a number of schools in the Skopje's Districts of Gjorce Petrov, Karpos, Gazi Baba and Lisice, as well as their colleagues from Stip and the village of Josifovo came under strong pressures to hold the classes.

SONK's President accused the Mayor of the municipality of Karpos of sending a notification to the schools located in this municipality, declaring Monday as a working day. In addition, education inspectors requested provision of lists of the teachers taking part in the strike.

Cvetanovski also criticized the Minister of Education and Science Pero Stojanovski of paying a visit to the schools of the municipality of Gjorce Petrov, which did not support the strike.

SONK called the employees in the sectors of education, culture and science to set out a general strike on Monday. Teachers demand pay rise, setting the food allowance at 20 percent of the average salary and rising of the transport bonus.

The unionists also seek for granting full-time employment to those working under temporary employment agreements.


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Sunday, November 23, 2008

VMRO ASKING CRVENKOVSKI NOT TO DO FAVORS FOR GREECE



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The Macedonian ruling party coalition in a press conference stated there is no need to hear an official opinion out of Athens, because their opinions are first expressed/mirrored by Branko Crvenkovski.

The World Macedonian Congress went a step further, asking for Crvenkovski and his 'cronnies Zaev, Frckovski be put on trial for treason'.

VMRO DPMNE appealed to President Crvenkovski, NSDP leader Petkovski and former FM and Interior Minister Frckoski to refrain from statements that could harm Macedonia’s position.

The party assessed that the standpoints they have presented so far are in favour of Greece. “These gentlemen have been directly involved in the name dispute with Greece for 17 years. We appeal to Branko Crvenkovski, Tito Petkovski and Ljubomir Frckovski to at least not hamper Macedonia if they cannot aid the country.

All of their statements can be used against Macedonia in this court process. We urge them to assume pro-Macedonian positions instead of pro-Greek stands,” said Koce Trajanovski from VMRO-DPMNE.



Branko Crvenkovski: Tied to Greece before 1991, with uninterrupted ties to this day. Crvenkovski and Gligorov were not present in Macedonia during the referendum. They were publicly against independent Macedonia. Both skipped the referendum vote and left the country, spotted in Solun. Ironically, both ended up being president, via fraudulent elections. Crvenkovski to this day remains publicly Anti-Macedonian.



Tito Petkovski: Not known whether he holds a Greek citizenship. He is entitled to one. His two daughters are married into the Greek Oligarchy, both hold Greek citizenships. His in-laws from Athens own the largest ice cream distributor company in the Balkans. The NSDP party is funded by the Athens Co. At the moment, NSDP enjoys 0.1% popularity in Macedonia. His pro-Greece views are expected.



Ljubomir Frckovski: Former Interior Minister, closely tied to Branko Crvenkovski. During Kiro Gligoro's assassination attempt, Frckovski was the MoI, while Crvenkovski was Prime Minister. Continues to be the only individual from Macedonia invited as a "Historian" at various Greek Universities where he explains his pro-Greece stances. Frckovski is a law professor in Skopje, has no background in History.


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A WHITE, WHITE MACEDONIA



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Macedonia woke up Saturday morning covered with snow, which, as weather experts say, will resume tomorrow.

The Hydro -Meteorological Office announce low daily temperatures and moderate to strong northern wind.

On Monday the temperature will go down to - 10C.

This weekend the cold wave will also hit Turkey, Greece and Croatia.


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Thursday, November 20, 2008

MACEDONIA GETTING READY FOR THE EUROPEAN HANDBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS



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Macedonia wrapped up the preparations to host the upcoming European Women's Handball Championship, to be held in Skopje and Ohrid from December 2 to December 14.

At a joint press conference of Macedonian Handball Federation and its official partner VIP mobile operator, they presented the official poster for the 2008 EHF European championship under the slogan "Let the Game Begin in Macedonia".

"We are confident that the European championship will be organized at top level. The championship also is a genuine challenge for the women senior national handball team and an affirmation of the Republic of Macedonia," said Mihajlo Mihajlovski, acting president of the Macedonian Handball Federation.

"We are the threshold of the biggest handball event in Macedonia. We hope that with a good organization and with hard work we shall please our fans and meet their expectations and also the expectations of all those engaged in the national team and in preparations, including our official partner VIP," coach Vladimir Gligorov said.

VIP's CEO Nikola Ljusev stressed that the partnership with the Macedonian handball is much more than an ordinary sponsorship.

"We see the national handball teams as our friends and also friends in affirmation of Macedonia's real values," Ljusev said.

VIP mobile operator launched a special e-mail navivajzamakedonija@vipoperator.mk to enable handball fans send messages supporting Macedonia's national team during the tournament.


MD: Many have been looking forward for this event to take place in our country, just a while and it will finally begin! Want to attend some of the games? Click on the banner, at the top of this page!

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REGIONAL ECONOMIC FORUM IN OHRID



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"Competitors and partners on the road towards EU" is the theme of the two-day regional economic forum, which kicks off Thursday in Ohrid.

The heads of state of Bulgaria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Albania, Croatia and Montenegro will take part at the forum, held under patronage of the Macedonian President Branko Crvenkovski.

The topics of discussion will include also the impact of the credit crisis on the economies of the South East European (SEE) countries, infrastructure in the region and the energy markets in SEE.

Representatives of the business communities of the region's countries are also due to attend
the forum.


MD: Again such an event in Ohrid! This brings alot of good attention to the city and it's wonderfull for the local economy too!

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MACEDONIAN FILMS IN NEW YORK



Culture.

Screening of “I Am from Titov Veles” of director Teona Strugar-Mitevska on Thursday evening will mark the opening of the Macedonian Film Festival in New York.

The films will be projected in one of New York’s most famous cinemas “East Village Cinema”.
The festival, which is part of the Days of Macedonian Culture in USA, will be closed with Milco Mancevski’s “Before the Rain” and “Dust”. The program also includes “Contact” of Sergej Andreevski, “The Great Water” of Ivo Trajkov, “Bal-Can-Can” of Darko Mitrevski, “Happy New ‘49” and “Dae” of Stole Popov, “Black Seed” of Kiril Cenevski, “Mirage” of Svetozar Ristovski, and “Upside Down” of Igor Ivanov.

The festival is organized by the Macedonian Film Fund, and a special website has been launched www.usmacedonianfilmfestival.com.

In the framework of Days of Macedonian Culture in USA, Minister of Culture Elizabeta Kanceska-Milevska opened on Monday exhibition “Contemporary Macedonian Painting”, including artworks by Zaneta Vangeli, Antoni Maznevski, Stanko Pavleski, Tome Adzievski, Jovan Sumkovski, Blagoja Manevski, Resat Ameti and Goce Nanevski.

These events follow the performance of Macedonian piano virtuoso Simon Trpceski, accompanied by the Chicago Symphonic Orchestra.

Days of Macedonian Culture in USA will be completed in Washington, with an exhibition of Dimce Isajlovski and concert of artists Boris Trajanov, Dragan Dautovski and Aleksandar Stefanoski, accompanied on piano by Darko Marinkovski.


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Wednesday, November 19, 2008

UNEARTHING OF ANCIENT CITY OF KING FILIP II IN OHRID



Culture.

The department of prehistory of the Ohrid Museum institute have started with researching and unearthing at the archeological site above the Sv.Erazmo church at the northern entrance of the city of Ohrid, where, according to Pasko Kuzman, the ancient settlement of the Macedonian tribe, the Engelani, can be found.

It's about a very important site which for the first time has been researched by German archeologists in the year of 1931. It is assumed that the fortress on the site has been built by the powerfull Macedonian king, Filip II, the father of Alexander the Great, on his first visit to the Ohrid region (Lihnitida), when he expanded the Macedonian kingdom.

According to the researchers, the fortress has been build with huge megalithic stone bloks of about 2 meters long and 90 centimeters wide. Because of the use of these materials, the fortress has been called; "the Cyclop walls".

The project, which has been named; Engelana, will continue in three fases in the next five years. The first fase will costs about 60 million denars. The site is planned to be a big tourist destination when finished.


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MACEDONIA FILES LEGAL PRECEEDINGS AGAINST GREECE AT INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE



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The Republic of Macedonia has filed legal proceedings at the International Court of Justice in The Hague against Greece. Macedonia has filed an Application with the Registrar of the Court to bring Greece into compliance with its legal obligations under the Interim Accord of 13 September 1995, which binds the two countries., the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Monday in a press release.

Article 11 of the 1995 Accord obliges Greece not to object to Macedonia's application to join NATO. At the NATO Summit held in Bucharest in April 2008, however, Greece objected to extending NATO membership invitation to Macedonia, thus flagrantly violating its obligations under the Interim Accord.

Antonio Milososki, Foreign Minister and Macedonia's representative before ICJ, says that protection of Macedonian rights under the Interim Agreement is the only reason for filing the Application.

- We have given a lot of thought before initiating this case, but we see no other way for justice to be done and our rights to be protected. We hope this action might encourage Greece to bring its actions into compliance with its international legal obligations, and that it might also encourage our two countries to reach a final settlement on outstanding issues in the spirit of good-neighbourliness and cooperation envisaged by the Interim Accord, Milososki said.

He expressed belief that ICJ would help in settling this legal dispute, considering its just and prompt actions.

- We are not asking the Court to deal with other political issues, so that the dispute over the name is not the subject of our Application. We also want to stress that we remain strongly committed to all aspects of the Interim Accord, in particular to the process of negotiations with Greece, mediated by the Special Envoy of the UN Secretary General, Milososki said.

The Application requests the International Court of Justice to adjudge and declare that (Greece), through its State organs and agents, has violated its obligations under Article 11, paragraph 1 of the Interim Accord; to order that (Greece) immediately take all necessary steps to comply with its obligations under Article 11, paragraph 1 of the Interim Accord, and to cease and desist from objecting in any way, whether directly or indirectly, to (Macedonia's) NATO membership and/or any other 'international, multilateral and regional organizations and institutions' of which (Greece) is a member, in circumstances where (Macedonia) is to be referred to in such organizations or institutions by the designation provided for in paragraph 2 of United Nations Security Council Resolution 817 (1993).

ICJ is the primary judicial organ of the United Nations.Established in 1945 by the UN Charter, the Court began work in 1946 as the successor to the Permanent Court of International Justice.

The Court's workload is characterised by a wide range of judicial activity. Its main functions are to settle legal disputes submitted to it by member states and to give advisory opinions on legal questions submitted to it by duly authorized international organs, agencies and the UN General Assembly.



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8000 MACEDONIANS TO RECLAIM PROPERTY IN GREECE



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Greece will face more than 8.000 petitions by Aegean Macedonians seeking to reclaim their ancestral property, Ethnos daily said on Monday.

The same source said the estimated value of real estate of Macedonians whose Greek citizenship has been revoked is set at dozens billions of euros.

A group of 500 Aegean Macedonians have already assessed their property near the town of Thessaloniki at 1 billion euros. Other former owner, who also filed a request to Macedonian Commission, demands 176 million euro compensation from Greece for real estate in Thessaloniki that had been owned by his grandfather, Ethnos daily said.

The paper said the property restitution procedure, led by Macedonian authorities and special panel, is ongoing. A team of jurists has been tasked to wrap up the paperwork and to submit the petitions to Greek courts and to the European Court.

The applicants are expected to fill special form entitled "Immovable assets and other demands" and submit them to the Macedonian authorities. Two questions in the form are quite interesting - the first referring to "conditions in which the property was taken", and secondly, the applicants are asked to write the name of the current owner of the real estate, where "Greek state" is mentioned as an option.

Ethnos daily labels the questions in the form "comical" given that the applicant needs to state whether his house had stove, whether the former owner had cattle, how much kilograms of corn the former owner had lost when his asset was taken away.


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MACEDONIAN CULTURE IN NEW YORK



Culture.

Macedonian National Gallery will present country’s contemporary art before the New York public, as one of the three projects within international event “Macedonian Culture in USA” on November 13-26, held in Chicago, New York and Washington.

Minister of Culture Elizabeta Kanceska-Milevska will open exhibition titled “Contemporary Macedonian Artists” in Macedonian Cultural Center “Gallery MC”.

The display includes artworks by Stanko Pavleski, Antoni Maznevski, Jovan Sumkovski, Blagoja Manevski, Zaneta Vangeli, Resat Ameti, Tome Adzievski and Goce Nanevski.


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BEFORE THE RAIN TO BE DISTRIBUTED IN THE UK



Culture.

Specialized U.S. film magazine “Variety” published last week that renowned companies “Warner Bros” and “Sony” have signed an agreement for distribution of Milco Mancevski’s film “Before the Rain” in Great Britain.

“Reiterating the numerous awards and recognitions of the film, including the Venice ‘Golden Lion’ and the ‘Oscar’ nomination, ‘Variety’ presents agreement details, where ‘Warner Bros’ and ‘Sony’ insisted on the film’s distribution at all British media, although they were initially offered only DVD and TV rights”, says “Manaki Film”.

This is the second large commercial distribution of “Before the Rain”, following July’s edition of “Criterion Collection”. “Warner Bros” and “Sony” announced that distribution is to begin as of December.


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Monday, November 17, 2008

RISE OF DIABETES IN MACEDONIA



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Around 80.000 diabetes cases have been reported in Macedonia, and the figure is expected to rise sharply in the coming years.

According to the findings of a national survey on diabetes, carried out by Public Health Institute on the occasion of the World Diabetes Day, the numbers are escalating.

The study shows that an estimated 150.000 people in adolescent group - age 20-74 - are at risk of developing diabetes, while 20.000 have already developed the disease, and they neither know nor cure themselves.

Diabetes prevalence in the past years stood at 46 in 100.000, but the prevalence sharply rose recently to reach 67.6 in 100.000 in the year 2006.

This disease is closely linked to overweight and obesity. Obese people tend to have health problems and are at higher risk of developing the disease.

Public Health Institute said an estimated 65% of Macedonia's population at age 20-74 have elevated body weight, among them 25% are already obese.

The symptoms are excessive thirst and urination, dry skin, slow healing of sores, fuzzy vision, weakness and tiredness, a sudden loss of weight, skin or urinary infections, or lack of feeling or mild pinprick sensations on the soles of the feet. People who have metabolic syndrome of elevated blood sugar, high cholesterol and high blood pressure but not yet diabetes, can minimize the risk of the disease by losing weight, changing their diet and exercising regularly.


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CERAMIC AND BRONZE ITEMS UNEARTHED



Culture.

A month after a ritual funeral coach was discovered in Gabrevci site near Stip, archaeologists unearthed new artefacts dating back to the early Roman period in Macedonia.

Trajce Nacev, chief of the archaeological team, told a press conference that 130 ceramic and bronze items were discovered during initial excavations.

Archaeological sites near Konce village (Stip region) are thoroughly researched, because several tombs can be found there that date back to first century AD and some of them to the late bronze period.

Excavations at Gravevci site and its surrounding will continue in 2009.


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ALEXANDER MINTED COINS OF LEAD FROM KRATOVO



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The bronze coins from the time of Alexander the Great Macedonian, which were unearthed at the archeological site, Isar-Marvinci, 7 km of Valandovo, are dating from the fourth century of the new era and they were minted with lead from the Kratovsko-Zletovskata region.

This was discovered last year by proffesors, Blazo Boev and Sonja Lepitkova from the Faculty of geology in Stip and Vladimir Bermanec of the Natural-Mathematic faculty in Zagreb, Croatia.

The ancient coins were researched in a laboritory in the German city of Darmstadt where the exact information was gathered of what they are made and where they come from. Sonja Lepitkova says that the research confirm that they coins are from the time of Alexander the Great and that they contain a big quantity of lead, besides bronze and zink. "The coins are from the fourth century before our era and were made of resources from the Kratovsko-Zletovskata vulkan area. We also analised some ancient helmets which we found and they were also made from resources in the Kratovo area.These findings confirm that ancient Macedonians did live in these regions and that Alexander the Great himself, used resources from the Kratovsko region to mint coins with his picture on them", Lepitkova says.

"We plan to use these methods also on artifacts we have found on other Macedonian archeological sites", Lepitkova added.


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Friday, November 14, 2008

AEGEAN MACEDONIANS TO SUBMIT DOCUMENTS



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The Government provided further information for restitution of properties from Aegean Macedonia for the Macedonians who haven't submitted their documents.

In a letter from the Macedonian Ministry of Emigration regarding the restitution of the properties of the refugee children from Aegean Macedonia is attached along with a blank form and an example of a filled-in form is attached.

The completed form should be sent to the Agency for Emigration by mail to:
Агенција за иселеништво на Република Македонија - Agencija za iselenistvo na Republika Makedonija
Crvena Skopska Opstina 7-7а, Скопје
or by email to: info@minisel.gov.mk

The Government has already hired Attorneys out of Greece, who will represent the Aegean Macedonians.

You can find a form and an example form by clicking on these links:
  • [Form]

  • [Example form]



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    DAYS OF MACEDONIAN CULTURE IN THE USA OPENED



    Culture.

    vents in the area of music, fine art and film will be the parts of the first Days of the Macedonian Culture in the United States opening in Chicago this evening with a concert of Simon Trpceski. The event is organized by the Macedonian Ministry of Culture and runs through 26 November. Besides Chicago, it is taking place in New York and Washington.

    The Ministry says that the goal of the project is to present the Macedonian culture in all its spheres in the most dignified manner. To be sure, to present Macedonian representative artists on the American Continent is a good move in approximation of the two countries in the area of culture. The event is planned to take place in different countries every year with Ukraine being the selection for next year.

    Expectedly, the Macedonian music will be presented in the United States with concerts of Simon Trpceski that will also take place (besides this evening’s) on 13, 14 and 15 November together with the prestigious Chicago Symphonic Orchestra. Trpceski will play the most popular concertos for piano from the classical music literature such as Concerto 1 by Tchaikovsky.
    The Macedonian music will also be presented through concerts of a master of folk instrument, Dragan Dautovski and opera singers, baritone Boris Trajanov and bass Aleksandar Stefanovski to the piano accompaniment of Darko Marinkovski. Their concert will take place in Washington on 25 November, and besides arias and duets by Giusepe Verdi and a few Napolitan arias, composition by Macedonian authors will be performed.

    As for presentation of fine art, an exhibition of the Macedonian art will be opened at the National Gallery of Macedonia on 17 November. “Macedonian modern Art” will present paintings, sculptures and objects by Macedonian prominent artists - Tome Adzievski, Jovan Sumkovski, Zaneta Vangeli, Antoni Maznevski, Stanko Pavleski, Blagoja Manevski and Resat Ameri. A solo exhibition by Dimce Isajlovski will also open at the Embassy in Washington on 24 November within the art presentation of Macedonia.


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    OVER 10.000 UNRESOLVED CASES



    National.

    More than 10,000 court cases heard by the 27 district courts across Macedonia remained unconcluded in the period 1990-2006.

    The Justice Ministry is due to hold Friday a working meeting dubbed "Court Proceedings within Reasonable Time" in the Supreme Court. The meeting's agenda includes presentation of data on each court and judge individually as well as discussing the modalities for overcoming the problem.

    According to the announcements, presidents and heads of departments (civil, criminal, economic, inheritance, investigative) of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Macedonia, appellate courts and the courts of extended jurisdiction, will take part at the meeting.


    MD: This is still a very big problem in Macedonia. It's a big mess, will it ever be resolved?

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    Thursday, November 13, 2008

    SKOPJE CELEBRATES 64TH ANNIVERSARY OF LIBERATION



    National.

    The capital of Macedonia is marking today 64th anniversary of its liberation from the Nazi occupation.

    On 13 November, 1944, Macedonian partisans drove the troops of Nazi Germany out of Skopje.

    After invasion of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and ensuing capitulation in April 1941, Bulgaria occupied the city. Following Bulgaria's capitulation in September 1944, German forces took control over Skopje.

    Mayor Trifun Kostovski is scheduled to meet today with representatives of the Association of WWII Veterans and lay flowers at the monuments honoring Skopje's liberators.

    The best athletes from Skopje in the previous year will be declared Thursday afternoon, which will be followed by awarding of "13 November" prizes.

    The road junction at the Continental Hotel will be put into operation today.


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    SIGHTS OF MACEDONIA

    National.



    A newly purchased Boeing 747-200F airplane parked on "Alexander the Great" airport in Skopje. The plane is owned by Macedonian Cargo company Star Airlines, which are also based in Skopje.

    MD: We wonder why they chose the sun to be on a blue background colour, instead of red?!

    (Photo credit should read MINA)


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    PAPANDREOU INDIRECTLY SUPPORTS MACEDONIA



    National.

    PASOK's leader Yorgos Papandreou supports indirectly the stances advocating the use of Macedonia's constitutional name and the need for Greece's care for the Macedonian minority in the country.


    In his personal web page, Papandreou recommends Grigoris Vallianatos' book "Akatallilo" ("Inappropriate"), in which the author suggests that Greece, instead of trying to change Macedonia's name, should recognize the country with its constitutional name and at the same time come to terms with the Macedonian ethnic minority inside its territory.

    A few days ago, Papandreou sacked Grigoris Vallianatos from PASOK for his stances on the Greece's policy toward Macedonia.

    The reason given was that Vallianatos criticized publicly, on Extra Channel's TV news, Greece's stance towards its Macedonian minority and the Republic of Macedonia, EUROLANG agency reported.

    Answering a related question, Vallianatos suggested that Greece, instead of trying to change Macedonia's name, should recognize the country with its constitutional name and at the same time come to terms with the Macedonian ethnic minority inside its territory.

    He added that he was expressing a solely personal opinion, which did not coincide with PASOK's official position on these issues.

    Although Vallianatos' stances are contained in the book recommended by Papandreou, he was dismissed from the party.

    "After these statements regarding foreign policy issues, ....our code of ethics dictate that PASOK should terminate its business relationship with Mr. Vallianatos", says PASOK's press release.



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    GRUEVSKI ON TOUR

    Diaspora.



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    ABSURD MENTIONING IN EU REPORT



    National.

    Macedonian nation in Macedonia has been renamed FYROMacedonians in an European Parliament's study on ethnic minority rights in the Western Balkans, local daily said.

    Utrinski Vesnik daily claims this was the most cartoon-style expression ever used thus far in the European Union's efforts to please Greece.

    "More shameful is the paragraph speaking about minorities in Serbia, in which the European Parliament uses the name Macedonians. This means that all Macedonians living outside Macedonia's borders can choose how to call themselves, while the Macedonians in Macedonia are still subjected to experiments of this type," Utrinski Vesnik's Brussels correspondent said in the front-page story with a headline "Brussels Renames Us FYROMacedonians".

    "The most absurd of all is that the name FYROMacedonians, mentioned in the EP's report cannot be translated into Macedonian language (it will be something like BJRMakedonci) and that the EU has international obligations to accept the names established by the United Nations," the daily said.

    The same source said the EP's study also features controversial contents on the state and rights of small ethnic communities in Macedonia.

    The study notes that minorities, especially the smaller ones, are not sufficiently represented in political institutions, as they hold just 36 seats in 12-seat parliament. IN percentage terms, the smaller communities should hold one third of seats in parliament, the study says.

    The study is mostly critical of the status and rights of Roma population.

    The study was undertaken by experts at the request of European Parliament's Sub-Committee for Human Rights. The study is to serve as a ground for a debate on the Western Balkans slated to next month.


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    Wednesday, November 12, 2008

    RUSSIAN DOCUMENTS CONFIRM ALEXANDER WAS A MACEDONIAN



    National.

    'Alexander the Great was Macedonian, tied to the present Macedonians" says in the faximille edition of the Russian 'Illustrated Notes' from the 16th century, reports daily Vecer.

    The book has 10,000 pages, covering all of history until the 16th century. It was made on direct orders by the Russian czar Ivan Grozny. His wish had been for the Russian children to know the world's history.


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    INTEL ENTERS MACEDONIA



    National.

    Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski announced Intel's investment in Macedonia after the signing a memorandum of understanding between the Macedonian government and the US information technology giant.

    The Memorandum was signed late Monday in San Francisco durinmg the visit of high-level Macedonian delegation.

    "Through this Memorandum, our country will muster Intel's support in ceratin investments in education," Gruevski said after the signing ceremony.

    Macedonian delegation is expected to tour several US companies - Oracle, Hewlett-Packard. During the visit to Silicon Valley in San Francisko, Macedonian delegation will satge a forum "Macedonia - Country of IT Experts".


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    MINISTER OF CULTURE AT UN ASSEMBLY



    Culture.

    Minister of Culture Elizabeta Kanceska – Milevska is taking part in a formal dinner on invitation of the UN Secretary General Ki-moon. The dinner an overture to a Minister’s address at the General Assembly of the world body tomorrow on the topic “Culture of Peace.”

    The meeting has been initiated by the Saudi Arab Kingdom and is a part of the strategy of the participants in the Madrid World Conference agreeing on periodical promotion of dialogue and cooperation between religions and culture.


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    GREECE SHOULD SEE MACEDONIA'S NATO ENTRY



    National.

    Greece should comprehend that differences on Macedonia's name should not hamper Macedonia's NATO membership, former U.S. ambassador said.

    Robert Hunter, the former president of the Atlantic Treaty Association (ATA) and former U.S. ambassador to NATO, told Radio Deutsche Welle's Macedonian news that Macedonia should join NATO as soon as possible.

    Hunter said it's important that Macedonia gets its place in all Euro-Atlantic institutions, including NATO.

    "It's also important that Alliance's good ally - Greece - to become aware that it's better to have Macedonia in the Alliance than taking care about small linguistic and semantic problems. Macedonia is Macedonia. It can be an excellent ally, the sooner the better," Hunter said.

    Hunter attends a three-day meeting entitled "NATO Talk around the Brandenburg Gate", taking place in Berlin.


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    Monday, November 10, 2008

    NACOSKI DECLARED AS CULTURAL AMBASSADOR TO ITALY



    Culture.

    Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski appointed world-renowned tenor Blagoj Nacoski Macedonia's culture ambassador in Italy.

    "I will continue to do what I have been doing thus far worldwide - promote this small piece of land, which is in dire need of global promotion. More people should promote Macedonia in this way, because no politician can do more for a country than a culture activist", stated Nacoski after the meeting.

    The tenor's agenda is full for the following three years. Nacoski returns to Italy next week, due to perform in the "Barber of Seville", followed by a tour in the Poland National Opera.

    Blagoj Nacoski was born in 1979 in Skopje, in a family of musicians. Showing his exceptional talent and interest in music, he started to study singing with his mother Lidija Nacoska. Later, he attended the "Ilija Nikolovski – Luj" Music and Ballet Educational Centre under Prof. Marija Nikolovska. He continued his higher education in Rome, Italy, studying vocal arts with Mirella Parutto and Antonio Boyer. He also studied with Anna Vandi and Raul Gimenez. Blagoj Nacoski received his bachelor degree in 2003 from Conservatorio di Musica Licinio Refice di Frosinone, near Rome.

    Nacoski made his operatic debut in 2003, actually as a student, on the stage of the Rome Opera House (Teatro dell’Opera di Roma) performing the role of Arturo in Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" under conductor Daniel Oren and stage director Graham Vick. Since that moment his career has been blooming across the continents.
    Nacoski has been dedicated not only to operatic, but also to symphonic and chamber music. In Il Quirinale, the Rome palace of the President of Italy, in 2005 he performed in a concert in honor of Johannes Brahms and his Lieder Waltzes, simultaneously broadcast on Radio RaiTre and Euroradio. In March 2006 in Mantua, Italy, he sang Lieder of Brahms and Schumann. He gave a series of concerts dedicated to the chamber arias of Francesco P. Tosti.

    In 2006 Deutsche Grammophon published on a DVD the video recording of the premiere of Mozart's "The Dream of Scipione" ("Il Sogno di Scipione"), performed at that summer's Salzburg Festival with Nacoski in the principal role of Scipione. A new DVD recording from the live performance of "Ariadne auf Naxos" in Zurich, was published by TDK, also with Nacoski as Brighella. Recently, a recording of Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" was released by Dynamic, where Blagoj Nacoski sings the role of Arturo together with Mariella Devia as Lucia. There were many recordings for the Macedonia Radio and Television Network.

    Nacoski has gained numerous international recognitions and awards, including: second place at the International Singing Competition, organized in 2002 by Rotary International in Pescara, Italy; at the age of 23, he won in 2003 third place and Recognition for The Youngest Finalist at the Alcamo City International Opera Competition; first place at the "Boris Christoff Foundation" International Competition for Young Opera Singers, in 2002, in Rome; The Award "Pierluigi Damiani" of The Union of Artists of Italy; The Special Award at The Competition "Spiros Argiris" in Sarzana, Italy; The Silver Medallion of "Accademia Filarmonica di Messina"; Winner at the "National Competitions in Opera, Lied and Oratorio Singing of Macedonia", 1995 and 1997.

    Macedonian artists bearing title culture ambassadors include director Milco Mancevski, baritone Boris Trajanov and dramaturge Goran Stefanovski.


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    MACEDONIAN DELEGATION AT US BUSSINES FORUM



    National.

    Macedonian delegation, led by Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, kicked off a visit to the United States to attend business forums in San Francisco and Chicago.

    At the business forum in San Francisco, entitled "Macedonia - country of IT experts", Macedonian delegation will present its economic policies with a main focus on reforms and promotion of information society and education to improve the overall business climate and attract prominent US investors.

    U.S. Ambassador to Macedonia Philip Reeker and the Member of the Board for Macedonia 2025 John Bitov will be among key presenters of Macedonia's economic policies.

    During the visit to San Francisco, Macedonian delegation will meet with several companies - information technology giants - such as Intel, Oracle and Hwelett-Packard.

    The other forum entitled "Macedonia - the new miracle in Europe" will take place in Chicago. Macedonian delegation will hold meetings with representatives of prominent US companies, including the members of Fortune 500 list, to present the opportunities for investments in the Republic of Macedonia.


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    TRIAL ON TOSE'S DEATH



    National.

    The trial on car crash that killed Macedonian pop icon Tose Proeski on 16 October 2007 in Croatia opened in Skopje's court on Monday.

    The prosecutors filed charges against Georgi Gorgevski, the driver of the vehicle, for causing traffic accident with fatal outcome. If found guilty, the man can be sentenced up to five years in jail.

    The investigation has established that the jeep Tuareg was speeding at about 150 kilometers per hour when it hit a truck.

    After the crash, the jeep turned upside down and hit the protective fence near Nova Gradiska, Croatia.

    Gorgevski and Tose's manager Ljiljana Petrovic sustained minor injuries.


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    Thursday, November 06, 2008

    BALKANS CONGRATULATE OBAMA



    National.

    The leaders of Balkan's countries congratulated the new U.S. President Barack Obama for his election victory, expressing conviction that the region would remain in the sphere of USA's engagement.

    In his congratulating letter, Macedonian President Branko Crvenkovski said that "USA's contribution to the peace, stability and democratic development is of immeasurable value."

    "Republic of Macedonia values highly the dedication and engagement of USA in strengthening of stability, security and prosperity of the South East European region. I am deeply convinced that with you as the new President, the interest and dedication of USA for our region will continue with unabated pace," Crvenkovski said.

    In his letter to Obama, Crvenkovski stressed that attaching highest priority to the relations with USA is Macedonia's strategic commitment. Macedonian President expressed hopes that "by putting joint efforts, we will entrench our friendship and partnership, for which we stand ready."

    The heads of states of Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia and of Bosnia-Herzegovina, also sent congratulating letters to the new US President Barrack Obama. Greece went a bit further than most, creating coins of Hercules, with Obama's image.


    MD: Wether it's a good thing for Macedonia he has won? We don't know, but we do know Obama is close with the Greek Lobby and has showed his support for the Greeks in our issue often. We'll see!

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    MACEDONIA IN FOCUS ON DUTCH FILM FEST



    Culture.

    Macedonia is the country the first film festival Eastern Neighbours is focused on. The festival is opening in Utrecht tomorrow (through Sunday) with participation of 13 countries of East and Southeast Europe.

    “The Shadows” by Milco Mancevski, “Does It Hurt?” by Aneta Lesnikovska, “Upside Down” by Igor Ivanov, “Mirage” by Svetozar Ristovski, documentary “Dae” by Stole Popov, and “Voyeur” by Aleksandar Spasovski are the Macedonian films included in the festival program.

    Besides screenings, the Macedonian Film Fund will have four-day promotion of Macedonia as an attractive destination for Dutch filmmakers.

    The Dutch organizer in collaboration with several institutions in Macedonia has announced presentation of the Dutch cinematography in December.


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    Wednesday, November 05, 2008

    MACEDONIAN CULTURAL BOMB ACROSS USA



    Culture.

    A concert of Simon Trpceski with the Chicago Symphonic Orchestra, and a concert of Dragan Dautovski, Boris Trajanov, Aleksandar Stefanovski (piano accompaniment Darko Marinkovski) in Washington; a Macedonian film festival and an exhibition at the National Gallery of Macedonia in New York are but a part of the programme of the Days of the Macedonian Culture in the United States on 13-26 November.

    Maestro Simon Trpceski is performing Concerto 1 for Piano and Orchestra by Tchaikovsky, on of the most performed concertos in the classical literature in general, with the Chicago Orchestra on 12, 13 and 14 November. The concert will be held under the baton of French Ludovic Morlot.
    Marking the Days of Macedonian Culture, the Ministry of Culture will organized a cocktail in honour to Simon Trpceski at the premises of the Symphonic Orchestra Centre in Chicago on 13 November.

    The agenda is continuing with a concert of Dragan Dautovski, Boris Trajanov, Aleksandar Stefanovski (piano accompaniment Darko Marinkovski) in Washington on 25 November. Besides Verdi’s arias and duets and Napolitan songs, a program with Macedonian authors will be presented.

    Furthermore, the National Gallery of Macedonia in New York is opening a show, Macedonian Modern Art on 17 November. The ten-day exhibition will present paintings, sculptures and objects by Tome Adzievski, Jovan Sumkovski, Zaneta Vangeli, Antoni Maznevski, Stanko Pavleski, Blagoja Manevski and Resat Ameti. Another exhibition, a solo show of Dimce Isajlovski, will also open at the Macedonian Embassy in Washington.

    The Macedonian cinematography will be promoted through a Macedonian Film Festival in New York. Opening of the festival, completely organized by the Macedonian Film Fund, is scheduled for 20 November through 23 November. "I Am from Titov Veles" by Teona Strugar Mitevska, “Before the Rain" by Milco Mancevski, “Contact” by Sergej Stanojkovski, “The Great Water” by Ivo Trajkov, “Bal-can-can” by Darko Mitrevski, “Dust” by Milco Mancevski, “Happy New Year ‘49” by Stole Popov and “Black Seed” by Kiril Cenevski will be presented.


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    EBRD INVESTS IN TIKVES



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    The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is investing Euro 6 million through a capital increase in the leading Macedonian wine producer Tikves a.d. to further enhance the company's operations through improvements in the quality and selection of wines and to boost its competitive position.

    The investment will also increase competition within the wine sector throughout the whole Western Balkans region.

    The funding will be used to provide the company with a sustainable financial basis for future growth by funding further modernisation investments and increasing the company’s visibility, while building on Tikves’ existing strong brand-name and its distribution network in the country and the whole region. The capital increase, as well as the appointment of EBRD senior banker Mrs Vedrana Jelusic-Kasic to the Supervisory Board of Tikves a.d., was approved by the company’s shareholders’ meeting on 31 October 2008.

    Tikves has an annual processing capacity of 50 million kilograms of grapes and a production capacity of 35 million litres of wine and exports more than half of its production mainly to the former Yugoslav countries, with the other half going to Russia, and other European countries. To date, the company has won around 2,000 quality awards for its wines on domestic and international fairs and is most known for its brands T’ga za jug and Alexandria.

    Tikves is the only winery in Europe outside of France or Italy to be named a world brand.


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    GREECE: "CHANGE YOUR NAME AND WE WILL GIVE YOU ANYTHING YOU WANT"



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    Macedonia's new name should be based on a geographic determinant, said Tuesday in Belgrade Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Petros Dukas.


    He stated that Athens would support Macedonia "in every possible way as soon as the name row is resolved".

    "Greek Macedonia is larger by territory and population from the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and we cannot overlook this. We believe that a geographic name is a good basis for a solution", said Dukas.

    He added that "as a result of the friendly settlement of the dispute", Greece is ready to support Macedonia "financially and in every way possible". This is from a country that owes 112% of their GDP.



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    DIMITROV RELIEVED AS NEGOTIATOR



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    Ambassador Nikola Dimitrov has been relieved from the duty of Macedonia's negotiator in the UN-brokered talks with Greece on the differences over the name.

    Macedonian President Branko Crvenkovski announced his decision Monday, during the parliamentary debate on the Resolution on the name.

    Crvenkovski explained that he added the decision to end the Ambassador's mandate in order to overcome the discordances in the approach to the name issue between himself and the Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, of which Greece takes advantage.

    The Macedonian President made it clear that he approves of the appointment of the government's representative in the talks over the name, Martin Protugjer, as the new chief state negotiator.


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    Monday, November 03, 2008

    MAN'S HEAD FROM ENEOLOTHIC UNEARTHED



    Culture.

    Archaeologists of the Museum of Macedonia have unearthed a number of valuable ceramic items and women’s head figurines and the first man’s head figure at St. Atanasij archaeological site near the village of Spancevo, Kocani area.

    According to Irena Kolistrokoska-Nasteva, Advisor at the Museum of Macedonia, it is a figure that embodies our ancestor that did not differ in anything from the present-day population. The figure has some details such as earrings on both ears.

    She says the finding confirms a statement that this site together is identical with an already discovered site at Pilavo near the village of Burilcevo, Kocani area and both belonged to the Eneolithic


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    MUSHROOM POISONING



    National.

    Fresh cases of mushroom poisoning have been registered in Macedonia.

    Two residents of Prilep have been admitted to the Skopje Toxicology Clinic today. The medical staff said it was too early to determine the extent of their poisoning, A1 TV Station reported.

    As many as 15 persons have sought for medical attention over mushroom poisoning in the last couple of days, including a couple from Kumanovo who are still in critical condition.

    Doctors sent an appeal to the citizens to restrain from collecting mushrooms, unless they posses knowledge in mycology.


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