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Greek media, Kathimerini, To Vima and other, have informed on yesterday's Government vote, refraining from comments for the time being, MIA correspondent in Athens reports. Newspapers say the support that Nikola Gruevski's government gained was totally expected. They also inform that about 77 members of parliament from VMRO-DPMNE and DUI have backed the new composition, whereas six members of the opposition Democratic Party of Albanians, led by Menduh Thaci, have voted against. They referred to SDSM's boycott, saying the members of the party did not take part in the debate and the ballot as they were not present in the Assembly.

Macedonian ministers of foreign affairs and defense underscored Friday at the meeting with the ambassadors of NATO members that Macedonia is prepared to join the largest military and political organization in the world expecting to receive an invitation at the upcoming NATO summit in Wales. However, Nikola Poposki and Zoran Jolevski both noted that there was neither climate nor readiness in Greece -the only NATO country that has been blocking Macedonia's NATO membership since 2008 – to allow the country to join the Alliance, MIA reports from Brussels. Ministers Poposki and Jolevski - the latter in his first official visit since taking office - attended in Brussels the annual meeting between Macedonia and the NATO North Atlantic Council at ambassadorial level as part of the 15th cycle of the Membership Action Plan (MAP). "We've had the chance to share views with the ambassadors of NATO countries with respect to Macedonia's preparedness and the possibilit

Greek Cyber Crime Police Unit has found evidence on men who paid a foreign site to allow them to watch young children being abused and tortured, reports the Greek Reporter. Greek police in co-operation with Interpol have tracked down all personal data concerning five of the six people involved in the case. The authorities investigated the suspects’ houses in Athens, Thessaloniki, and Agrinio. They discovered that two of them were police officers, serving in National Security and Athens Traffic Control Department respectively. Both officers were put on suspension. Although five out of six people involved in the case were tracked, one is still unidentified since he used a company computer. The company’s registered offices and data remain unknown. According to data released on the case, the offenders paid large sums of money to watch young children being abused in live broadcast. The abused children came from the Far East. However, Interpol is investigation the possibili

On World Refugee Day, the United Macedonian Diaspora (UMD) commemorates the 70th anniversary since the plight and mass exodus of thousands of Macedonian children, called “Deca Begalci,” that were forcefully expelled by Greek army forces during the Greek Civil War, which started in 1944 and lasted till 1949. UMD calls upon Greece to recognize the inhumane treatment of these Macedonians by demanding the repeal of the Amnesty Law enacted in 1982 that intends to repatriate only “Greeks by genus,” as well as the law enacted in 1985 designed to return confiscated properties only to “Greeks by genus.” Since the annexation of Aegean Macedonia by Greece under the 1913 Treaty of Bucharest, Macedonians in Greece who spoke out against their persecution have been exiled, imprisoned, harassed, neglected, silenced, discriminated against and have had their properties confiscated; all committed either by or with the acquiescence of the Greek Government and the Greek Orthodox Church. During t

Representatives of Greece attend the Global Summit on stopping sexual violence during the conflict in London, because our country participates under the name Macedonia. Actress and Ambassador of the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees United Nations (UNHCR) Angelina Jolie and British Foreign Minister, William Hague, are hosting the four-day summit attended by representatives of over 140 countries around the world, including the head of the Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki. Although, there will not be Greek official at the summit, local media report on the events in London, noting that the Greek presence is not big omission, MIA reports from Athens. In her speech at the opening, Jolie stated that rape is used as military weapon and most abusers are not punished, and urged world leaders to unite and take action against rape and sexual violence during conflicts.

Greece sees the name dispute settlement not as the main goal, but as a delay of the country’s accession in the international organizations, says Former Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki. “On one occasion, Former Greek Chief of Diplomacy Dora Bakoyiannis told me that the position of official Athens is such that they would undertake all steps and actions to prevent Macedonia from joining the EU before Serbia”, says Milososki in Sunday’s interview with Radio Free Europe. Milososki believes no solution can be found before the NATO Summit due to the lack of time, since serious and regular consultations would be required. “A high level dialogue between Macedonia and Greece is one of the prerequisites for reaching a solution but there is a lack of enthousiasm on the part of Greece. Neither the Greek Prime Minister nor the Foreign Minister and the president have shown preparedness for a thete a tete dialogue with Maceodnian counterparts, which does not facilitate the situat