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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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06EFTOSKOPJE206 | MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF US NATO [...] (SBU) Your visit comes as the government and opposition are gearing up for this summer's parliamentary election, the actual date of which has yet to be determined. Amid the clamor of mutual recrimination and mudslinging of the "pre-campaign," which already is underway, your visit is an excell [...] | 2006-03-02 15:47:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
06EFTOSKOPJE971 | MACEDONIA WILL PUBLICLY OPPOSE NORTH KOREAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-13 15:03:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KN PARM KNNP MK |
06SKOPJE1017 | MACEDONIA: EUR/SCE DIRECTOR HOH'S MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) Summary. In his October 17 meetings with GOM officials and opposition party leaders, EUR/SCE Director Chris Hoh noted the need for improved inter-ethnic dialogue and continued implementation of the Ohrid Framework Agreement, a vigorous and non-partisan fight against crime and corruption, [...] | 2006-10-24 05:14:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MK |
06SKOPJE1029 | MACEDONIA INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN FUTURE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-27 02:16:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM PREL UNGA MK |
06SKOPJE1030 | MACEDONIA LIKELY TO FOLLOW EU POSITION ON UNGA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-27 02:16:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA IS MK |
06SKOPJE1031 | MACEDONIA LIKELY TO FOLLOW EU POSITION ON UNGA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-27 02:17:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA IS |
06SKOPJE1032 | MACEDONIA LIKELY TO FOLLOW EU POSITION ON UNGA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-27 02:17:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA LE IS PHUM PREL PTER MK |
06SKOPJE1037 | MACEDONIA: EUR DAS DICARLO'S OCT 23-24 MEETINGS [...] (SBU) During meetings with high-level GOM officials in Skopje October 23-24, EUR DAS DiCarlo underscored the need for the government to build consensus with the opposition to gain buy-in for key legislative and reform initiatives, for redoubled efforts to implement the reforms required for NATO [...] | 2006-10-30 10:22:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MK |
06SKOPJE105 | MACEDONIA & NATO MEMBERSHIP: DEFENSE REFORMS ON [...] (C/REL NATO) SUMMARY: Macedonia is in its 7th MAP cycle and has made significant progress in meeting its defense reform goals, but still falls short in terms of meeting political and economic MAP criteria. To be considered a strong candidate for NATO membership by mid-2007, with a view to rece [...] | 2006-02-02 07:14:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MARR MASS MK |
06SKOPJE1056 | MACEDONIA WILL SUPPORT HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS AT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-04 12:08:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL MK |
06SKOPJE1057 | MACEDONIA WILL FOLLOW EU POSITION ON CUBA EMBARGO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-04 12:10:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA UN CU MK |
06SKOPJE1058 | MACEDONIA SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-04 12:10:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | ODIP ILC UNGA MK |
06SKOPJE1059 | MACEDONIA SUPPORTS U.S. EFFORTS TO FULLY IMPLEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-04 12:11:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS MK |
06SKOPJE1078 | MACEDONIA: SOCIAL DEMOCRATS ELECT NEW PARTY [...] (C) During a November 5 party congress that lasted into the early hours of the following day, Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM) delegates elected by a landslide former Deputy Prime Minister Radmila Sekerinska as the new party president. The delegates chose as the party's secretary g [...] | 2006-11-09 11:37:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR MK |
06SKOPJE1090 | (CORRECTED COPY) MACEDONIA: SOCIAL DEMOCRATS ELECT [...] (C) During a November 5 party congress that lasted into the early hours of the following day, Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM) delegates elected by a landslide former Deputy Prime Minister Radmila Sekerinska as the new party president. The delegates chose as the party's secretary g [...] | 2006-11-14 16:45:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR MK |
06SKOPJE1095 | MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DREIER'S VISIT, [...] (U) Welcome to Macedonia! HDAC,s assistance to the Macedonian parliament, both the provision of IT equipment and the opportunity for a professional visit to the United States earlier this year, has made a real contribution here. Your visit, nearly three months into the new government,s man [...] | 2006-11-16 12:09:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR MK |
06SKOPJE1096 | MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DREIER'S VISIT, [...] (U) Welcome to Macedonia! HDAC's assistance to the Macedonian parliament, both the provision of IT equipment and the opportunity for a professional visit to the United States earlier this year, has made a real contribution here. Your visit, nearly three months into the new governmentQs mandat [...] | 2006-11-16 14:02:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR MK |
06SKOPJE1097 | MACEDONIA: REDUCING ISAF CAVEATS [...] (C) P/E Chief delivered reftel points on filling ISAF force shortfalls and reducing caveats to MFA State Counselor Milan Spiridonovski on November 16. Acting DATT delivered the same points to MOD Elenovski on November 14. Both interlocutors informed us that the GOM intends to remove before t [...] | 2006-11-17 06:50:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PREL MK AG |
06SKOPJE1100 | MACEDONIA: RULE OF LAW VICTORIES -- WIRETAP LAW [...] (U) Macedonia recently scored two major victories in strenghtening rule of law and fighting organized crime. On November 15, after months of preparatory work by the former and current governments, and heated parliamentary and public debate, the parliament passed the Law on Monitoring Communic [...] | 2006-11-20 15:34:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM SMIG MK |
06SKOPJE1102 | MACEDONIA OPPOSES BELARUS ANTI-U.S. RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-21 16:25:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM BO MK |
06SKOPJE1112 | MACEDONIA: GOVERNMENT ELIMINATES MOST CAVEATS ON [...] (SBU) The GOM approved in a closed government session on November 22 the elimination of five of seven caveats currently in force for Macedonian troops supporting ISAF operations in Afghanistan (reftel) and Macedonian soldiers serving in Iraq. Of the two remaining caveats, one prohibits Macedon [...] | 2006-11-24 13:57:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS NATO PREL MK AG |
06SKOPJE1117 | MACEDONIA: GOM FACING POTENTIAL POLITICAL FALLOUT [...] (SBU) Macedonia,s new government faces several critical challenges in the electricity market. In the short-term, the supply of available electricity may not be sufficient to meet demand this winter. In addition, the newly privatized electricity distribution company is beginning to enforce p [...] | 2006-11-27 16:11:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EINV EAID MK |
06SKOPJE1120 | MACEDONIA: US-EU EFFORT BRINGS PARTIES TOGETHER [...] (C) After weeks of U.S. and EU coaxing, the leaders of the four main parties in Macedonia met on November 27 for their first substantive talks on legislative and policy priorities since the new government took office in late August. The party leaders outlined some of their key priorities and [...] | 2006-11-28 15:10:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MK |
06SKOPJE1139 | MACEDONIA WELCOMES NATO SUMMIT STATEMENT, [...] (SBU) In a telcon November 30, MFA State Secretary Igor Ilievski told P/E Chief the GOM was delighted with the NATO Summit statement at Riga announcing, inter alia, the Alliance's intent to "extend further invitations to those countries who meet NATO's performance based standards..." The gover [...] | 2006-12-01 16:18:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
06SKOPJE1144 | MACEDONIA: RENEWED ACTIVITY IN 45 MILLION EURO [...] (SBU) On November 15, Macedonia's special Organized Crime prosecutor issued detention requests for former Export Import Bank Director Metodija Smilenski, and former National Bank of Macedonia (NBM) Governor Ljube Trpeski. They are accused of defrauding the NBM of over 45 million Euros in 2004. [...] | 2006-12-05 07:42:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR MK |
06SKOPJE1157 | MACEDONIA: SUSTAINING POST-RIGA MOMENTUM ON NATO [...] (SBU) We are taking advantage of the positive post-Riga Summit mood here to press the GOM to step up NATO MAP-related reform implementation. Macedonia is making progress in some areas -- working on constructive government-opposition dialogue, promoting economic growth, and strengthening rule [...] | 2006-12-08 15:52:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV PHUM NATO MK |
06SKOPJE1164 | MACEDONIA'S AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE TO WASHINGTON, [...] (SBU) The Macedonian government has nominated Zoran Jolevski, a close associate of late President Trajkovski's and a longtime USAID local Chief of Party (COP),as Macedonia's next Ambassador to the United States. Never strongly identified with any single political party, Jolevski nevertheless [...] | 2006-12-13 07:56:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR MK |
06SKOPJE1165 | MACEDONIA: SUSTAINING POST-RIGA MOMENTUM ON NATO [...] (SBU) We are taking advantage of the positive post-Riga Summit mood here to press the GOM to step up NATO MAP-related reform implementation. Macedonia is making progress in some areas -- working on constructive government-opposition dialogue, promoting economic growth, and strengthening rule [...] | 2006-12-13 09:14:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV PHUM NATO MK |
06SKOPJE1174 | MACEDONIA: TWO STEPS FORWARD, ONE STEP BACK -- [...] (SBU) Leaders of Macedonia's four main parties (government and opposition) met December 13 behind closed doors, with U.S. and EU facilitation, in their second meeting to discuss how to move forward on Macedonia's main Euro-Atlantic integration reforms (reftel). Three of the four parties reach [...] | 2006-12-18 13:13:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MK |
06SKOPJE118 | MACEDONIA: PRIME MINISTER ON ELECTIONS, NATO [...] (C/NF) PM Buckovski told the Ambassador February 1 that parliamentary elections likely will be held in late June/early July, and that he expects the opposition to use rough campaign and electoral tactics in trying to replace his government. On Macedonia's NATO accession prospects, he agreed th [...] | 2006-02-06 18:11:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR MK |
06SKOPJE147 | MACEDONIA'S ISLAMIC COMMUNITY ELECTS MODERATE [...] (C) Members of the Islamic Community of Macedonia (ICM) elected moderate Skopje Imam Taxhedin Bislimi as Skopje's new Mufti on February 7, ousting Salafi-backed former Mufti Zenun Berisha in an impromptu election attended by EU Monitoring Mission and OSCE representatives. The February 7 sessio [...] | 2006-02-14 17:58:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KIRF MK |
06SKOPJE148 | (CORRECTED COPY) MACEDONIA'S ISLAMIC COMMUNITY [...] (C) Members of the Islamic Community of Macedonia (ICM) elected moderate Skopje Imam Taxhedin Bislimi as Skopje's new Mufti on February 7, ousting Salafi-backed former Mufti Zenun Berisha in an impromptu election attended by EU Monitoring Mission and OSCE representatives. The February 7 sessio [...] | 2006-02-15 07:15:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KIRF MK |
06SKOPJE152 | MACEDONIA: FURTHER REACTION TO GOVERNMENT REQUEST [...] (C) Summary: Although ethnic Albanian parties have publicly objected to the Macedonian government's decision to "continue preparations" for the return of four unindicted war crimes cases to domestic jurisdiction (reftel),key leaders in coalition partner DUI privately tell us the party did not [...] | 2006-02-15 15:12:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ICTY MK |
06SKOPJE234 | MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL VOINOVICH VISIT [...] (SBU) Your visit comes as the government and opposition are gearing up for this summer's parliamentary election, the actual date of which has yet to be determined. Amid the clamor of mutual recrimination and mudslinging of the "pre-campaign," which already is underway, your visit is an excell [...] | 2006-03-10 14:14:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP OREP AMGT ASEC MK |
06SKOPJE251 | MACEDONIA: GOVERNMENT FOCUSED ON GAMEPLAN FOR NATO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During her March 7-8 visit to Skopje with a U.S. interagency delegation, USNATO Ambassador Nuland told Macedonian government and opposition interlocutors that free and fair parliamentary elections would be one key to keeping NATO's door open in 2008. She urged them to continue [...] | 2006-03-14 16:13:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO MK |
06SKOPJE255 | MACEDONIA: STRONG BUT MEASURED REACTION TO [...] (U) Macedonian government reaction to Albanian FM Mustafaj's March 13 statement on Albanian Alsat TV that Albania could not guarantee inviolability of borders with Kosovo or Macedonia "if division of Kosovo takes place" (reftel) has been strong but measured. MFA State Counselor Milan Spiridon [...] | 2006-03-16 17:40:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AL MK |
06SKOPJE257 | EMBASSY SKOPJE TIME CHANGE TO DAYLIGHT SAVINGS [...] The Republic of Macedonia will change from Standard Time to Daylight Savings Time on Sunday, 26 March 2006 at 0100 GMT, 0200 local time. 2. The Republic of Macedonia's time will advance by one hour and will become GMT plus 2. MILOVANOVIC [...] | 2006-03-17 07:50:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | ACOA AMGT KRIM MK |
06SKOPJE289 | MACEDONIA CHURCH DISPUTE: MOC PATRIARCH DECRIES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Macedonian Orthodox Church (MOC) has reacted strongly to recent revelations that the Serbian government funds an affiliate of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) in Macedonia, calling that support an intrusion into Macedonia's domestic affairs. The MOC also has opposed intern [...] | 2006-03-30 07:57:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KIRF MK |
06SKOPJE294 | MACEDONIA: CAMPAIGN RHETORIC HEATS UP AS SUMMER [...] (SBU) With parliamentary elections possible as soon as late June, political parties are fueling increasingly heated pre-campaign rhetoric with personal attacks and mudslinging. Although the parties publicly deny it, there are numerous behind-the-scenes discussions ongoing about possible post-e [...] | 2006-03-31 14:04:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MK |
06SKOPJE310 | SEN. VOINOVICH DISCUSSES NATO, KOSOVO NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with senior Macedonian officials on March 25, Sen. George Voinovich encouraged Macedonia to make further progress on NATO-related reforms, discussed Kosovo final status issues, and thanked Macedonia for its military support of coalition operations in Iraq and Afghani [...] | 2006-04-05 07:20:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MK |
06SKOPJE329 | MACEDONIA WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT USG POSITION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-11 16:26:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KUNR OPDC PREL PHUM UNGA MK |
06SKOPJE330 | MACEDONIA REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO IRAQ EFFORT [...] (U) Deputy Senior Advisor on Iraq Robert Deutsch and his State and DoD team visited Skopje April 5-6 to thank GOM officials and parliamentarians for Macedonia's support for international efforts in Iraq, and to discuss developments in Iraq. (NOTE: Macedonia currently has 40 troops deployed to [...] | 2006-04-11 16:37:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR MK IZ |
06SKOPJE373 | U.S. SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE WISNER'S KOSOVO STATUS [...] (C) During April 13 discussions in Skopje with U.S. Special Representative on Kosovo Talks Frank Wisner, Macedonian leaders focused on the unresolved issue of the delineated but not yet demarcated Kosovo-Macedonia border as the only open issue between Skopje and Pristina, and said they would t [...] | 2006-04-20 10:01:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MK KS |
06SKOPJE38 | MACEDONIA'S SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT NOMINATED AS [...] (SBU) The GOM has nominated Speaker of Parliament Ljupco Jordanovski as Macedonia's next ambassador to the United States. A long-time parliamentarian, Jordanovski is meticulous, hard-working, and a consensus builder. He is widely-respected as an administrator and has presided over an ambitio [...] | 2006-01-17 08:31:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PREL PGOV MK |
06SKOPJE383 | U.S. SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE WISNER'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) During a tete-a-tete meeting April 13 in Skopje, President Crvenkovski gave Amb. Wisner his assessment of Serbian President Tadic as "pragmatic" in dealing with Kosovo status issues, while characterizing Serbian PM Kostunica as unlikely to compromise and more likely to walk out of the stat [...] | 2006-04-21 16:34:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KS MK |
06SKOPJE413 | MACEDONIA: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - CANDIDACY OF [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-04 17:31:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PHUM UNHRC PREL MK |
06SKOPJE419 | MACEDONIA: DEMARCHE ON THE ICRC THIRD ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-05 11:24:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC SZ MK |
06SKOPJE420 | MACEDONIA: PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS SET FOR JULY 5, [...] (C) SUMMARY. With parliamentary elections scheduled for July 5, governing and opposition parties are building their campaign platforms around common themes of economic development, NATO and EU integration, and education. Despite their stated intent to run issues-based campaigns, however, the [...] | 2006-05-05 11:56:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MK |
06SKOPJE451 | MACEDONIA: ETHNIC ALBANIAN LEADERS ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) During separate meetings May 4, the Ambassador told DUI and DPA leaders Ali Ahmeti and Arben Xhaferi, respectively, to refrain from importing K-Albanian "muscle" to assist them during upcoming parliamentary elections. She reiterated the USG position on Macedonia-Kosovo border demarcation [...] | 2006-05-12 06:00:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MK |
06SKOPJE457 | MACEDONIA: FURTHER PROGRESS ON NATO MAP-RELATED [...] (U) The Macedonian Parliament recently adopted several judicial and defense reforms that demonstrate further progress in meeting Macedonia's NATO MAP requirements. On May 5, the parliament amended the Law on Defense, formally ending conscription. The amended law will make the Army of the Rep [...] | 2006-05-15 15:58:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MK |
06SKOPJE484 | MACEDONIA: CAVEATS FOR TROOPS SERVING WITH ISAF [...] (SBU) P/E Chief delivered reftel points on ISAF caveats to MFA State Counselor Milan Spirodonovski and to NATO Head of Sector Marjan PopAngelov on May 16. DATT delivered the same points to CHOD MG Stojanovski on May 15. Our interlocutors assured us that Macedonia would maintain its policy of [...] | 2006-05-19 14:33:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO AF MK |
06SKOPJE497 | MACEDONIA: POLITICAL LEADERS EXPECT INDEPENDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Initial Macedonian reaction to the May 21 Montenegro referendum on independence has been generally positive, with most interlocutors welcoming the development as contributing to bolstering regional stability. It is encouraging that harder-line eAlbanian parties, such as opposi [...] | 2006-05-23 15:46:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MK |
06SKOPJE500 | MACEDONIA: DEMARCHE ON MANAS AIRFIELD [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-24 13:11:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | KG MARR MOPS PREL AF MK |
06SKOPJE507 | MACEDONIA: SUPPORT FOR IRAQI GOVERNMENT FORMATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-25 05:51:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ MK |
06SKOPJE516 | MACEDONIA: DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM (NAM MINISTERIAL) [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-30 05:54:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AORC UNGA MK |
06SKOPJE517 | MACEDONIA: ETHNIC ALBANIANS GIVE POLICE A VOTE OF [...] (U) Three ethnic Albanian youths were killed and six were injured after a drive-by shooting at an internet cafe in the Skopje municipality of Cair late May 18. A Ministry of Interior (MOI) spokesman told the local press on May 22 the police suspect an inter-family blood feud was the motive for [...] | 2006-05-30 05:54:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC MK |
06SKOPJE531 | MACEDONIA WELCOMES U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (Mitreva was en route from the Netherlands to Macedonia on May 31, and therefore was unavailable for a meeting that day.) Mitreva welcomed the Secretary's statement and said she would issue a public statement of support. Mitreva emphasized the GOM's continued support for U.S. and EU-3 effo [...] | 2006-06-01 16:35:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MK |
06SKOPJE537 | MACEDONIA SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR THE U.N. [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-05 14:01:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM US UNHRC MK |
06SKOPJE578 | MACEDONIA'S DEPUTY FM TO ATTEND PSI HIGH-LEVEL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-15 07:19:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC KNNP PARM MK |
06SKOPJE580 | MACEDONIA PASSES CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION LAW [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-15 11:57:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PARM PREL MK |
06SKOPJE593 | MACEDONIA RESPONDS TO MDA DEMARCHES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-21 08:06:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC IS SZ MK |
06SKOPJE594 | MACEDONIA: WITH US-EU PRODDING, ETHNIC ALBANIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ambassador and EU Special Representative (EUSR) Fouere convoked the leaders of ethnic Albanian parties DUI and DPA for a meeting June 20 to express grave concerns over recent violent incidents related to the campaign for upcoming parliamentary elections July 5. They noted that [...] | 2006-06-21 11:34:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MK |
06SKOPJE596 | MACEDONIA: AS PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The 20-day official campaign season for Macedonia's July 5 parliamentary elections began June 15, with a total of 31 parties competing in the country's six electoral districts. The parliament on June 12 amended the criminal code to stiffen penalties for violations of the electo [...] | 2006-06-22 14:19:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MK |
06SKOPJE598 | MACEDONIAN MOI: "POLICE NOT INVOLVED IN [...] (C) The Ambassador and post's DOJ ICITAP representative met with Minister of Interior Mihajlovski on June 22 to discuss the recent campaign-related incidents and accusations by political party leaders that the police have been involved in or have provoked the incidents (reftel). The Ambassador [...] | 2006-06-23 09:14:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MK |
06SKOPJE613 | MACEDONIA: AMBASSADOR AND PRIME MINISTER ON NEXT [...] (C) During a June 26 meeting, the Ambassador shared with PM Buckovski her concerns over recent campaign-related violent incidents, mostly involving supporters of ethnic Albanian rival parties DUI and DPA (refs A and B). She outlined steps the U.S. Embassy would take over the next several days [...] | 2006-06-28 07:09:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MK |
06SKOPJE614 | MACEDONIA: DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM AND LIFTING THE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-29 02:00:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AORC EU EUN PREL UNGA MK |
06SKOPJE620 | MACEDONIA: DEMARCHE ON WTO DOHA ROUND NEGOTIATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-29 09:55:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | WTRO ETRD ECON MK |
06SKOPJE625 | MACEDONIA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN CALMS; AMBASSADOR [...] (C) An unspoken agreement to cool things down has taken hold in Macedonia after a handful of campaign-related incidents, some of them violent and most of them between competing ethnic Albania parties DUI and DPA, occurred at the beginning of the official parliamentary elections campaign on Jun [...] | 2006-06-30 13:31:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MK |
06SKOPJE631 | MACEDONIA: CAMPAIGN CALM EXTENDS THROUGH THE [...] (C) Continuing a recent campaign-period trend (reftel),the July 1-2 weekend remained calm in Macedonia with only two minor campaign-related incidents reported (neither of which was substantiated.) The MOI took action against perpetrators of campaign-related incidents, and eAlbanian parties DU [...] | 2006-07-03 16:45:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MK |
06SKOPJE640 | MACEDONIA VOTES: OPPOSITION WINS IN GENERALLY CALM [...] (SBU) The opposition VMRO-DPMNE party emerged as the clear winner in Macedonia's July 5 parliamentary elections, with the ethnic Albanian DUI party (governing coalition) consolidating its lead over rival eAlbanian opposition party DPA. The elections were considered to have "largely met intern [...] | 2006-07-06 15:50:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL MK |
06SKOPJE648 | MACEDONIA: PRESIDENT'S ANALYSIS OF PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador July 6, President Crvenkovski characterized the recent parliamentary election process as "good," and asked for continued support from the Ambassador during the process of the formation of the new government. Analyzing electoral results, Crvenkovski said ci [...] | 2006-07-07 13:58:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MK |
06SKOPJE649 | MACEDONIA: PRESIDENT'S ANALYSIS OF PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador July 6, President Crvenkovski characterized the recent parliamentary election process as "good," and asked for continued support from the Ambassador during the process of the formation of the new government. Analyzing electoral results, Crvenkovski said ci [...] | 2006-07-07 13:58:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MK |
06SKOPJE662 | MACEDONIA: RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN MISSILE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-13 06:04:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PREL PARM KN MK |
06SKOPJE668 | MACEDONIA: MAJOR TIP TRIAL REFLECTS SOLID [...] (U) Macedonia's largest-ever trial for trafficking in persons continued on July 6 with the testimony of the star witness for the prosecution. The witness, who initially was charged as a co-conspirator in the case, reached an immunity deal with the prosecution in exchange for his testimony aga [...] | 2006-07-14 12:07:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KCRM SMIG MK |
06SKOPJE669 | MACEDONIA: VMRO-DPMNE LEADER BEGINS BUILDING A [...] (C) Recent Macedonian parliamentary election winner (reftel) and VMRO-DPMNE leader Gruevski is engaged in trying to build a broad-based inter-ethnic governing coalition to help ensure stability as he pursues an economic reform agenda and continued implementation of NATO and EU integration refo [...] | 2006-07-14 12:50:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MK |
06SKOPJE696 | MACEDONIA: PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION RE-RUN OUTCOME [...] (SBU) Parliamentary election re-runs in 29 polling stations (representing less than one percent of Macedonia's 3,000 polling stations) generally were well conducted, although international monitors noted some serious irregularities in some stations. The voting gave one additional MP seat to r [...] | 2006-07-20 15:41:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MK |
06SKOPJE734 | MACEDONIAN GOVERNMENT WELCOMES GPOI PARTNERSHIP [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-04 10:45:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO MARR MASS MK |
06SKOPJE754 | MACEDONIA: URGENT DEMARCHE ON UN SECURITY [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points, resolution text, and the Secretary's statement to MFA State Counselor Milan Spirodonovski on August 12. Spirodonovski welcomed the information and expects full support from the GOM for this initiative. 2. (C) Spirodonovski informed Poloff that GOM repr [...] | 2006-08-12 14:57:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE MK |
06SKOPJE779 | MACEDONIA: YOUNG TECHNOCRATS DOMINATE NEW [...] (SBU/NF) Prime Minister-designate Gruevski's proposed cabinet lineup, which the parliament is likely to approve on August 25, is comprised of mostly young technocrats without extensive bureaucratic experience. That bodes well for a fresh start, with Gruevski likely to exercise greater control [...] | 2006-08-17 14:39:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL MK |
06SKOPJE816 | MACEDONIA: PARLIAMENT APPROVES NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Parliament easily confirmed on August 26 the new government and work program of VMRO-DPMNE (Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization -- Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity) leader and now Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski. Gruevski's work program focuses on economic develop [...] | 2006-08-28 16:14:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MK |
06SKOPJE837 | MACEDONIA: FOREIGN MINISTER-DESIGNATE ON KOSOVO [...] (SBU) P/E Chief delivered reftel points on Kosovo status negotiations to Foreign Minister-designate Antonijo Milososki on August 23. (NOTE: Milososki and his fellow cabinet members were confirmed in office following a parliamentary vote on August 26). Milososki agreed strongly with the point o [...] | 2006-09-04 14:58:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MK KS |
06SKOPJE848 | MACEDONIA SUPPORTS IMPROVED SERBIA-ICTY COOPERATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-07 14:52:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR ICTY SRYI AA MK |
06SKOPJE849 | MACEDONIA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON USG VIEWS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-07 15:12:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD CT KPAO PTER KN KS |
06SKOPJE851 | MACEDONIA: PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH ON DETAINEES IN THE [...] (SBU) P/E Chief delivered reftel points on President Bush's September 6 speech on detainees in the war on terror to MFA State Counselor Milan Spiridonovski on September 7. Spiridonovski appreciated the briefing and said he understood the need to ensure vital security information was quickly ob [...] | 2006-09-11 05:25:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL MK |
06SKOPJE863 | MACEDONIA: DEMARCHE ON COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel points on the upcoming Community of Democracies (CD) Ministerial to MFA State Counselor for Multilateral Affairs Svetlana Geleva on September 12. Geleva said a GOM representative will attend this year's CD Ministerial at the UN General Assembly (UNGA),but did not [...] | 2006-09-13 09:38:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | UNGA PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM IR MK |
06SKOPJE865 | MACEDONIA SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON SYRIA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-13 10:41:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER USUN LE SY EU MK |
06SKOPJE880 | MACEDONIA: GOM LEADERSHIP ON NATO MEMBERSHIP, [...] (C) SUMMARY. In separate calls on PM Gruevski and FM Milososki September 15, the Ambassador urged the GOM to move quickly to implement NATO membership reforms, show concrete anti-corruption results, and restart political dialogue with the ethnic Albanian opposition. She restated the USG posit [...] | 2006-09-18 13:34:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MK |
06SKOPJE885 | MACEDONIA REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE FOR MANPADS [...] (U) Please see guidance request in para 4. 2. (C) Following EmbOff and DAO discussions with MFA and MOD contacts over the past several months, and after lengthy delays due to national elections and the formation of a new government, the MOD on September 12 sent an official letter of request [...] | 2006-09-19 05:43:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MARR MK |
06SKOPJE887 | MACEDONIA NOMINATES FORMER FM SRDJAN KERIM FOR [...] (U) MFA State Counselor for Multilateral Affairs Svetlana Geleva confirmed on September 16 press reports that the GOM has nominated former Foreign Minister and former Macedonian PermRep to the UN Srdjan Kerim for the 2007 UNGA Presidency. Kerim currently is the general director of the local med [...] | 2006-09-20 01:37:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR UNGA MK |
06SKOPJE888 | MACEDONIA: A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH ADRIATIC [...] (SBU) Although you will be meeting with the A-3 foreign ministers as a group on the margins of the UNGA in New York on September 22, we believe you can reinforce some key themes we have been underlining with the newly-elected GOM should you have an opportunity for a brief pull-aside with newly [...] | 2006-09-20 14:31:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR UNGA MK |
06SKOPJE898 | MACEDONIA: POLITICS TRUMPS FAITH -- ELECTION OF [...] (SBU) Self-proclaimed moderate Islamic cleric Sulejman Rexhepi was elected Reis-ul-Ulema (head) of the Islamic Community of Macedonia (ICM) on September 20. The election itself was uneventful, but the electoral process was marred by the political intervention of ethnic Albanian governing coal [...] | 2006-09-25 12:53:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINR PGOV MK |
06SKOPJE9 | IMO TEST OF THE SIPDIS CAPTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-06 07:55:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | ACKM |
06SKOPJE900 | MACEDONIA: SUCCESSFUL CONVICTION IN ORGANIZED [...] (U) On September 14, a Macedonian court convicted four defendants from an international organized crime ring on drug smuggling charges. The trial was presided over by a chamber of five judges, including two professional judges, one of whom is the chief presiding judge, and three "lay judges," [...] | 2006-09-25 13:25:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MK |
06SKOPJE913 | MACEDONIAN MFA STATE SECRETARY WILL PARTICIPATE IN [...] (U) P/E Chief delivered reftel invitation to participate in the October 3-5 CENTCOM-sponsored Iraq Coalition Conference in Warsaw to MFA State Secretary Igor Ilievski on September 21. Ilievski confirmed on September 26 that he would attend the Conference, together with Brigadier General Zoran [...] | 2006-09-27 14:27:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MOPS MK IZ |
06SKOPJE944 | MACEDONIA SUPPORTS US POSITION ON POSSIBLE NORTH [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-05 14:54:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KN PARM KNNP MK |
06SKOPJE953 | MACEDONIA: POLICE LAW IMPASSE:GOM-OPPOSITION TALKS [...] (C) The parliamentary impasse between the VMRO-DPMNE-led government and ethnic Albanian opposition party DUI over the draft police law continues, with DUI insisting that it will not respect the police law unless it is passed with a qualified (Badinter) majority. PM Gruevski and DUI President [...] | 2006-10-06 13:39:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV MK |
06SKOPJE958 | EMBASSY SKOPJE HOLIDAY CLOSURE - OCTOBER 11, 2006. [...] U.S. Embassy Skopje will be closed on October 11, 2006 for observance of the local holiday People's Uprising Against Fascism Day. 2. Telegrams requiring urgent action should be sent with the NIACT Immediate precedence. 3. For other urgent requests please contact MSG Post One at 389.2 [...] | 2006-10-12 05:08:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | ACOA AMGT KRIM |
06SKOPJE973 | MACEDONIA LEANS TOWARD EU POSITION ON DECLARATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-16 06:54:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KTIA UN MK |
06SKOPJE980 | MACEDONIA: OPPOSITION SDSM LEADER AXED IN [...] (SBU) SDSM President and former Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski lost an October 7 intra-party confidence vote, setting the stage for rival Radmila Sekerinska, an SDSM vice president, to run for the party presidency at the SDSM's extraordinary congress on November 5. Buckovski was ousted due to [...] | 2006-10-17 08:15:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR MK |
06SKOPJE983 | MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR EUR DAS DICARLO'S VISITTO SKOPJE, [...] (U) Your visit comes at the right time, two months into the new VMRO-DPMNE-led government of PM Gruevski, to deliver the following core messages to the government and opposition: Government: --Need broad consultations and consensus-building with DUI and opposition parties on key legislatio [...] | 2006-10-18 14:30:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR MK |
07SKOPJE102 | MACEDONIA'S OPPOSITION: DISENGAGEMENT AND DISARRAY [...] (C) Frustrated over the lack of a genuine political dialogue with the government, Macedonia's main eAlbanian opposition party DUI is boycotting the Parliament and considering cutting ties between the municipalities it controls and the central government. DUI leaders cite a list of demands, inc [...] | 2007-02-02 16:55:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MK |
07SKOPJE106 | MACEDONIA: POSITIVE REACTION TO KOSOVO STATUS [...] (C) The GOM, public, and media response to UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's Kosovo status proposal has been uniformly positive. Government leaders are especially pleased with the proposal's language addressing the issue of demarcation of the Kosovo-Macedonia border. They are concerned, however, n [...] | 2007-02-05 15:23:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MK KS |
07SKOPJE120 | MACEDONIA: DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER ON ICTY RETURN OF [...] (C) Deputy PM Konevska agreed with the Ambassador during a February 7 meeting that the Macedonian judicial and political system is not yet ready to accept the return of four unindicted ICTY cases involving eAlbanians linked to the two main eAlbanian political parties here. Reminded that time i [...] | 2007-02-09 15:13:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ICTY MK |
07SKOPJE129 | MACEDONIA ON HAMAS AND FATAH AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-13 13:32:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL KPAL KWBG PREL MK |
07SKOPJE134 | MACEDONIA: DPA LEADERS ON DIALOGUE, KOSOVO STATUS, [...] (C) In a February 9 meeting with leaders of eAlbanian governing coalition member DPA, the Ambassador pressed for a revitalized government-opposition dialogue, warned DPA against attempts to destroy eAlbanian opposition party DUI, and asked for full support for the Kosovo status process. She wa [...] | 2007-02-15 15:51:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS MK |
07SKOPJE135 | MACEDONIAN NOMINEES FOR MARCH CONFERENCE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-16 10:17:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PROP PTER PINS EAID NATEU MARR MOPS KISL |
07SKOPJE137 | MACEDONIA: NEW PUBLIC PROSECUTOR FOCUSED ON [...] (SBU) During a February 9 courtesy call with the Ambassador, newly appointed Chief Public Prosecutor Shvrgovski said his number one priority is combating organized crime in Macedonia. Shvrgovski, a former Deputy Public Prosecutor, was appointed by the Macedonian parliament on January 24. He [...] | 2007-02-16 12:30:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MK |
07SKOPJE16 | MACEDONIA: FIVE INFLUENTIAL WOMEN [...] This is Embassy Skopje's response to reftel regarding the five most influential women in Macedonia. PolOff Mariana Neisuler is Post's officer responsible for tracking women's issues. Tel: 389 2 3116 180 ext. 2111 Fax: 389 2 3133 601 Mobile: 389 70 306 024 Email: NeisulerML@state.gov [...] | 2007-01-10 13:33:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM PREL MK |
07SKOPJE162 | MACEDONIA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH THE PRIME [...] (C) During a meeting with Prime Minister Gruevski on February 21, the Ambassador raised U.S. concerns regarding political dialogue, education issues, and the rule of law in Macedonia (reftels). Pledging U.S. support for Macedonia's NATO membership aspirations, the Ambassador stressed that ther [...] | 2007-02-23 15:08:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MK |
07SKOPJE175 | MACEDONIA: REQUEST FOR CONTACT INFORMATION FOR [...] (U) See action request in para 5. 2. (U) Post received a diplomatic note from the Macedonian MFA on February 16 conveying a request from the defense attorney for former Macedonian Interior Minister Ljube Boskovski in his ICTY case in The Hague. She requests Embassy assistance in providing [...] | 2007-02-28 11:16:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MK |
07SKOPJE189 | MACEDONIA: SDSM PARTY CONGRESS SHOWCASES NEW [...] (SBU) On February 24, Macedonia's biggest opposition party, the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM),held its 7th congress in Skopje under the slogan "Trust, Unity and Success." Although barely mentioned in the next day's papers, the congress showed the new and more polished face of a p [...] | 2007-03-05 12:34:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MK |
07SKOPJE190 | MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR EUR A/S FRIED'S MARCH [...] (U) This message supplements, and is complementary to, the briefing materials already provided to EUR/SCE for your visit to Skopje. NATO MESSAGE SINKING IN, DIALOGUE MOVES AHEAD 2. (C) With your visit an action-forcing event, GOM officials this week are taking some of the steps we have be [...] | 2007-03-05 15:23:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MK |
07SKOPJE195 | MACEDONIA SUPPORTS U.S. EFFORTS TO ENSURE IRAN'S [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-06 15:38:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP IR MK |
07SKOPJE203 | MACEDONIA: GOVERNMENT & OPPOSITION REVIVE [...] (C) PM Gruevski and eAlbanian opposition leader Ali Ahmeti and their negotiating teams met March 7 to revive long-dormant political talks on moving ahead on key NATO and EU membership-related reforms, including implementation of the Ohrid Framework Agreement. The two sides reached agreement o [...] | 2007-03-09 09:47:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
07SKOPJE209 | MACEDONIA: EUR A/S FRIED'S TALKS WITH GOM & [...] (C) During March 8 meetings with GOM and opposition leaders in Skopje, A/S Fried urged (and easily obtained) continued support for the Ahtisaari status proposal and asked his interlocutors to consider publicly supporting a Kosovo UNSCR as a means to bolster security in Macedonia and the region [...] | 2007-03-13 08:31:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
07SKOPJE21 | MACEDONIA: DRUG BUST NETS NEARLY 500 KGS OF [...] (SBU) Macedonia's biggest-ever drug bust, on January 7 at the Kosovo-Macedonia border, which netted more than 486 kilos of cocaine reportedly headed for Greece, is a good example of effective regional cooperation in a counter-narcotics operation. Separately, a counter-narcotics trial in Skopj [...] | 2007-01-12 06:09:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR PREL MK KS |
07SKOPJE22 | MACEDONIA: KONDOVO GANG LEADER CONVICTED, REMAINS [...] (SBU) Gang leader Agim Krasniqi and two of his associates have been sentenced to prison terms for their involvement in the attempted kidnapping and wounding of a rival ethnic Albanian gang member in October 2003. Krasniqi and one associate were tried, convicted and sentenced in absentia and r [...] | 2007-01-12 09:09:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL MK |
07SKOPJE235 | MACEDONIA TO FOLLOW EU POSITION ON UN REFORM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-22 09:50:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | ACABQ AORC APER PREL UNGA MK |
07SKOPJE250 | MACEDONIA TO SUPPORT GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-28 16:03:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL MK |
07SKOPJE251 | MACEDONIA WILL FOLLOW EU LEAD ON ZIMBABWE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-28 16:14:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL ZI MK |
07SKOPJE255 | MACEDONIA AND UNSCR 1747 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-29 13:18:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP EFIN IR IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC MK |
07SKOPJE256 | MACEDONIA SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON RELEASE OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-29 15:25:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PTER AF IT MK |
07SKOPJE257 | MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR STAFFDEL KILLION'S [...] (SBU) Welcome to Macedonia! Your visit to Skopje will give you the chance to hear the Macedonian perspective on Kosovo, to share your findings with high-level government and ethnic Albanian political leaders, and to deliver some important messages to the Macedonian government (GOM) on steps t [...] | 2007-03-30 12:51:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MK |
07SKOPJE27 | BUNGLED MACEDONIAN ARMS SHIPMENT TO BULGARIA: [...] (C) Macedonian police intercepted and halted a shipment of military weapons bound for Bulgaria on December 14, claiming that the trucks lacked the proper paperwork and the required police escort. The shipment of machine guns and mortars was the last of four shipments of excess weapons the M [...] | 2007-01-12 16:12:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KOMC MASS PREL MK |
07SKOPJE270 | MACEDONIA: POLITICAL DIALOGUE CONTINUES -- HARD [...] (C) Since the revival of political talks between the government and eAlbanian opposition party DUI on March 7, several working-level meetings between the two sides, monitored by the U.S. and EUSR, have produced an agreed list of some 38 laws that will be subject to the Badinter principle (doub [...] | 2007-04-06 10:25:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MK |
07SKOPJE282 | MACEDONIA: OSCE PROJECT PROPOSALS FOR FY 2007 [...] (U) Per reftel instructions, we recommend for funding the following three priority rule of law/police training projects proposed by the OSCE Spillover Monitoring Mission Skopje: -- Study Visit for Judges to the ICTY Project Number: 2600360 XB-SKP-HD-ICTY-07 Budget: Euros 26,215 Justific [...] | 2007-04-14 10:31:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ABUD AFIN EAID ECON KCRM KJUS OSCE PHUM PREL |
07SKOPJE283 | MACEDONIA: AMBASSADOR PRESSES PRIME MINISTER FOR [...] (C) The Ambassador met with PM Gruevski April 11 to press him for greater flexibility in meeting eAlbanian opposition DUI's demands in exchange for DUI's commitment to end its boycott of Parliament. Gruevski asserted he had already conceded much of what DUI wanted in terms of a list of laws r [...] | 2007-04-16 06:48:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MK SY |
07SKOPJE290 | MACEDONIA: CONTROVERSIAL ORTHODOX CHURCH FIGURE TO [...] (U) Zoran Vraniskovski, the defrocked Macedonian Orthodox Church (MOC) bishop recognized by the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) as Archbishop Jovan of Ohrid, likely will be released from prison on May 1, after serving nine months of a one-year sentence for an embezzlement conviction (reftel). Vr [...] | 2007-04-17 08:49:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF MK |
07SKOPJE292 | MACEDONIA: REPRESENTATION AT THE MEETING OF THE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-17 13:38:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV IQ MK |
07SKOPJE294 | MACEDONIA: STAFFDEL KILLION'S MEETINGS WITH [...] (SBU) Staffdel Killion met with senior Macedonian government (GOM) officials and with representatives of the two major eAlbanian parties (opposition DUI and governing DPA) during a visit to Skopje April 4. Both government and opposition interlocutors expressed support for the Ahtisaari plan o [...] | 2007-04-18 09:38:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MK PGOV PINR PREL |
07SKOPJE295 | MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR EUR DAS ROSEMARY [...] (SBU) Welcome back to Skopje! Your visit allows us to reinforce messages to both government and opposition delivered during recent stops in Skopje by A/S Fried, DASD Fata, and Staffdel Killion. Those messages are: --Continue political dialogue to achieve concrete results and end DUI's boyco [...] | 2007-04-18 15:58:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MK |
07SKOPJE296 | MACEDONIA: GLASS HALF FULL -- FORGING AHEAD ON [...] (C) Following high-level leadership discussions April 13 and 16, PM Gruevski and eAlbanian opposition DUI leader Ahmeti reached a compromise on a key DUI demand to reconstitute the Parliamentary Inter-ethnic Relations Committee. They did not reach agreement on a list of laws that would requir [...] | 2007-04-18 16:00:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MK |
07SKOPJE299 | MACEDONIA: TIP SOLICITATION FOR G/TIP-MANAGED FY07 [...] (U) Per reftel instructions, we recommend for funding the following two anti-TIP projects for G/TIP-managed FY 2007 ESF and INCLE funds, as described in paragraphs 2 and 3. Post believes both proposals address G/TIP criteria for projects that focus on strengthening rule of law and the criminal [...] | 2007-04-19 14:25:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG MK |
07SKOPJE30 | MACEDONIA: PEACEFUL LOCAL BY-ELECTIONS IN SARAJ [...] (SBU) Local by-elections in the predominantly eAlbanian municipality of Saraj on January 14 were generally peaceful, confounding predictions by some local analysts of a violent contest between rival eAlbanian parties DPA and DUI. Along with a number of international community (IC) pre-election [...] | 2007-01-16 11:23:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MK |
07SKOPJE32 | MACEDONIA: REQUEST FOR USG ASSISTANCE FOR MANPADS [...] (SBU) Embassy Skopje requests USG assistance for MANPADS destruction in Macedonia, as first described in reftel. The request is for a USG training team to visit Macedonia for 8 (eight) days, including travel time to/from Macedonia, to train and assist Macedonian authorities in destroying 156 [...] | 2007-01-16 16:21:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MARR MK |
07SKOPJE321 | MACEDONIA: AMBASSADOR PRESSES DUI'S AHMETI TO MOVE [...] (C) During an April 20 meeting at the Embassy, the Ambassador pressed DUI (eAlbanian opposition) leader Ahmeti to demonstrate greater flexibility in hammering out a compromise with the government on key DUI concerns that would end that party's parliamentary boycott. She warned Ahmeti that, if [...] | 2007-04-25 16:08:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MK |
07SKOPJE333 | MACEDONIA SUPPORTS US PLANS FOR SUDAN SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-27 08:44:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO UNSC SU |
07SKOPJE334 | MACEDONIA CONTINUES TO SUPPORT PSI EFFORTS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-27 08:44:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PAARM PREL MK |
07SKOPJE335 | MACEDONIA WILL MAINTAIN TROOP SUPPORT FOR IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-27 11:16:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS PGOV IQ MK |
07SKOPJE336 | MACEDONIA: DAS DICARLO MEETINGS WITH GOM AND [...] (C) During April 23 meetings with GOM and opposition leaders in Skopje, DAS DiCarlo emphasized the need for the GOM to move forward on NATO-related reforms as time is running out for Macedonia to make its case for NATO membership in 2008. Of utmost importance is resolving the ongoing politica [...] | 2007-04-27 14:42:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO MK |
07SKOPJE350 | MACEDONIA: TO ATTEND CONFERENCE ON THE GLOBAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-09 13:45:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL MK |
07SKOPJE351 | MACEDONIA WILL SUPPORT SLOVENIA AND BOSNIA FOR THE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-10 11:04:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC MK |
07SKOPJE365 | MACEDONIA: POLICE LAUNCH ANTI-TIP RAIDS IN WESTERN [...] (U) Four recent government (GOM) anti-TIP raids in western Macedonia in April and May highlight the GOM's increased anti-TIP efforts at the operational level. Ministry of Interior (MOI) officials acknowledge the initial raid was flawed, but have since provided better victim protection and evi [...] | 2007-05-14 11:50:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM MK |
07SKOPJE38 | MACEDONIA ON NEW IRAQ STRATEGY -- WILL STAY THE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-17 13:31:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ MK |
07SKOPJE387 | MACEDONIA: DIALOGUE -- LIGHT AT THE END OF THE [...] (C) The political dialogue process between governing VMRO-DPMNE and major eAlbanian opposition DUI appears to be coming to closure, with a possible compromise on the main agenda items DUI had proposed when the talks were revived in early March. Following intensive Embassy and EUSR pressure on [...] | 2007-05-17 07:00:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MK |
07SKOPJE39 | MACEDONIA: MANAGING POLITICAL FALLOUT FROM THE [...] (C) The ICTY's impending return to Macedonian jurisdiction of four unindicted cases which deal with acts allegedly committed by ethnic Albanians (eAlbanians) during the 2001 conflict will raise political tensions here. The ethnic Albanian opposition party DUI will argue, possibly with some ju [...] | 2007-01-17 14:51:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ICTY MK |
07SKOPJE391 | MACEDONIA WILL SUBMIT 'NIL FORM' FOR HCOC ANNUAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-18 13:45:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA MTCRE MK |
07SKOPJE392 | MACEDONIA SUPPORTS UNSCR 1267 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-18 13:45:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC MK |
07SKOPJE394 | MACEDONIA: GOVERNMENT SUCCESSFULLY WOOS SMALL [...] (U) In a long-anticipated about-face, the small ethnic Albanian opposition Party for Democratic Prosperity (PDP) joined the government on May 18. Although PDP holds three MP seats, only MP Abdulhadi Vejseli, the party president, left the opposition coalition with ethnic Albanian majority oppo [...] | 2007-05-21 10:42:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MK |
07SKOPJE397 | MACEDONIA: GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION REACH [...] (SBU) After several months of political talks (reftel),governing VMRO-DPMNE and eAlbanian opposition DUI have reached agreement on the text of a draft proposal that addresses DUI's key policy concerns and would end that party's parliamentary boycott. DUI President Ahmeti wants the agreement [...] | 2007-05-21 16:11:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MK |
07SKOPJE404 | MACEDONIA: BUILDING TIES WITH KOSOVO [...] (SBU) During his May 17 visit to Pristina, PM Gruevski reiterated Macedonia's support for the Ahtisaari plan and for a UNSCR that would allow for implementation of that plan. Gruevski had constructive talks with Kosovo PM Ceku and other Kosovar officials on demarcation of the Kosovo-Macedonia [...] | 2007-05-22 12:54:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MK |
07SKOPJE411 | MACEDONIA LIKELY TO OPPOSE DRAFT OSCE "CHARTER" [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-23 17:03:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL KTIA PGOV MK |
07SKOPJE412 | MACEDONIAN ISLAMIC LEADERS ON WAHHABISM, [...] (SBU) Key Islamic leaders in Macedonia report a slight decline in the influence of Wahhabists in their muftiates. The leaders are focused on denationalization of land that formerly belonged to them, and blame their current financial challenges on the slow pace of denationalization. Sustained [...] | 2007-05-23 17:08:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KIRF MK |
07SKOPJE415 | MACEDONIA: POLICE RAID IN TANUSEVCI -- NO REPEAT [...] (SBU) Early in the morning of May 23, Macedonian police raided several houses in the rural village of Tanusevci, north of Skopje on the Kosovo-Macedonia border, in an operation aimed at uncovering an illegal arms cache. The raid netted only a few rifles but briefly revived ghosts from Macedo [...] | 2007-05-25 13:53:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MK |
07SKOPJE416 | MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR POTUS LUNCH WITH A-3 [...] (C) Now in his ninth month in office, Prime Minister Gruevski will arrive in Tirana hoping for an encouraging message on NATO membership and looking for U.S. recognition of Macedonia's GWOT efforts and its constructive stance on Kosovo. It would be useful for him to hear a strong message on t [...] | 2007-05-25 15:33:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MK |
07SKOPJE418 | MACEDONIA: GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION CONCLUDE [...] (C) Governing VMRO-DPMNE and eAlbanian main opposition party DUI concluded a U.S.-EU-brokered political agreement on May 29 that addresses DUI's key policy concerns and paves the way for that party's return to Parliament May 30. Governing coalition partner DPA, angered over DUI's inflated clai [...] | 2007-05-29 14:57:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MK |
07SKOPJE434 | MACEDONIA: REGIONAL OPERATION DISRUPTS ELABORATE [...] (SBU) The conclusion of the regional anti-trafficking "Operation Danube" led to the arrest of 19 Macedonian citizens on TIP-related charges on May 29. Ministry of Interior (MOI) officials credit good regional cooperation and the use of special investigative measures for the success of the ope [...] | 2007-06-04 09:37:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM MK |
07SKOPJE449 | MACEDONIA: THE NAME ISSUE AND NATO MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) Strict adherence to the 1995 Interim Agreement (IA) between Greece and Macedonia should remain central to preventing the name dispute from blocking Macedonia's membership in NATO, once it has met membership standards. A Greek threat to veto Macedonia's membership in NATO, or to withhold p [...] | 2007-06-06 13:35:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
07SKOPJE454 | MACEDONIA: ALBANIAN FM BASHA'S JUNE 1 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) During his first official visit to Skopje June 1, Albanian Foreign Minister Basha and FM Milososki discussed their hopes for a positive US signal on NATO membership for Adriatic Charter aspirants during President Bush's upcoming visit to Tirana. They considered stronger cooperation on EU [...] | 2007-06-07 14:47:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AL MK |
07SKOPJE456 | MACEDONIA: PM GRUEVSKI SURVIVES NO CONFIDENCE [...] (C) The government survived a no-confidence vote June 7 tabled by the opposition SDSM party to protest PM Gruevski's alleged feuding with coalition partners and "failure to advance judicial reforms." While the high-stakes no-confidence gamble was playing out, Gruevski also faced the threat of [...] | 2007-06-08 12:56:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MK |
07SKOPJE465 | MACEDONIAN MILITARY ASSUMES CONTROL OF KFOR [...] (U) On June 7, the NATO HQs in Skopje formally returned all operational control of Camp Able Sentry (CAS) to the Macedonian military, in a ceremony attended by the Minister of Defense, the CHOD, the Ambassador, and the NATO HQ Senior Military Commander. The handover took place after nearly th [...] | 2007-06-12 12:35:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KS MK |
07SKOPJE476 | MACEDONIA: SLOW BUT STEADY PROGRESS ON JUDICIAL [...] (SBU) Since independence in 1991, Macedonia has demonstrated slow but steady progress on judicial reforms. In Freedom House's "Judicial Framework and Independence Ratings for 2006," Macedonia currently ranks number two in the region, behind only NATO and EU member Bulgaria, and well ahead of t [...] | 2007-06-19 08:52:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
07SKOPJE483 | MACEDONIA: GOM PLEDGES CONTINUED FOCUS ON NATO [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered ref A points on NATO enlargement and required reform steps to Deputy FM Petrov and National NATO Coordinator Dimitrov on June 19. In response, Petrov reiterated the GOM's commitment to focusing on NATO reforms, but noted challenges the government faces in passing [...] | 2007-06-20 17:25:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO MK |
07SKOPJE492 | MACEDONIA: PROGRESS PROSECUTING CORRUPTION CASES [...] (SBU) In recent months, Macedonia's justice system has convicted defendants on corruption-related charges in four separate, unrelated court cases. Several former government officials were among those convicted. Encouragingly, the courts demonstrated improved efficiency in these cases (in par [...] | 2007-06-22 11:38:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR KCRM KJUS PGOV MK |
07SKOPJE498 | MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR EAPC SECURITY SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Macedonia's leaders are hoping to showcase the country's organizational and logistics capabilities in hosting the EAPC summit, which will be set amidst the impressive natural beauty of Lake Ohrid. They have heard and understood our message on the steps they need to take to strengthen th [...] | 2007-06-25 13:46:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
07SKOPJE50 | MACEDONIA SUPPORTS KOSOVO STATUS TIMELINE [...] (C) In a January 18 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Milososki confirmed the GOM's support for Ahtisaari's Kosovo final status timeline (reftel),and agreed on the importance of close coordination between the U.S., the EU and the UN on the matter. The Ambassador assured Milososki [...] | 2007-01-19 15:48:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV MK |
07SKOPJE508 | MACEDONIA: EASTERN BORDER REGION'S ECONOMIC WOES [...] (SBU) In the last several years, economically depressed rural eastern Macedonia has become Macedonia's main source of internal victims of trafficking-in-persons (TIP),a trend that is driven largely by the dire economic circumstances there. The January 2007 introduction of a visa requirement [...] | 2007-06-26 13:50:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MK |
07SKOPJE533 | MACEDONIA: AMBASSADOR NULAND URGES PRESIDENT AND [...] (U) During separate meetings with President Crvenkovski and PM Gruevski on the margins of the NATO EAPC Security Forum in Ohrid June 29, Ambassador Nuland urged the GOM to maintain steady progress toward meeting NATO standards in the crucial months leading up to NATO's Bucharest Summit in April [...] | 2007-07-03 16:02:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
07SKOPJE539 | MACEDONIA: ADRIATIC CHARTER & NEW PFP MEMBERS [...] (SBU) During an Adriatic Charter (Albania, Croatia, Macedonia) Partnership Commission in Ohrid June 28, USNATO Ambassador Nuland urged the A-3 aspirant countries to: accelerate progress on NATO reforms, demonstrate and describe their readiness for membership in demarches to other NATO Allies, [...] | 2007-07-06 13:37:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NATO MK CR AL |
07SKOPJE550 | MACEDONIA SUCCESSFULLY HOSTS EAPC SECURITY FORUM [...] (U) The GOM hosted NATO's second Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) Security Forum in Ohrid June 28-29. A total of 500 individual participants from 48 EAPC nations took part in the forum; 16 countries were represented at the ministerial level. USNATO Ambassador Nuland led the U.S. del [...] | 2007-07-10 09:53:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL NATO MK |
07SKOPJE559 | MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR DAS BUTLER AND DASD [...] (SBU) Macedonia is a small but effective contributor to global peace operations. The Army of the Republic of Macedonia (ARM) currently contributes 40 troops to international operations in Iraq; 130 troops to NATO's ISAF mission in Afghanistan; 20 troops to the EUFOR mission in Bosnia-Herzegov [...] | 2007-07-11 16:41:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL NATO MK |
07SKOPJE567 | MACEDONIA: IMPLEMENTING THE MAY 29 AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Implementation of the May 29 agreement between governing VMRO-DPMNE and opposition DUI (reftels) began July 9 with the first meeting of separate working groups on a draft law on the use of languages, and on a package of social benefits for victims of the 2001 conflict. Consistent USG p [...] | 2007-07-12 15:11:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL NATO PINR MK |
07SKOPJE57 | MACEDONIA: STATUS OF SECTION 1206 PROGRAM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-23 11:33:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL MK |
07SKOPJE579 | MACEDONIA: MIXED PROGRESS ON THE ANTI-TIP FRONT [...] (SBU) Recent anti-TIP raids, TIP convictions, and the arrest of a fugitive convicted of trafficking indicate the Macedonian government is sustaining its anti-TIP efforts, which intensified in the first quarter of 2007 (reftel). Despite that progress, the police need to redouble and refocus ef [...] | 2007-07-18 11:46:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM MK |
07SKOPJE601 | MACEDONIA COMMITTED TO STAYING THE COURSE IN IRAQ [...] (U) NEA DAS Butler, together with OSD and JCS representatives, was in Skopje July 15-16 to thank the GOM for its troop contributions to missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. DATT and POLOFF (notetaker) accompanied the delegation. DAS Butler thanked GOM officials for their strong support for coal [...] | 2007-07-23 13:51:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL MK |
07SKOPJE611 | MACEDONIA DISASTER DECLARATION [...] (U) I am declaring a disaster in Macedonia for the loss of property, loss of livelihoods, and actual and potential loss of life caused by heat wave-related wildfires currently raging throughout Macedonia, and am requesting USD 50,000 for immediate disaster relief from USAID/OFDA. The Governmen [...] | 2007-07-25 16:50:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI EAID PREL MK |
07SKOPJE612 | MACEDONIA SUPPORTS UNESCO HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-25 17:05:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UNESCO MK |
07SKOPJE615 | MACEDONIA: COURT NETS "BIG FISH" CORRUPTION CASE [...] (SBU) The July 18 conviction and sentencing to four years in prison for former Export Import Bank director Metodija Smilenski demonstrates that the Macedonian judicial system is capable of swift, efficient, and non-partisan action. One of Macedonia's "big fish" corruption case defendants, Smi [...] | 2007-07-26 15:59:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM KJUS KCOR MK |
07SKOPJE616 | MACEDONIA: MTAG: MIKROSAM EXPORTS OF FILAMENT [...] (U) This message contains an action request in para 4. 2. (S) Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel points on Mikrosam's export of filament winding machines to MinEcon State Counselor for Trade Krum Efremov on July 25. Efremov was pleased to hear that the USG had no objections to the GOM issuing [...] | 2007-07-26 16:12:00 | Embassy Skopje | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL CH MK |
07SKOPJE62 | MACEDONIA WILL ATTEND JANUARY 26 NATO MINISTERIAL [...] (U) This message contains an action request in para 4. 2. (SBU) Drawing on reftel, P/E Chief delivered points on U.S. objectives for the January 26 NATO Informal Foreign Ministerial to MFA State Secretary Igor Ilievski on January 18. PEChief conveyed USG gratitude for Macedonia's troop co [...] | 2007-01-23 15:14:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO MK |
07SKOPJE629 | MACEDONIA: PRIME MINISTER ON WAY AHEAD FOR NATO [...] (C) During a July 31 tete-a-tete lunch, PM Gruevski outlined what he considers to be the remaining tasks for Macedonia to make its case for NATO membership: implement the May 29 VMRO-DUI agreement, fully constitute the State Judicial Council, and pass a liberal religious freedom law. He also s [...] | 2007-08-01 16:02:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MK |
07SKOPJE633 | MACEDONIA: STRIPPED OF PARLIAMENTARY IMMUNITY, [...] (SBU) In a dramatic midnight session August 1, the Parliamentary Committee on Immunity revoked the parliamentary immunity of former Prime Minister and current opposition SDSM MP Vlado Buckovski. After being stripped of his immunity, Buckovski appeared in front of an investigative judge on Au [...] | 2007-08-03 14:00:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM MK |
07SKOPJE667 | MACEDONIA: MTAG ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK PROVIDED TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-14 10:26:00 | Embassy Skopje | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL CH MK |
07SKOPJE682 | MACEDONIA WILL SUPPORT US CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel diplomatic note and CV for Ms. Felice Gaer to MFA Head of Sector Multilateral Relations Goran Stevcevski on August 10. Stevcevski said the GOM will support the re-election of Ms. Gaer to the UN Committee Against Torture. MILOVANOVIC [...] | 2007-08-16 12:11:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL MK |
07SKOPJE695 | MACEDONIA: A/S O'BRIEN VISIT HIGHLIGHTS TERRORISM [...] (SBU) During his June 11-12 visit, A/S Patrick O'Brien encouraged Macedonian government officials to continue strengthening the country's counter-terrorism financing and anti-money laundering law, as well as those institutions responsible for implementation of the law. O'Brien applauded the [...] | 2007-08-22 08:27:00 | Embassy Skopje | SECRET//NOFORN | KTFN PTER EFIN PREL MK |
07SKOPJE698 | MACEDONIA: GOM SUSPECTS ESCAPED KOSOVO CRIMINALS [...] (S) On August 23, Macedonian Ministry of Interior (MOI) Director of Public Security, Ljupco Todorovski, told us that according to GOM intelligence sources, at least two of the criminals who escaped from a Kosovo prison (ref) are in Macedonia near the border with Kosovo. He also said the esca [...] | 2007-08-23 17:26:00 | Embassy Skopje | SECRET | PGOV KCRM PINR PTER ASEC KV MK |
07SKOPJE699 | MACEDONIA: PARLIAMENT CONFIRMS EX-PM'S IMMUNITY [...] (SBU) On August 20, the Macedonian Parliament voted to revoke the immunity of former Prime Minister and current opposition MP Vlado Buckovski. Buckovski is being investigated by the Macedonian authorities for alleged irregularities in procurement while he was Minister of Defense in 2001 (Ref [...] | 2007-08-24 11:27:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KCOR MK |
07SKOPJE709 | MACEDONIA: MOVING TOWARD EARLY ELECTIONS? [...] (C) According to a high-ranking MFA contact, PM Gruevski increasingly favors calling early general elections to capitalize on his high poll ratings and to end intra-coalition squabbling he believes is hobbling his economic development agenda. Gruevski believes he could work more efficiently w [...] | 2007-08-30 16:44:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MK |
07SKOPJE712 | MACEDONIA: MOI CONSIDERS PEACEFUL RESOLUTION OF [...] (C) The GOM is actively considering a non-violent approach to resolving the current standoff with former ethnic Albanian MP Xhezair Shaqiri, who is holed up in the village of Tanusevci on the Macedonia-Kosovo border (reftel) to avoid arrest on kidnapping charges. The approach includes offering [...] | 2007-08-31 15:36:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MK KV |
07SKOPJE719 | MACEDONIA: EARLY ELECTIONS NIPPED IN THE BUD? [...] (C) The prospect of early elections in Macedonia probably has receded following a joint U.S.-EU demarche September 4 to relay points to Prime Minister Gruevski's cabinet on the potential risks to the country's Euro-Atlantic aspirations of such action. However, the early elections option could [...] | 2007-09-05 16:00:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MK |
07SKOPJE72 | MACEDONIA: SUMMARY OF DECEMBER PSI OEG MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-26 12:44:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL MK |
07SKOPJE730 | MACEDONIAN: ELECTORAL CODE CHANGES WOULD ALLOW [...] (SBU) Following more than six months of talks between Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski and a group of MPs from the smaller ethnic minority communities (Turks, Serbs, Bosniacs, Roma, Vlachs),the government announced on August 27 that it would seek to amend the electoral code to guarantee ten new [...] | 2007-09-07 12:34:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MK |
07SKOPJE732 | MACEDONIA: UNGA HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE [...] (U) As requested in reftel on planned high-level attendance at the 62nd UN General Assembly, please find below planned GOM attendance. A. Head of State, President Branko Crvenkovski, will attend UNGA. -- Branko Crvenkovski, President -- Arrival September 22, 2007; departure September 2 [...] | 2007-09-07 15:38:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MK |
07SKOPJE735 | MACEDONIA: GOVERNMENT PULLS TEXTBOOK DEEMED [...] (SBU) On September 7, the Ministry of Education (MOE) announced it would withdraw from circulation a high school history textbook deemed offensive to Muslims because it included a portrait of the Prophet Mohamed, which is forbidden under Islam. According to the MOE, the textbook, used by 9th [...] | 2007-09-10 16:58:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MK |
07SKOPJE736 | MACEDONIA: POLICE CHIEF KILLED IN FIREFIGHT WITH [...] (SBU) A local police station chief was killed, and two of his colleagues wounded, in a September 10 firefight with an ethnic Albanian fugitive and his accomplices near the village of Vaksince, near the Kosovo border. It is not clear whether the fugitive and his accomplices ambushed the polic [...] | 2007-09-11 06:15:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC MK PGOV PREL KV |
07SKOPJE737 | MACEDONIA WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR STANDING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-11 08:35:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC MK |
07SKOPJE738 | MACEDONIAN FIRST LADY WILL NOT ATTEND LUNCHEON ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-11 11:22:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI TSPL UNGA MK |
07SKOPJE739 | MACEDONIA: IDENTIFYING "CREDIBLE VOICES" IN MUSLIM [...] (SBU) CONTEXT: In Macedonia, there is a rough correlation between religion and ethnicity; most ethnic Albanians, who comprise 25 percent of the total population, are Muslim, as are most Roma and ethnic Turks. There are also smaller populations of ethnic Macedonian Muslims. Macedonia's Muslim [...] | 2007-09-11 13:45:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MK |
07SKOPJE740 | MACEDONIA: STIFF TIP SENTENCES AND ANOTHER [...] (SBU) On September 7, a Skopje Court handed down trafficking-in-persons (TIP) sentences of between two and nine years in prison to 18 defendants in the "Operation Danube" trial (ref A) and ordered forfeiture of the defendants' assets involved. Two days later, the police conducted an anti-TI [...] | 2007-09-11 14:00:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM MK |
07SKOPJE744 | MACEDONIA: MFA IS ALIGNED WITH USG THINKING ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-13 10:18:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MK KV |
07SKOPJE748 | MACEDONIA: INPUT FOR PRESIDENT'S HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) USG efforts in Macedonia to protect and promote human rights focus on strengthening rule of law, decreasing political influence on and corruption in the security forces and judiciary, and capacity building to strengthen democratic institutions and civil society. 2. (U) Embassy officials [...] | 2007-09-13 14:05:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL MK |
07SKOPJE75 | MACEDONIA SUPPORTS FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-27 02:45:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC KNNP MK |
07SKOPJE753 | MACEDONIA: NEW DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, [...] (SBU) On September 11, President Crvenkovski appointed Viktor Dimovski, who had been serving until then as Macedonia's Ambassador in Belgrade, to be the director of the Macedonian Intelligence Agency (MIA). Dimovski replaced Kire Naumov, who resigned, "due to personal reasons," at the end o [...] | 2007-09-14 12:07:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MK |
07SKOPJE758 | MACEDONIA: KICK-STARTING MAY 29 AGREEMENT [...] (C) Governing VMRO and ethnic opposition DUI have made slight progress toward implementing their five-point May 29 agreement (ref A),with tentative steps toward codifying a list of 46 laws that would require a qualified (Badinter) majority, and the government having approved a draft law on co [...] | 2007-09-17 15:50:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MK |
07SKOPJE760 | MACEDONIA: PROPOSED ELECTORAL CODE CHANGES STUCK [...] (C) The GOM faces determined political resistance to its proposed electoral code amendments, which would guarantee an additional 10 seats for smaller ethnic minorities and three seats for the diaspora (ref A). The government proposal also has come under critical international scrutiny over the [...] | 2007-09-18 07:15:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MK |
07SKOPJE766 | MACEDONIA: PRESIDENT ON COHABITATION CHALLENGES [...] (C) President Crvenkovski outlined for the Ambassador on September 19 his proposal for working with Prime Minister Gruevski to improve cohabitation and to resolve the issue of composing the State Judicial Council (SJC),a key NATO membership-related task. Gruevski's initial crude rebuff of th [...] | 2007-09-20 07:46:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MK KV |
07SKOPJE767 | MACEDONIA: PRESIDENT ON NAME ISSUE, KOSOVO, [...] (C) During a September 19 meeting with the Ambassador to discuss cohabitation challenges (ref A),President Crvenkovski expressed concern that Macedonia might be pushed to the wall in its name dispute with Greece before the 2008 NATO Summit, underscored that there is no difference between Skop [...] | 2007-09-20 15:11:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MASS MARR MK KV |
07SKOPJE779 | MACEDONIA SUPPORTS U.S. PRIORITIES FOR 62ND UNGA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-24 09:22:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA MK |
07SKOPJE780 | MACEDONIA CONSIDERS SYMBOLIC CONTRIBUTION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-24 09:25:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSCE LE PTER MK |
07SKOPJE781 | MACEDONIA: MFA ON U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-24 09:26:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA PGOV MK |
07SKOPJE786 | MACEDONIA: DEADLOCK ON STATE JUDICIAL COUNCIL [...] (C) On September 20, PM Gruevski and President Crvenkovski met to follow up on the President's initiative to improve cohabitation and break the deadlock on the State Judicial Council (SJC) and the appointment of Macedonian ambassadors. Later that day, the President, with the Prime Minister's [...] | 2007-09-24 16:50:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MK |
07SKOPJE792 | MACEDONIA: PARLIAMENT BRAWL MARS RESOLUTION OF [...] (SBU) A brawl in parliament between MPs of ethnic Albanian DPA (governing coalition partner) and DUI (opposition) on September 25 overshadowed DUI's agreement to support a proposal (reftel) to break a long-standing deadlock on composition of the State Judicial Council (SJC),a key Macedonian j [...] | 2007-09-27 12:58:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MK |
07SKOPJE797 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES INVESTMENT BARRIERS AND [...] (SBU) During a September 25 meeting with Deputy PM for Economic Affairs Zoran Stavreski, the Ambassador raised U.S. concerns regarding three outstanding investment issues: questions surrounding the GOM's decision on a recent power plant privatization, steps the GOM should take to ensure the p [...] | 2007-09-28 12:18:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON ENRG PGOV PREL MK |
07SKOPJE805 | MACEDONIA LIKELY TO SUPPORT DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-02 14:02:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC UNAUS PHUM KWMN SOCI MK |
07SKOPJE812 | MACEDONIA: GOM POSITIVELY CONSIDERS ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) Following up on DASD Cagan's September 28 meetings in Skopje with MOD Elenovski and CHOD Stojanovski to request an additional Macedonian platoon for operations in Iraq (septel),P/E Chief conveyed Cagan's points in separate meetings with MFA State Counselor for Bilateral Relations with N [...] | 2007-10-09 08:54:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ MASS MK PGOV PREL |
07SKOPJE815 | MACEDONIA: TENSIONS EBB AFTER PARLIAMENTARY BRAWL, [...] (SBU) A week after the September 25 brawl in Parliament between ethnic Albanian MPs (ref A),tensions have ebbed and the government on October 4 succeeded in corralling the votes of the smaller ethnic minority parties to elect four of the remaining five members of the 15-member State Judicial [...] | 2007-10-10 09:52:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MK |
07SKOPJE841 | MACEDONIA: DAS DICARLO FOCUSES ON NATO REFORMS, [...] (C) In meetings with government leaders in Skopje October 9-10, DAS DiCarlo told her interlocutors that time is running out for Macedonia to show more concrete progress on reforms required for NATO membership, including enhanced political dialogue, improved President-PM cohabitation, and imple [...] | 2007-10-18 16:28:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
07SKOPJE842 | MACEDONIA: DAS DICARLO'S OCTOBER 10 MEETINGS WITH [...] (SBU) During a meeting with DAS DiCarlo in Skopje on October 10, opposition DUI President Ahmeti said implementation of the May 29 Agreement was moving too slowly, and that he would ask governing VMRO for a deadline for concrete results from ongoing working group discussions. He was non-commi [...] | 2007-10-18 16:30:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MK |
07SKOPJE845 | MACEDONIA: NOMINATION FOR SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR [...] (U) After consulting with members of the country team, Post has identified Xhane Kreshova (Dzane Kresova) as this year's Woman of Courage. Ms. Kreshova has been notified of her nomination. BIO DATA 2. (U) Name of the nominee: Xhane Kreshova In passport: Dzane Kresova Job title/associ [...] | 2007-10-19 12:16:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM MK |
07SKOPJE853 | MACEDONIA: MANAGING THE NAME ISSUE AND A NATO [...] (C) Embassy Athens presents a clear assessment of the name issue and Macedonia's NATO membership prospects (ref A). We share Athens, preference for preparing joint recommendations to Washington, but in this case our two Missions differ substantially in their assumptions, analysis, recommendati [...] | 2007-10-22 16:56:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MK GR |
07SKOPJE864 | SHOTS FIRED AT POLICE IN NORTHERN MACEDONIA ALMOST [...] (SBU) The shots fired on October 24 at a three person Macedonian border police patrol near the town of Kodra Fura sparked media speculation that the incident was a politically motivated attack by ethnic Albanians. Ministry of Interior (MoI) officials told us, and OSCE monitors confirmed, howe [...] | 2007-10-26 15:19:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PREL PGOV MK |
07SKOPJE866 | MACEDONIA WILL SUPPORT CANDIDACY OF DAVID WALKER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-30 14:57:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC UN UNGA MK |
07SKOPJE867 | MACEDONIA AIMS TO BE CONSTRUCTIVE IN NAME TALKS AT [...] (C) The GOM will propose, at the November 1 meeting in New York to discuss the name issue with Greek counterparts and with UN Special Envoy Nimetz, four steps that it believes would help reduce bilateral tensions and help prepare the ground for more fruitful efforts to resolve the name dispute. [...] | 2007-10-30 16:08:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MK |
07SKOPJE872 | MACEDONIA: RAISING THE RED FLAG? ALBANIANS REACT [...] (SBU) Ethnic Albanian parties have reacted with a firestorm of criticism of the Constitutional Court's October 24 decision annulling some provisions of the 2005 Law on Flags and Symbols, the final legislative piece of the Framework Agreement (FWA) which allowed eAlbanian-dominated municipaliti [...] | 2007-11-02 11:54:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SCUL MK |
07SKOPJE875 | MACEDONIA: IMPLEMENTATION OF MAY 29 AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Over the last four months, governing VMRO and opposition DUI have been willing, but unyielding, participants in the implementation of the US-EU-brokered five-point May 29 agreement (ref A). There is still hope for the successful near-term re-composition of the committee on inter-ethnic [...] | 2007-11-02 16:16:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MK |
07SKOPJE876 | MACEDONIA: PM GRUEVSKI BRIEFS NATO AND EU HEADS OF [...] (U) The following is a summary of the main points Prime Minister Gruevski made at a meeting with the diplomatic corps on the evening of November 1: 2. (U) Dialogue with opposition: two recent meetings with SDSM, and one with DUI, have nearly finalized agreement on the Parliamentary ruleboo [...] | 2007-11-02 16:39:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MK |
07SKOPJE879 | MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR US INTERAGENCY NATO MAP [...] (SBU/NF) When you step off the plane in Skopje on November 7, PM Gruevski will have just taken a beating from Brussels, having received the EU's annual progress report on November 6. The report will criticize the lack of political consensus here, slow progress on EU-related reforms, and the l [...] | 2007-11-05 13:09:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
07SKOPJE880 | MACEDONIA: UNANIMOUS "NO" TO NIMETZ PROPOSAL ON [...] (C) The GOM, with opposition support, has unanimously rejected the point in the November 1 Nimetz proposal on the name that would allow Macedonia to keep its constitutional name but would require it to agree to a modified name for international usage. There is consensus as well between the Pr [...] | 2007-11-06 11:18:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MK GR |
07SKOPJE886 | MACEDONIA SCRAPS ELECTRICITY PRIVATIZATION AND [...] (C) The GOM announced on October 31 that it had canceled the "Negotino" power plant privatization, and would instead keep the plant state owned. This decision ended any possibility that the GOM would award the privatization and investment contract to the U.S. - Greek joint venture, SENCAP, t [...] | 2007-11-07 15:21:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG PREL PGOV MK |
07SKOPJE887 | MACEDONIA: MAJOR POLICE ACTION AGAINST CRIMINAL [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Interior (MOI) informed us today that a police operation began early this morning against a group of 30-40 armed ethnic Albanian criminals who have been holed up outside of the northwest village of Brodec near the Kosovo border since July. The group includes escapees from [...] | 2007-11-07 15:33:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KCRM PTER ASEC MK |
07SKOPJE888 | MACEDONIAN FIRM APPLIES TO EXPORT MTCR-CONTROLLED [...] (S) The GOM received an application from the Macedonian firm, Mikrosam, to export an MTCR-controlled filament winding machine to a Chinese company, and has requested our opinion on the potential export. On November 7, Ministry of Economy State Counselor for Trade, Krum Efremov, told econoff [...] | 2007-11-07 17:20:00 | Embassy Skopje | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC MK |
07SKOPJE891 | MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR A/S HILL'S VISIT [...] (SBU) Welcome back to Skopje! When you arrive, political leaders here will be mulling over the tough message USNATO Ambassador Nuland delivered November 8 during a USG interagency visit to Skopje. Nuland told the government and opposition that Macedonia needs to demonstrate its readiness for [...] | 2007-11-09 16:05:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MK |
07SKOPJE892 | MACEDONIA: CALM AFTER THE STORM -- POLICE [...] (SBU) A major police action against a group of ethnic Albanian criminals in a village in northwest Macedonia (reftel) concluded November 8, with six criminals killed and more than a dozen arrested. The operation appeared to have been conducted properly, with mixed ethnic patrols conducting th [...] | 2007-11-09 16:22:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KCRM PTER ASEC MK KS |
07SKOPJE896 | MACEDONIA'S NATO BID: "SPRINT TO THE FINISH LINE" [...] (SBU) On November 8, USNATO Ambassador Nuland and a U.S. interagency team told Macedonia's top officials, MPs, and opposition leaders that Macedonia must accelerate reform efforts in the next three months or risk not receiving a membership invitation at the 2008 NATO summit. In addition to co [...] | 2007-11-14 17:51:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
07SKOPJE899 | MACEDONIA: POLICE ACADEMY DIRECTOR RESIGNS - [...] (C) Macedonian Police Academy Director Slagana Taseva resigned from her position on November 2, citing a disagreement with the government over its recent move to bring the academy under the oversight of the Ministry of Interior (a government move the international community unanimously support [...] | 2007-11-15 16:04:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC MK |
07SKOPJE913 | MACEDONIA SUPPORTS UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-21 14:55:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | KITA PHUM PREL UN MK |
07SKOPJE917 | MACEDONIA SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-26 11:02:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA MK |
07SKOPJE919 | MACEDONIA'S NATO BID: KEEPING SKOPJE FOCUSED ON [...] (C) During a round of meetings November 19-20, the Ambassador pressed all major political party leaders to take real action to quickly implement reforms needed to strengthen Macedonia's NATO bid. Opposition leaders cited the negative atmosphere in parliament as a hindrance to political consen [...] | 2007-11-27 07:53:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
07SKOPJE922 | MACEDONIA: U.S.-IRAQ BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-28 10:42:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV MK IZ |
07SKOPJE923 | MACEDONIA: LIKELY TO ABSTAIN ON UNGA ANTI-ISRAEL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-28 10:42:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA MK SI |
07SKOPJE932 | MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR STAFFDEL SLOAT [...] (SBU) Welcome to Skopje! You will arrive shortly after key USG, NATO, and EU officials have called on the political parties, the government, and members of parliament to put aside their partisan differences, engage in constructive dialogue, and rollup their sleeves. We have reiterated a consi [...] | 2007-11-28 16:25:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV MK |
07SKOPJE933 | MACEDONIA ON NAME ISSUE DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On November 29 DCM delivered reftel points to Deputy Foreign Minister Petrov and MFA State Counselor for Multilateral Affairs Geleva. Stating that he saw "nothing new" about the U.S. position of neutrality in the name dispute, Petrov was relieved to get DCM's assurances that the points [...] | 2007-11-29 16:00:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR NATO PREL GR MK |
07SKOPJE938 | MACEDONIA: PARLIAMENT APPROVES DOUBLING OF TROOPS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-30 16:15:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MOPS MASS MK IZ |
07SKOPJE941 | MACEDONIA: POLITICAL BREAKTHROUGH ON NATO TASKS [...] (SBU) During a quadripartite meeting on November 30, government and opposition leaders reached agreement on several key agenda items relevant for NATO membership. On December 3, the parties followed through in the Parliament, passing in quick order the Law on the Parliamentary Inter-ethnic Re [...] | 2007-12-04 09:02:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
07SKOPJE944 | MACEDONIA SUPPORTS USG POSITION ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-05 07:55:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP MNUC IR PARM MK |
07SKOPJE946 | MACEDONIA: GOVERNMENT COMMITTED TO NIMETZ PROCESS [...] (C) The GOM's meeting with UN Special Envoy Nimetz on December 3 was positive, with the Macedonian team proposing substantive changes to the latter's framework proposal (ref A) and underscoring its commitment to remaining engaged in the Nimetz process. The GOM made it clear to Nimetz, and in [...] | 2007-12-05 12:27:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MK GR |
07SKOPJE950 | MACEDONIA: CONTINUED MOMENTUM ON MAY 29 AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) A little more than six months after concluding the US/EU-brokered five-point May 29 agreement (ref A),governing VMRO and opposition DUI finally are taking concrete steps toward implementing it. On December 3, Parliament adopted the legislative proposals included in the agreement (ref B [...] | 2007-12-06 10:32:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL NATO MK |
07SKOPJE953 | MACEDONIA-KOSOVO BORDER DEMARCATION: GOOD FENCES [...] (C) Macedonia will recognize and support Kosovo independence provided two critical conditions are met in any final status arrangement: 1.) demarcation of the Macedonia-Kosovo border proceeds as set forth in the 2001 Belgrade-Skopje agreement and reaffirmed by the UNSC, and 2.) no division, add [...] | 2007-12-07 13:19:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MK KV |
07SKOPJE957 | MACEDONIA WILL SUPPORT UNGA PLENARY VOTES ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-07 16:34:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV UNGA MK |
07SKOPJE960 | MACEDONIA: FM MILOSOSKI'S DECEMBER 12-13 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) FM Milososoki's visit is a timely opportunity to reinforce the need for continued progress on meeting NATO membership criteria, including government-opposition dialogue, combating corruption, and strengthening rule of law. It is also the right time to tell Milososki that Macedonia needs [...] | 2007-12-10 15:20:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK KV |
07SKOPJE970 | MACEDONIA: RELIGION LAW MEETS INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) The Macedonian parliament adopted a new Law on Religious Communities and Groups in September that significantly strengthens religious freedom provisions, generally meets OSCE/ODIHR and Venice Commission standards, and supports Macedonia's NATO membership bid. Due to take effect in May 2 [...] | 2007-12-13 16:01:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF MK |
07SKOPJE973 | MACEDONIA ON KOSOVO STATUS: FOCUS ON DEMARCATION [...] (SBU) P/E Chief delivered ref A points on Kosovo status to President Crvenkovski's Chief of Staff, Natasha Savova, and to MFA State Counselor Vasko Grkov in separate meetings on December 13. Savova reiterated the GOM's insistence that there be no territorial division of Kosovo, and stressed th [...] | 2007-12-14 07:43:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NATO YI KV MK |
07SKOPJE974 | MACEDONIA: RENEWED COMMITMENT TO FIGHTING TIP [...] (SBU) In 2007 the Government of Macedonia (GOM) has shown a concerted effort to make fighting human trafficking (TIP) a high priority. The National Commission on Combating TIP (NC) has adopted Post's seven priority recommendations to combat/prevent TIP in Macedonia, and the Minister of Interio [...] | 2007-12-14 15:56:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM MK |
07SKOPJE976 | MACEDONIA: IRAQ UNSCR TEXT DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-17 14:33:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM UNSC IZ MARR MK |
07SKOPJE977 | MACEDONIA SUPPORTS USG POSITION ON DURBAN REVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-17 15:22:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNGA MK |
07SKOPJE985 | MACEDONIA: PLANNING FOR KOSOVO STATUS [...] (C) Macedonian government officials, party representatives, and think-tankers believe independence within the Ahtisaari framework is the only option for Kosovo status. They believe recognition of an independent Kosovo should also lead to the technical demarcation of the Kosovo-Macedonia borde [...] | 2007-12-19 13:51:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KV MK |
07SKOPJE986 | MACEDONIA: PRESIDENT CRVENKOVSKI ON THE NAME ISSUE [...] (C) President Crvenkovski is firm in preferring the October 2005 Nimetz proposal over Nimetz's November 2007 framework as a foundation for resolving the name dispute with Athens. He believes Macedonia will meet NATO membership criteria, and that the strategic imperative of shoring up regional [...] | 2007-12-19 14:52:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MK KV GR |
07SKOPJE987 | MACEDONIA: PM GRUEVSKI ON THE NAME ISSUE AND [...] (C) PM Gruevski is interested in reaching out to Athens for direct talks on the name dispute. He is under pressure from the German Chancellor to find a solution to the dispute before the NATO summit in April. The Ambassador has reiterated to Gruevski our support for the 1995 Interim Accord, [...] | 2007-12-20 13:22:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MK GR |
07SKOPJE991 | MACEDONIA: CONTINUED ANTI-TIP MOMENTUM [...] (SBU) A week after the Minister of Interior (MOI) agreed to adopt our seven priority recommendations for combating/preventing trafficking-in-persons (TIP) in Macedonia (ref A),we are seeing continued positive momentum in government anti-TIP efforts. According to the latest MOI statistics, th [...] | 2007-12-21 13:20:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MK |
08SKOPJE103 | MACEDONIA: A STEP FORWARD ON THE NAME ISSUE [...] (C) President Crvenkovski's Chief of Staff, Natasha Savova, gave us a brief readout by phone on the February 8 closed-door meeting between the President and Prime Minister to discuss the approach to the name issue and Macedonia's NATO candidacy. Savova said she and the President were "shocked [...] | 2008-02-08 15:23:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MK GR |
08SKOPJE104 | MACEDONIA: UNUSUALLY POSITIVE NAME ISSUE MEDIA [...] (C) Front-page press on February 8 covered statements on the name issue by President Crvenkovski, PM Gruevski and FM Milososki. A day after the Ambassador's meetings with Crvenkovski and Gruevski (reftels),the two leaders, who disagree on nearly every other issue, issued a unified message a [...] | 2008-02-08 16:03:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08SKOPJE107 | MACEDONIA INPUT FOR NEW ENERGY REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-11 15:38:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV APER ABUD MK |
08SKOPJE108 | MACEDONIA: CODEL TANNER SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) Welcome to Macedonia, a strong NATO membership contender and a multi-ethnic democracy, the only one in the region. From 2001, when the country teetered on the brink of an inter-ethnic civil war, to today, when it is at peace, implementing reforms, and pursuing an ambitious free-market e [...] | 2008-02-11 15:39:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OVIP MK |
08SKOPJE109 | MACEDONIA: CODEL TANNER SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) Welcome to Macedonia, a strong NATO membership contender and a multi-ethnic democracy, the only one in the region. From 2001, when the country teetered on the brink of an inter-ethnic civil war, to today, when it is at peace, implementing reforms, and pursuing an ambitious free-market e [...] | 2008-02-11 15:39:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OVIP MK |
08SKOPJE113 | MACEDONIA SUPPORTS KOSOVO RECOGNITION, BUT WILL [...] (C) Macedonia's position on Kosovo recognition remains unchanged. As reported in ref B and previous, Macedonia will "not be among the first, nor among the last" to recognize a newly independent Kosovo. The competing historical and economic ties both with Kosovo and Serbia have not prevented [...] | 2008-02-12 07:26:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MK |
08SKOPJE114 | MACEDONIA WILL NOT SUPPORT SERBIA'S CALL FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-13 10:01:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EU MK OSCE PGOV PREL UNAUS YI UNMIK |
08SKOPJE120 | MACEDONIA: SECULARISM CALLED INTO QUESTION AS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Controversial GOM decisions to use taxpayer money to fund the construction of an Orthodox church in the main city square of Skopje, and to reconstruct a mosque in Tetovo, have sparked political gamesmanship and debate on preserving state secularism. Concerns about the impact [...] | 2008-02-14 16:10:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MK |
08SKOPJE13 | MACEDONIA: PLANS FOR IRAQ FOR 2008 AND BEYOND [...] (S/NF) The following responses are keyed to the questions in ref A: A. (S/NF) Macedonia's leadership is committed to staying the course in Iraq in 2008 and beyond, as long as the U.S. remains engaged in Iraq and indicates Macedonian support is needed. Macedonia recently doubled its troop d [...] | 2008-01-11 13:58:00 | Embassy Skopje | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR KDEM MARR NATO PREL MK IZ |
08SKOPJE139 | U.S. COMPANY A PIONEER INVESTOR IN MACEDONIA [...] (SBU) In March the U.S. multi-national company Johnson Controls will begin production at its factory in Macedonia's free trade zone (FTZ) and will start exporting electronic circuit boards to major automobile companies. The Johnson Controls factory represents a breakthrough for Macedonia - th [...] | 2008-02-20 16:14:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EIND PGOV MK |
08SKOPJE140 | MACEDONIA'S PRESIDENT ON LATEST NAME PROPOSAL [...] (C) President Crvenkovski briefed the Ambassador February 19 on the state leadership's reaction to the latest Nimetz proposal, which had been provided to the Greek and Macedonian sides the night before. In a dispassionate, moderate analysis, Crvenkovski said the proposal was unexpected and co [...] | 2008-02-20 16:22:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MK |
08SKOPJE141 | MACEDONIA: POSITION ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION UNCHANGED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-21 08:19:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MK |
08SKOPJE143 | MACEDONIA: CONSTRUCTIVELY LAYING THE GROUNDWORK [...] (C) The government is laying the groundwork for public acceptance of a compromise on the most recent Nimetz name proposal (reftel). In an encouraging break with the past, it has moved a giant step away from its dual-name position toward acceptance of a name for use in international organizatio [...] | 2008-02-21 13:26:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08SKOPJE146 | MACEDONIA'S LUSTRATION LAW: OPENING PANDORA'S BOX? [...] (SBU) Parliament unanimously adopted on January 22 a Lustration Law that is likely to make it difficult for those accused of having once served as informers to clear their name, or to fully exercise their constitutional right to employment in the public sector. International observers are con [...] | 2008-02-22 15:25:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MK |
08SKOPJE15 | MACEDONIAN PEACEKEEPING HELICOPTER CRASHES, [...] (U) A Macedonian Mi-17 military helicopter returning to Skopje from the EU-led peacekeeping mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina crashed several kilometers short of Skopje Airport early the afternoon of January 12, killing all eleven Macedonian peacekeepers on board. The crash prompted Macedonian au [...] | 2008-01-14 11:55:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV MK |
08SKOPJE153 | MACEDONIA MEETING NATO MEMBERSHIP CRITERIA [...] (C) In striving to meet NATO membership requirements, the GOM is taking a constructive approach to resolving the name dispute with Athens, although there are concerns the Greeks will veto Macedonia's NATO bid even if Skopje demonstrates additional flexibility. The government has shown signific [...] | 2008-02-25 16:42:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM NATO MK GR |
08SKOPJE155 | MACEDONIA: "BIG FISH" CONVICTED IN CORRUPTION CASE [...] (SBU) Summary. In a landmark ruling, a Macedonian court has convicted two high-profile defendants in a major corruption case. A former National Bank Governor and a controversial businessman were convicted and sentenced to four-and-a-half-years imprisonment on February 25 for a financial frau [...] | 2008-02-26 15:01:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KCRM KCOR NATO MK |
08SKOPJE157 | MACEDONIA COMMITTED SUPPORTING ISAF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-27 14:10:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF MK |
08SKOPJE158 | MACEDONIA: RETURN OF ICTY FILES [...] (C) Four ICTY files concerning alleged crimes reputedly committed by ethnic Albanian NLA rebels during the country's inter-ethnic conflict in 2001 have been returned to Macedonian jurisdiction. Should the Chief Public Prosecutor here develop evidence against any of the individuals that is dee [...] | 2008-02-27 14:42:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ICTY MK |
08SKOPJE160 | MACEDONIA 2007 INL END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] This is the CY-2007 report summarizing end-use monitoring of INL provided support in the Republic of Macedonia (reftel). 2. Procedures. Our ICITAP Senior Police Advisors conduct ongoing assessments of the Ministry of Interior police equipment needs. Equipment is donated via a letter of don [...] | 2008-02-27 16:22:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR AFIN KJUS MK |
08SKOPJE162 | MACEDONIA: POLICE BLOCK HOOLIGANS FROM REACHING [...] (SBU) A splinter group from a peaceful 2,000-person rally in downtown Skopje in support of Macedonia's constitutional name attempted to march on the Greek Liaison Office (GLO) the night of February 27. Forcefully intercepted by the police, the group of protestors wreaked havoc on nearby resid [...] | 2008-02-28 10:34:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC PREL GR MK |
08SKOPJE164 | MACEDONIA SHARES U.S. CONCERNS REGARDING IRAN'S [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-29 07:05:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR MK |
08SKOPJE166 | MACEDONIA'S 2008 BUDGET: MORE, BUT RESPONSIBLE, SPENDING [...] (SBU) The GOM's 2008 budget is significantly larger than last year's budget, allowing the GOM the room to pursue a number of politically popular policies. The GOM has increased government employees' wages by 10 percent and intends to increase spending on infrastructure projects by a whopping 4 [...] | 2008-02-29 12:18:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV MK |
08SKOPJE167 | MACEDONIA: FM MILOSOSKI ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION & [...] (C) IN A FEBRUARY 29 MEETING WITH THE CHARGE, FM MILOSOSKI REITERATED THE GOM'S STANCE THAT DEMARCATION OF THE KOSOVO-MACEDONIA BORDER SHOULD BEGIN BEFORE MACEDONIA RECOGNIZES KOSOVO. SKOPJE ALSO WANTS TO AVOID ANY DISCUSSIONS WITH PRISTINA OF THE 2001 SKOPJE-BELGRADE AGREEMENT ON THE BORDER [...] | 2008-03-03 12:36:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO KV MK GR |
08SKOPJE168 | MACEDONIA's MISSED CAPITAL INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES [...] (SBU) The GOM repeatedly has been unable to spend all the money it has allocated for capital expenditures, even though government infrastructure investments are a critical driver of sorely needed economic growth and employment. Analysis of the budgeting process indicates that balky procuremen [...] | 2008-03-03 12:43:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV MK |
08SKOPJE169 | MACEDONIA's MISSED CAPITAL INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES [...] (SBU) The GOM repeatedly has been unable to spend all the money it has allocated for capital expenditures, even though government infrastructure investments are a critical driver of sorely needed economic growth and employment. Analysis of the budgeting process indicates that balky procuremen [...] | 2008-03-03 12:45:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV MK |
08SKOPJE17 | MACEDONIA: PM GRUEVSKI REQUEST FOR A WHITE HOUSE [...] (U) This message contains a recommendation and action request in para 4. 2. (SBU) In a January 11 meeting with the Ambassador (septel),FM Milososki officially requested USG support for a visit by PM Gruevski to Washington in March to meet with President Bush. 3. (SBU) During the visit, [...] | 2008-01-14 13:01:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MK |
08SKOPJE171 | MACEDONIA: HDAC CODEL SCENESETTER (CODEL PRICE) [...] (SBU) Ambassador Gillian Milovanovic and the embassy team warmly welcome you to the Republic of Macedonia, a strong NATO membership contender and the only multi-ethnic democracy in the region. Macedonia has made tremendous strides from 2001, when the country teetered on the brink of an inter- [...] | 2008-03-03 17:15:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MK NATO GR |
08SKOPJE172 | MACEDONIA: POINTS DELIVERED TO MFA REGARDING UNSC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-04 15:53:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MK KNNP MNUC PARM IR |
08SKOPJE173 | MACEDONIA: PREPARING FOR NIMETZ NAME TALKS, ROUND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-04 16:24:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08SKOPJE174 | CODEL TANNER REVIEWS MACEDONIA'S NATO PROGRESS [...] (U) During CODEL Tanner's February 22 visit to Macedonia, the President, Prime Minister, and other senior Macedonian officials described recent progress in implementing NATO MAP-related reforms, noted continuing high levels of public support for NATO membership, and highlighted Macedonia's suc [...] | 2008-03-05 08:11:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV AA |
08SKOPJE178 | MACEDONIA: "OPERATION DRAGON" BUSTS TIP NETWORK [...] (SBU) The conclusion of the anti-trafficking "Operation Dragon" led to the arrest of 15 Macedonian citizens on trafficking-in-persons (TIP) charges on March 3. The National Anti-TIP Commission credits the use of special investigative measures for the success of the operation and for the colle [...] | 2008-03-06 07:32:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM MK |
08SKOPJE179 | MACEDONIA/GREECE NAME ISSUE: HOPING FOR A MIRACLE, [...] (C) In separate meetings March 6, Macedonia's name negotiator Ambassador Dimitrov and UN mediator Ambassador Nimetz briefed the Charge on the latest round of high level discussions earlier the same day. Still disappointed over the latest Nimetz proposal, Macedonian leaders are not yet prepare [...] | 2008-03-06 16:40:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE18 | MACEDONIA SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-14 13:01:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV UNGA MK |
08SKOPJE181 | MACEDONIA: FISCAL TRANSPARENCY REPORT [...] The GOM has developed a relatively high degree of fiscal transparency, as a result of reforms it has undertaken as part of its effort to join NATO and the European Union. Macedonia, as an EU candidate country, is in the process of raising its budgetary practices to EU standards and receives s [...] | 2008-03-07 16:04:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID ECON PREL PGOV MK |
08SKOPJE186 | MACEDONIA BEFORE MIDNIGHT: ACTING U/S FRIED [...] (C) During March 7 meetings with President Crvenkovski and PM Gruevski, Acting U/S Fried urged both leaders to redouble efforts to close a deal on the name dispute with Greece to avoid a Greek veto of Macedonia's chances for a NATO invitation at the Bucharest summit. He warned that the USG co [...] | 2008-03-11 06:54:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO KV MK |
08SKOPJE19 | MACEDONIA: GROUNDBREAKING AGREEMENT ON JEWISH [...] (SBU) In a groundbreaking agreement with Macedonia's Jewish community concluded December 28, 2007, the Macedonian government (GOM) completed the process of restitution of all heirless Jewish property in the country. Fully satisfied with the decision, the Jewish community is planning to use t [...] | 2008-01-14 13:47:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KIRF MK |
08SKOPJE194 | MACEDONIA: ETHNIC ALBANIAN LEADERS ON NATO AND THE [...] (C) In March 7 meetings with ethnic Albanian leaders Thaci, from junior governing coalition partner DPA, and Ahmeti, from DUI, the Charge stressed the importance of resolving the name dispute with Greece as the key to ensuring Macedonia receives a NATO membership invitation this April. Both Th [...] | 2008-03-12 19:02:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08SKOPJE197 | MACEDONIA: ETHNIC ALBANIAN PARTY EXITS GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Ethnic Albanian junior coalition partner DPA announced March 12 that it would leave the government, citing the failure of PM Gruevski to meet six key DPA demands. Although the DPA exit robs Gruevski of his majority in the parliament, it is likely that the government will wobble but not f [...] | 2008-03-13 17:35:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08SKOPJE198 | MACEDONIA: ETHNIC ALBANIAN PARTY EXITS GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Ethnic Albanian junior coalition partner DPA announced March 12 that it would leave the government, citing the failure of PM Gruevski to meet six key DPA demands. Although the DPA exit robs Gruevski of his majority in the parliament, it is likely that the government will wobble but not f [...] | 2008-03-13 17:35:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08SKOPJE205 | MACEDONIA: MOJ REAFFIRMS ANTI-TIP COMMITMENT [...] (SBU) In a March 10 meeting, Minister of Justice (MOJ) Manevski briefed the Charge on recent MOJ prosecutorial and court consolidation activities that should enhance Macedonia's efforts to combat trafficking-in-persons (TIP). Additionally, on March 12 the National Commission for Combating TIP [...] | 2008-03-14 15:32:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE21 | MACEDONIA: NATIONAL NATO COORDINATOR ON THE NAME [...] (C) Macedonia's NATO Coordinator/Name Negotiator, Nikola Dimitrov, told the Ambassador during a January 11 meeting that it appeared increasingly likely that Greece would veto NATO membership for Macedonia in the absence of a resolution of the name dispute before the NATO summit in April. He sa [...] | 2008-01-14 16:38:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08SKOPJE212 | MACEDONIA: PRESIDENT & PRIME MINISTER ON VIENNA [...] (C) In separate meetings with President Crvenkovski and PM Gruevski on March 17, the Ambassador said the US wants to help Macedonia and Greece reach a compromise on the name issue that will ensure Macedonia receives a NATO invitation at the NATO summit in Bucharest. Time is short, however, and [...] | 2008-03-20 15:14:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE213 | MACEDONIA: ETHNIC ALBANIAN LEADERS ON NATO AND [...] (C) In March 19 meetings with ethnic Albanian leaders Thaci, from junior governing coalition partner DPA, and Ahmeti, from DUI, the Ambassador stressed the importance of maintaining political stability and resolving the name dispute with Greece to secure a NATO membership invitation this April [...] | 2008-03-21 07:18:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR NATO MK |
08SKOPJE22 | MACEDONIA'S NEW VISA REGULATIONS MEET EU [...] (SBU) Macedonia's new Law on Foreigners has caused a stir domestically and in Albania by requiring visas for Albanian travelers to Macedonia to be issued at the Macedonian Embassy in Tirana rather than at border crossings (reftel). In fact, the new law is fully compliant with EU acquis and wil [...] | 2008-01-15 14:15:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SMIG KCRM AL MK GR |
08SKOPJE220 | MACEDONIA: ETHNIC ALBANIAN DPA BACK IN GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) DPA, the ethnic Albanian junior governing coalition partner, announced March 23 it would return to the VMRO-led government of PM Gruevski. The announcement came only 11 days after DPA President Thaci declared that DPA had left the coalition because of PM Gruevski's failure to meet six c [...] | 2008-03-24 16:05:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR NATO MK |
08SKOPJE226 | MACEDONIA: DECENTRALIZATION MOVING FORWARD [...] (SBU) The GOM has successfully decentralized responsibility for a number of government activities to municipal governments, including such key functions as education and social policy. Decentralization of those government activities was a key requirement of the 2001 Ohrid Framework Agreement. [...] | 2008-03-25 13:27:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV ECON USAID MK |
08SKOPJE23 | MACEDONIA: MINISTER OF ECONOMY RESIGNS, IMPACT [...] (SBU) Economy Minister Rafajlovska tendered her resignation on January 14, citing personal reasons for her decision to leave government service after a little more than a year in office. The Minister of Economy is one of two Ministerial positions (along with the Minister of Defense) held by ju [...] | 2008-01-15 14:58:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PINR MK |
08SKOPJE231 | CODEL PRICE'S MACEDONIA MEETINGS [...] (SBU) CODEL Price visited Macedonia March 15 to 18. CODEL members met with parliamentary leaders to advise on effective parliamentary procedures. The CODEL also met with President Crvenkovski, Prime Minister Gruevski, Foreign Minister Milososki, and Defense Minister Elenovski to discuss Mace [...] | 2008-03-27 06:39:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP OVIP KDEM PGOV PREL MK |
08SKOPJE239 | MACEDONIA: "YES" TO NIMETZ PROPOSAL ON THE NAME [...] (C) SUMMARY: The President's and Prime Minister's Chiefs of Staff informed us today that the GOM will accept the latest Nimetz proposal on the name (reftel) without any modifications. Though areas of disagreement remain between the President and PM regarding the substance of the proposal, t [...] | 2008-03-28 16:28:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08SKOPJE240 | MACEDONIA: 110 YEARS IMPRISONMENT FOR TIP GROUP [...] (SBU) The Skopje Appellate Court upheld February 1 the sentences of 21 defendants in the 2007 trafficking-in-persons (TIP) case Jug 2 (reftel). Less than a year after the beginning of the trial, the court system has concluded this high-profile TIP case, giving the 21 defendants a total of ove [...] | 2008-04-01 07:20:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE250 | MACEDONIA: PM GRUEVSKI AFTER THE NATO SUMMIT [...] (SBU) In an April 4 meeting with PM Gruevski in the aftermath of Greece's veto of Macedonia's NATO membership bid at Bucharest, the Ambassador urged the PM to re-engage in the Nimetz process to resolve the name issue as soon as possible. Gruevski said he was willing to re-engage with Nimetz so [...] | 2008-04-04 16:39:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR NATO MK |
08SKOPJE253 | MACEDONIA UNITED, MODERATE FOLLOWING GREEK VETO IN [...] (SBU) Macedonia's leaders, media and intellectuals responded to Greece's decision April 3 to block Macedonia's NATO accession with deep disappointment, but couched in moderate and sober statements. Emotional appeals for national unity and perseverance in implementing reforms have been the mai [...] | 2008-04-07 15:03:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE254 | MACEDONIA: MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ON EARLY [...] (C) FM Milososki informed the Ambassador April 7 that the ruling VMRO-DPMNE party intends to initiate the procedure for early elections. The earliest such elections could be held is between 60 and 90 days after Parliament votes for its dissolution, which could come as early as the end of this [...] | 2008-04-08 09:06:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR NATO MK |
08SKOPJE256 | MACEDONIA: SOLID 2007 ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE [...] (SBU) In 2007, Macedonia's economy performed solidly, with GDP growth rising to 5.1 percent, relatively low inflation, a balanced budget, a 40 percent increase in exports, and a low current account deficit. In the last few months of 2007, however, analysts began noting a worrying trend of both [...] | 2008-04-09 08:16:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL EAID MK |
08SKOPJE262 | MACEDONIA TO HOLD EARLY ELECTIONS JUNE 1; OFFICIAL [...] (SBU) Following two days of debate, the Macedonian Parliament adopted April 12 a decision to disband itself. The decision starts the clock on the first-ever early elections, now set for June 1, since Macedonia's independence 17 years ago. Before stepping down, the MPs authorized the next regu [...] | 2008-04-15 07:17:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR NATO MK |
08SKOPJE265 | MACEDONIAN ECONOMY: PERIOD OF UNCERTAINTY [...] (SBU) Since 2001, the GOM has maintained conservative fiscal and monetary policies. Those policies, agreed with the IMF, have sustained a foundation of economic stability that has supported the GOM's implementation of structural reforms. Over the past few months, Macedonia's inflation rate [...] | 2008-04-16 08:59:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL MK |
08SKOPJE273 | MACEDONIA: IMPLEMENTING NEW RELIGIOUS FREEDOM LAW [...] (SBU) With implementation of an acclaimed new Law on Religious Groups due to begin on May 1, internal opposition is growing against GOM-backed programs and trends perceived as running counter to a clear separation of church and state. Specifically, some government agencies, political parties [...] | 2008-04-18 12:25:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV MK PREL KIRF |
08SKOPJE276 | MACEDONIA: NATO SECGEN ENCOURAGES NAME RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) During his April 21 visit to Skopje, NATO SecGen de Hoop Scheffer pressed his interlocutors to resolve the name issue with Greece before July 9 in order to allow Macedonia to join Albania and Croatia in signing their NATO accession protocols on that date. He urged them to continue the na [...] | 2008-04-22 13:32:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE284 | MACEDONIA ON TURKEY CHANGE OF STATUS AT THE EBRD [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-24 11:58:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL MK |
08SKOPJE287 | MACEDONIA: ETHNIC ALBANIAN LEADER AHMETI ON [...] (SBU) During an April 23 meeting with eAlbanian DUI President Ali Ahmeti to discuss upcoming parliamentary elections in Macedonia (septel),the Ambassador reiterated earlier Embassy appeals to DUI to encourage Albanian party leaders in the Presevo Valley to take part in Serbia's May 11 electio [...] | 2008-04-24 13:59:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MK |
08SKOPJE290 | MACEDONIA: PM GRUEVSKI ON ELECTIONS, NAME DISPUTE, [...] (C) During an April 24 meeting, the Ambassador urged PM Gruevski to work for free, fair, and peaceful parliamentary elections on June 1. She also asked him to ensure his government refrained from provocative actions/statements that could make it more difficult to resolve the name dispute with [...] | 2008-04-25 14:31:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO ETRD MK GR |
08SKOPJE292 | MACEDONIA: EARLY ELECTIONS PREPARATIONS IN FULL [...] (SBU) In a series of meetings with Macedonia's political leaders April 21-23, the Ambassador and DCM urged all parties to ensure free, fair and non-violent parliamentary elections on June 1. Although the official campaign period begins May 11, parties already are floating their campaign platfo [...] | 2008-04-30 09:40:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINR NATO MK |
08SKOPJE299 | MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR FM MILOSOSKI'S MAY 6-7 [...] (SBU) FM Milososki's visit comes at a time when pro-U.S. sentiment in Macedonia is at its highest level in recent years. President Bush's solid support for Macedonia's NATO candidacy at Bucharest, coupled with subsequent U.S. actions to demonstrate our support for a fair and speedy resolution [...] | 2008-05-02 13:17:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR KV |
08SKOPJE301 | MACEDONIA: CHARTER FLIGHT BARRED FROM GREEK [...] (SBU) On April 28, an Egypt-bound Macedonian Airlines (MAT) charter flight was denied overflight rights for Greece without any explanation. This first-ever denial of overflight rights, coupled with other irritants such as the lack of a Greek government reply to Macedonia's request to purchase [...] | 2008-05-02 14:33:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO EAIR MK GR |
08SKOPJE304 | MACEDONIA'S SUCCESSFUL ANTI-TIP RECORD: THE CASE [...] (SBU) This is a request for reconsideration or guidance. 2. (SBU) Embassy Skopje has worked intensively with the Macedonian government (GOM) to bring their anti-trafficking efforts up to international standards. We have documented Macedonia's success in meeting Tier 1 criteria for prosecut [...] | 2008-05-05 13:34:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE307 | MACEDONIA: INFORMATION ON FORCED OR CHILD LABOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-07 07:39:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI MK |
08SKOPJE31 | MACEDONIA: CONTINUED KOSOVO CONTINGENCY PLANNING [...] (C) The GOM continues to focus on planning for the possible implications of an independent Kosovo (reftel). In a January 11 meeting with the Ambassador, FM Antonio Milososki discussed GOM actions to prepare the Macedonian public for eventual Kosovo independence, to counter impacts on trade of [...] | 2008-01-16 18:13:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | KV PGOV PREL ETRD MK |
08SKOPJE310 | MACEDONIA: NATO SIDELINE DISCUSSIONS OVERSHADOW [...] (SBU) Macedonia's President hosted the 15th Summit of Presidents of Central European States, May 2-3, in Ohrid. Seventeen states, spanning a geographic region from Germany to Ukraine, participated in the meeting. Kosovo is not yet a member of the group, and was not invited to participate. Th [...] | 2008-05-07 15:19:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE311 | MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR USAID ADMINISTRATOR [...] (SBU) Ambassador Milovanovic and the Embassy Skopje team look forward to welcoming you to Macedonia. Your visit comes at a time when pro-U.S. sentiment in Macedonia is at its highest level in recent years. President Bush's solid support for Macedonia's NATO candidacy at Bucharest, coupled w [...] | 2008-05-08 15:43:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE312 | MACEDONIA: 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] Post is aware of one outstanding claim of a U.S. person against the Government of Macedonia (GOM). This dispute remains unchanged from last year's report (ref B). 2. a. Claimant A. b. This dispute arose in April 2007, when the GOM decided to end a concession previously granted to Claim [...] | 2008-05-09 08:00:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV MK |
08SKOPJE314 | MACEDONIA: ELECTION COALITIONS READY FOR MAY 11 [...] (SBU) A week before the May 11 official kick-off of the election campaign (reftel),the State Electoral Committee (SEC) approved 19 party lists, including the VMRO-led coalition "For Better Macedonia" and the opposition SDSM-led "SUN - Coalition for Europe." Minority and small parties traditi [...] | 2008-05-09 12:58:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE317 | MACEDONIA: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY [...] Food prices in Macedonia have increased significantly over the past year, especially for grains, dairy products, meats, cooking oil and eggs. Rapidly increasing prices for these products have led to a significantly higher overall inflation rate of 10 percent. So far, however, these price inc [...] | 2008-05-13 07:49:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD PREL PGOV MK |
08SKOPJE32 | MACEDONIA: GETTING TO "YES" ON NATO MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) A NATO invitation for Macedonia would strengthen domestic reforms and inter-ethnic relations here, bolstering Macedonia's positive influence as a factor for regional stability as Kosovo status develops. NATO Ambassadors in Skopje share that view, and believe Macedonia has met NATO perform [...] | 2008-01-17 10:13:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08SKOPJE320 | MACEDONIA: IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1803 DELAYED BY EARLY ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-14 11:53:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR MK AORC |
08SKOPJE327 | MACEDONIA: PRESIDENT CRVENKOVSKI ON [...] (C) President Crvenkovski told the Ambassador during a meeting May 15 he believed the parliament had not prepared adequatedly for early elections in Macedonia on June 1. He expressed serious concerns about intra-Albanian DUI-DPA violence that had marred the beginning of the election campaign [...] | 2008-05-16 09:03:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MK |
08SKOPJE328 | MACEDONIA: TROUBLED START TO ELECTION CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) The State Electoral Committee (SEC) gave the green light to the May 11 election campaign kick-off (reftel) with the publication of the 18 candidate lists. Tensions rose in northwest Macedonia, where ethnic Albanian parties DUI and, to a far lesser extent, DPA have suffered a number of vi [...] | 2008-05-16 12:00:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE332 | MACEDONIA: AMBASSADOR PRESSES PM GRUEVSKI ON [...] (C) The Ambassador and EUSR Fouere jointly demarched PM Gruevski May 15 to urge him to take rapid and effective action to deter intra-Albanian election-related violence (reftels) and to adequately fund and staff state electoral administration and monitoring institutions. Gruevski said he woul [...] | 2008-05-19 13:33:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MK |
08SKOPJE333 | AMBASSADOR AND EUSR URGE ETHNIC ALBANIAN LEADERS [...] (C) Summary. On May 16, the Ambassador and EU Special Representative Erwan Fouere met jointly in separate meetings with ethnic Albanian party leaders Menduh Thaci and Ali Ahmeti to urge them to use their influence to end the violence in the parliamentary election campaign (ref B). Thaci compl [...] | 2008-05-19 13:36:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MK |
08SKOPJE339 | MACEDONIA'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION TROUBLES [...] (SBU) In the run up to the June 1 parliamentary election, tensions between ethnic Albanian parties DUI and DPA continued sporadically over the past week, with DUI sustaining most of the property damage to its facilities. The State Electoral Committee (SEC) announced May 20 the completion of ac [...] | 2008-05-23 11:18:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE345 | MACEDONIAN MOI ON ELECTION CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS [...] (C) On May 26, DCM Navratil, EUSR Fouere, and ODIHR Ambassador Barry met jointly with Minister of Interior Gordana Jankulovska to discuss the continuing incidents of violence and intimidation related to the parliamentary election campaign. Jankulovska agreed that the incidents are damaging t [...] | 2008-05-27 15:15:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MK |
08SKOPJE346 | MACEDONIA: PRESSING FOR IMMEDIATE HALT TO CAMPAIGN [...] (C) In a May 26 meeting with PM Gruevski and eAlbanian DPA President Thaci, the Ambassador urged an immediate halt to recent intra-Albanian campaign violence and intimidation that could lead to a failing grade for Macedonia's June 1 snap elections. She warned that the USG would find it difficul [...] | 2008-05-28 10:14:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MK |
08SKOPJE347 | MACEDONIA: TEXTBOOKS AND LENDING LIBRARY FOR ROMA [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Skopje proposes granting 20,000 USD of the FY 2008 PRM Julia V. Taft Fund for Refugees toward the purchase of school textbooks for 395 Roma refugee children. The textbooks will promote access to education for Roma students for the 2008/9 academic year, and the creation of a l [...] | 2008-05-28 12:28:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PHUM MK |
08SKOPJE356 | MACEDONIA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN ENDS ON A LOW NOTE [...] (SBU) The final week before the June 1 parliamentary elections has been marked by continued tensions between ethnic Albanian parties DUI and DPA. Although DUI property sustained most of the damage, there also were reports of DUI activist violence against an ethnic Macedonian spectator at a Ma [...] | 2008-05-30 12:15:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE359 | MACEDONIA'S ELECTIONS: RULING PARTY WINS, COUNTRY [...] (SBU) Macedonia's June 1 snap parliamentary elections resulted in an expected victory and absolute majority for the ruling VMRO party. Despite numerous international community (IC) and media appeals for free and fair elections in the run-up to Election Day (reftel),voting was marred by numer [...] | 2008-06-02 17:06:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE360 | MACEDONIA: FOREIGN MINISTER ASKS U.S. TO INFLUENCE [...] (C) Following the June 1 early Parliamentary elections, marred by violence and fraud (reftel),FM Milososki called to ask the Ambassador to influence the initial ODIHR report on the elections, due out later that day. Specifically, he asked the Ambassador to ensure that the report adopted his [...] | 2008-06-03 13:01:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR NATO MK |
08SKOPJE361 | MACEDONIA: PM GRUEVSKI PLEDGES CLEAN ELECTION [...] (C) In the wake of seriously flawed early parliamentary elections held June 1 (reftel),PM Gruevski told the Ambassador that he will not pursue coalition talks until free and fair re-runs are held at all polling stations where problems were noted. He said ongoing law enforcement actions would [...] | 2008-06-03 13:27:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MK |
08SKOPJE364 | MACEDONIA: OPPOSITION LEADER STEPS DOWN FOLLOWING [...] (SBU) Following her party's defeat in the June 1 early parliamentary elections (reftel),Radmila Sekerinska, President of the largest opposition party, the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM),stepped down on June 3. Sekerinska conceded ruling party VMRO's landslide victory, but noted [...] | 2008-06-04 15:02:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO PINR MK |
08SKOPJE366 | MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR USAID ADMINISTRATOR [...] (SBU) Ambassador Milovanovic and the Embassy Skopje interagency team welcome you to Macedonia. Your visit comes at a time when U.S. influence in Macedonia is higher than at any time in recent memory. President Bush's solid support for Macedonia's NATO candidacy at the NATO Summit in Buchare [...] | 2008-06-05 13:22:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE368 | MACEDONIA: PLANNING FOR ELECTION RE-RUNS, MORE [...] (SBU) Working nearly non-stop for 48 hours, the State Electoral Committee (SEC) by June 6 had ordered election re-runs in 98 polling stations (PSs),due to violence and intimidation or other irregularities that marred the June 1 elections (reftels). In the meantime, the police have charged 88 [...] | 2008-06-06 12:37:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE372 | MACEDONIA: STATE ELECTORAL COMMISSION RULES ON [...] (SBU) Following a review of political parties' complaints of irregularities and violence during the June 1 parliamentary elections (reftel),the State Electoral Commission has invalidated voting in 196 polling stations. The SEC decision opens a window for as many as 170,000 voters in northwes [...] | 2008-06-10 13:22:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE388 | MACEDONIA: SUPREME COURT SHOWS BIAS IN [...] (SBU) In a biased decision for which little justification was offered, the Supreme Court overturned the State Electoral Commission's (SEC's) decision to invalidate voting in 11 polling stations cited for fraud and/or violence in the June 1 parliamentary elections. The Court's decision decrease [...] | 2008-06-13 14:05:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE389 | MACEDONIA: AMBASSADOR AND EUSR PRESS ALBANIAN [...] (C) The Ambassador and EUSR Fouere jointly pressed DUI's Ahmeti and DPA's Thaci on June 13 to instruct their supporters to exercise restraint and to demonstrate orderly conduct that would produce free, fair and peaceful election re-runs on June 15. Ahmeti said the government and DPA activists [...] | 2008-06-13 17:05:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MK |
08SKOPJE390 | MACEDONIA: AMBASSADOR & EUSR PRESS ALBANIAN [...] (C) The Ambassador and EUSR Fouere jointly pressed DUI's Ahmeti and DPA's Thaci on June 13 to instruct their supporters to exercise restraint and to demonstrate orderly conduct that would produce free, fair and peaceful election re-runs on June 15. Ahmeti said the government and DPA activists [...] | 2008-06-13 17:18:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MK |
08SKOPJE394 | MACEDONIA: ELECTION RE-RUNS PASS MUSTER; [...] (SBU) The conduct of voting in parliamentary election re-runs on June 15 improved substantially compared to the June 1 elections, which had been marred by violence, intimidation and widespread electoral fraud. Significantly and visibly increased police presence created a safer, more secure vo [...] | 2008-06-17 08:31:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE399 | MACEDONIA: INPUT FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION [...] (SBU) In response to the request for information on Macedonia's commitment to human rights and fundamental freedoms for the OSCE's annual Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (reftel),Post offers the following summary of progress in areas of democratic development, human rights, religious [...] | 2008-06-18 13:29:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM OSCE PGOV KDEM PREL MK |
08SKOPJE402 | MACEDONIA: UPDATED P5+1 PACKAGE CONVEYED; [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-20 09:23:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM IR MK |
08SKOPJE411 | MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR EUR DAS DICARLO'S JUNE [...] (SBU) Welcome back to Skopje! The country is slowly recovering from the post-election blues it suffered after the badly-flawed June 1 early Parliamentary elections. Re-run elections on June 15, despite incidents of group, proxy, and family voting, were an improvement over the June 1 balloting, [...] | 2008-06-24 09:07:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE414 | MACEDONIA TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-27 09:16:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO |
08SKOPJE418 | MACEDONIA: SECOND PARLIAMENTARY RE-RUNS -- MORE [...] (SBU) The June 29 second round of re-runs of the June 1 Parliamentary elections were again marked by instances of serious electoral irregularities (reftel). Although the security environment was improved compared to the June 1 elections, static monitoring by international observer teams did [...] | 2008-06-30 15:37:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE423 | MACEDONIA: KOSOVO RECOGNITION TIMING STILL [...] (C) P/E Chief delivered reftel points on Kosovo recognition to MFA State Secretary Igor Ilievski on July 1. Ilievski said the GOM was pleased with progress on Kosovo-Macedonia border demarcation, particularly the laying of the first boundary marker at the Albania-Macedonia-Kosovo tri-point on [...] | 2008-07-02 11:22:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KV MK |
08SKOPJE428 | MACEDONIA: UPDATED CONTACT INFORMATION FOR LEADING [...] (U) Per reftel, names, titles and contact numbers for leading government officials. 2. (SBU) Country: Republic of Macedonia Date: July 1, 2008 Head of Government Family name: Gruevski First name: Nikola Formal Title: Prime Minister Personal cell: 389-70-401-462 [...] | 2008-07-03 15:20:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL MK |
08SKOPJE433 | MACEDONIA WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATES IN UPU [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-07 13:22:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC ECON ETRD WTRO MK |
08SKOPJE434 | MACEDONIA: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] (U) This message contains an action request in paragraph 3. 2. (U) PolOff informed MFA Director for Multilateral Affairs Svetlana Geleva, per reftel, that India and Jordan are new partner nations to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI). In response to reftel's request f [...] | 2008-07-07 13:32:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM PTER KGIC KNNP JO IN RS MK |
08SKOPJE435 | DAS DICARLO DISCUSSES GOVERNMENT FORMATION, NAME [...] (C) DAS DiCarlo visited Skopje June 27 and met separately with: Prime Minister Gruevski and FM Milososki; President Crvenkovski; DUI leader Ali Ahmeti; DPA leader Menduh Thaci; SDSM Vice President Jani Makraduli; and name negotiator Dimitrov. Gruevski is in the process of determining whethe [...] | 2008-07-07 13:41:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MK |
08SKOPJE436 | MACEDONIA: POSITIVE STEP AS VMRO AND DUI AGREE ON [...] (C) VMRO and eAlbanian DUI have agreed on a new governing coalition which will focus on economic development, Euro-Atlantic integration, Framework Implementation (FWA),and several DUI priorities, including a Law on the Use of Languages and resolving the status of victims of the 2001 conflict. [...] | 2008-07-07 13:51:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MK |
08SKOPJE438 | MACEDONIA: RUMORED PLANS FOR CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (U) This is a request for policy guidance (see paragraph 5). 2. (S/NF) According to a wide range of credible sources, PM Gruevski's VMRO-led coalition plans to amend the constitution to allow for indirect election, by parliament, of the President (head of state). VMRO's new coalition part [...] | 2008-07-08 13:57:00 | Embassy Skopje | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MK |
08SKOPJE453 | MACEDONIA: PM GRUEVSKI SUBMITS NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) PM Gruevski's new government program, submitted to parliament on July 12, is heavy on economic goals but also includes a commitment to Euro-Atlantic integration, resolving the name dispute with Greece, combating crime and corruption, improving inter-ethnic relations (including Framework [...] | 2008-07-14 15:41:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINR MK |
08SKOPJE461 | MACEDONIA: RESOLVING THE NAME ISSUE -- BACK TO [...] (C) In order to maximize chances for resolving the name issue by the December NATO NAC, we recommend the following: --getting UN mediator Nimetz to refocus talks on the core issues of a name formulation and scope of use; --dealing with "peripheral" issues after the name issue has been reso [...] | 2008-07-17 15:39:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MK GR |
08SKOPJE463 | MACEDONIA: CHOD'S CONCERNS ABOUT IMPACT OF MOD [...] (S/NF) The GOM's July 15 budget rebalance transfers 14 million euros from the MOD to the MOI, heavily impacting future Macedonian military readiness, and calling into question its ability to meet its commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan. According to CHOD LTG Stojanovski, it also suggests the [...] | 2008-07-18 11:21:00 | Embassy Skopje | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE464 | MACEDONIA: ARREST OF OPPOSITION VP PROMPTS [...] (SBU) Zoran Zaev, Vice President of opposition party SDSM and rumored next leader of the party, was arrested on 17 July along with five associates on charges of corruption and abuse of official position related to financial gains from a tender for a shopping mall in Strumica, where Zaev serve [...] | 2008-07-18 13:14:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MK |
08SKOPJE473 | MACEDONIA: FM MILOSOSKI ASSURES AMBASSADOR THAT [...] (SBU) Macedonia remains "NATO-ready" despite apparent recent steps away from democratization and a supplemental budget re-balance that directed funds away from the Ministry of Defense, according to Foreign Minister Milososki in his July 22 meeting with the Ambassador. He sought to deflect our [...] | 2008-07-24 15:22:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE48 | MACEDONIA OFFERS EXPANDED CBM'S TO GREECE ON NAME [...] (SBU) During bilateral talks on the name issue in Ohrid January 21, Macedonia offered Greece an expanded set of confidence-building measures (CBMs),including a joint committee to review and update historical textbooks; proposed high-level and working-level meetings and agreements on a range o [...] | 2008-01-22 11:10:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NATO GR MK |
08SKOPJE486 | MACEDONIA: PM GRUEVSKI REAFFIRMS STANCE ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: Macedonia remains committed to its NATO and EU orientation, PM Gruevski told the Ambassador July 25. He rejected claims that the GOM is stepping away from its democratic obligations, citing opposition intransigence and unpopularity. The PM insisted the recent budget rebalancing [...] | 2008-07-28 15:00:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO PARM EINT MK KV |
08SKOPJE491 | MACEDONIA/GREECE: WHAT THE MACEDONIANS NEED TO [...] (C) Embassy Skopje assesses that in the context of an agreement that clears the way for NATO membership and the start of EU accession talks, the Macedonian government would ultimately accept the following terms: -- Name: Republic of Northern Macedonia (or: Republic of North Macedonia) -- [...] | 2008-07-29 15:31:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO GR MK |
08SKOPJE492 | MACEDONIA: NEW GOVERNMENT LINEUP [...] (U) Summary: In the absence of the opposition parties, the Macedonian Parliament approved the new VMRO-DPMNE/DUI coalition on July 26. Much of the new cabinet lineup is familiar, with many key officials returning for a second term. This message provides biographical information for the ne [...] | 2008-07-29 16:08:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NATO MK PINR |
08SKOPJE495 | MACEDONIA: 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: HIGH-LEVEL [...] (U) As requested reftel on planned high-level attendance at the 63rd UN General Assembly, please find below planned GOM attendance. A. Head of State, President Branko Crvenkovski, will attend UNGA. -- Branko Crvenkovski, President -- Arrival September 19, 2008; departure September 25 [...] | 2008-07-30 15:28:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA MK |
08SKOPJE496 | MACEDONIA PASSES LANGUAGE LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: In a surprise action on a long-standing ethnic Albanian objective, the Macedonian Parliament adopted a new language law on July 25. The law consolidates existing language use provisions from other laws and adds new provisions for use of minority languages in the Parliament an [...] | 2008-07-31 11:22:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE501 | MACEDONIA TO REVIEW HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRESS AHEAD OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-05 11:36:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV OSCE PHUM KDEM |
08SKOPJE502 | MACEDONIA: NEW GI MEMBER INFORMATION CONVEYED; GOM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-05 11:38:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PARM PTER KGIC KNNP MCAP PINS MK |
08SKOPJE503 | MACEDONIA WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR IPCC WG [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-05 11:41:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KGHG KSCA SENV AORC MK |
08SKOPJE504 | MACEDONIA: MOJ MAY ATTEND UNCAC INTERGOVERNMENTAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-05 11:44:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KCRM EINT KJUS MK |
08SKOPJE507 | MACEDONIA: ANGRY SDSM RETURNS TO PARLIAMENT AS [...] (C) President Crvenkovski reached agreement August 1 with the main opposition party SDSM to end its boycott of parliament and the Association of Local Self-Government Units (ZELS). The party returned in exchange for a presidential pardon on all charges against SDSM VP and Strumica mayor Zoran [...] | 2008-08-07 05:50:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE513 | MACEDONIA: ANGRY SDSM RETURNS TO PARLIAMENT AS [...] (C) President Crvenkovski reached agreement August 1 with the main opposition party SDSM to end its boycott of parliament and the Association of Local Self-Government Units (ZELS). The party returned in exchange for a presidential pardon on all charges against SDSM VP and Strumica mayor Zoran [...] | 2008-08-07 14:10:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE519 | MACEDONIA PREPARED TO CONTINUE WITH ADRIATIC CHARTER, BUT [...] (SBU) Per reftel, we discussed the future of the Adriatic Charter August 13 with Zoran Dabik, MFA Director for Political-Security Cooperation and Multilateral Affairs. Dabik responded that Macedonia was prepared to participate eagerly in a new Adriatic Charter arrangement with Montenegro, Bosn [...] | 2008-08-13 13:54:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR NATO PGOV HR AL MK |
08SKOPJE52 | MACEDONIA: HEROIN SEIZURE MAY PROVIDE LEADS TO [...] (SBU) Macedonian police arrested a Macedonian citizen and seized 23.6 kilos of heroin during a traffic stop on the Skopje-Tetovo highway on 15 January. The seizure stemmed from a September 2007 investigation into an organized drug-trafficking operation running drugs from Turkey through Bulg [...] | 2008-01-22 16:08:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MK PGOV SNAR KCRM |
08SKOPJE522 | HMONG-AMERICANS RECRUIT "TROUBLEMAKERS" FROM THAI [...] (C) Summary: Unidentified Hmong-Americans are said to be recruiting Hmong from the holding camp in Thailand's Petchabun Province to return to Laos to stage incidents apparently in support of the three-decade-old but failing Hmong insurgency. The Embassy is working to gather more information. [...] | 2008-08-15 05:44:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MK MN KV EU MA PO |
08SKOPJE525 | MACEDONIA CONTINUES FIGHT AGAINST TIP; NEW [...] (SBU) Macedonia continues to make progress in fighting trafficking in persons (TIP),aggressively pursuing traffickers in a wave of recent arrests and prosecutions, many involving minor victims. Additionally, the GOM's Anti-TIP Commission has worked with the Ministry of Labor and Social Poli [...] | 2008-08-18 12:50:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MK |
08SKOPJE53 | MACEDONIA: LATEST POLLS FUEL EARLY ELECTION [...] (SBU) Recent opinion polls showing continuing strong support for PM Gruevski personally, despite a slight drop in support for his government, have intensified local speculation that the Prime Minister will call for snap elections after the NATO Summit in Bucharest this April. Support for the g [...] | 2008-01-22 16:42:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MK |
08SKOPJE538 | MACEDONIA: CRVENKOVSKI POSITIVE ON NAME NEGOTIATIONS, PLANS [...] (C) UN Name Negotiator Nimetz's latest proposals are workable but the clock is ticking, President Crvenkovski told the Ambassador August 22. Macedonia can compromise on the name and its scope of use, but not on the adjective ("Macedonian") to describe the country's language and people. Howeve [...] | 2008-08-25 15:19:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MK GG RS |
08SKOPJE54 | MACEDONIA REMAINS COMMITTED TO IRAQ DEPLOYMENTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-23 16:43:00 | Embassy Skopje | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS IZ MK |
08SKOPJE55 | MACEDONIA: EXPECTATIONS FOR KOSOVO [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel points to DUI President Ali Ahmeti, head of the largest and most influential ethnic Albanian opposition party in Macedonia, on January 22. She noted DUI's past constructive support for the Kosovo status process, and pointed out that the next several months would [...] | 2008-01-23 16:44:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KV MK |
08SKOPJE556 | GEORGIA: MACEDONIA SUPPORTS GEORGIA QUIETLY, ALSO SEEKS [...] (C) Charge called on FonMin Milososki Sept. 3 to reinforce reftel points condemning Russia's recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and called on the GoM to make a forceful public statement to that effect. Milososki replied that "we will never recognize" these territories, and Macedonia wan [...] | 2008-09-04 05:23:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS MK |
08SKOPJE557 | KOSOVO: MACEDONIA READY TO RECOGNIZE WITH MONTENEGRO, WILL [...] (C) Summary: Macedonia may be ready to recognize Kosovo by late September and may do so with Montenegro, FonMin Milososki told Charge Sept. 3. Demarcation is proceeding well. Macedonia opposes Serbia's UNGA resolution calling for ICJ review of Kosovo's independence, but has not decided whethe [...] | 2008-09-04 05:23:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNGA SR KV MK |
08SKOPJE558 | MACEDONIA DETERMINED TO SIGN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT [...] (C) Charge called on FonMin Milososki Sept. 3 to press on ref a demarche asking Macedonia to postpone signing a strategic partnership agreement with Turkey. While the U.S. welcomes such an agreement and strong Macedonia-Turkey ties, the timing -- just prior to UNGA and with the Nimetz process [...] | 2008-09-04 05:24:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR TU MK |
08SKOPJE559 | MACEDONIA: LEADERSHIP CRISIS IN ISLAMIC COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) On the eve of Ramadan the reinstatement of Skopje Mufti Taxhedin Bislimi by Islamic Community of Macedonia (ICM) President Sulejman Rexhepi marked an easing of tensions over leadership of the organization. The two sides had carried out a bitter battle in the media and in a letter-writin [...] | 2008-09-04 13:04:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE56 | MACEDONIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AND GREEK AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) During a January 18 MFA briefing for NATO Ambassadors in Skopje, Greek Ambassador Papadopolou engaged FM Milososki in a diplomatic but pointed exchange on Macedonia's NATO candidacy. Omitting direct discussion of the "name issue," the Greek Ambassador instead focused on what she charact [...] | 2008-01-24 07:21:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MK |
08SKOPJE57 | MACEDONIA: NEW MINISTER OF ECONOMY BRINGS LITTLE [...] (SBU) Junior governing coalition partner NSDP has named Predrag Trpeski to replace previous Minister of Economy Rafajlovska, who resigned on January 14 (reftel). Minister-designate Trpeski has served as Deputy Minister of Finance since September 2006. His relative youth and inexperience may a [...] | 2008-01-24 08:25:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR MK |
08SKOPJE574 | MACEDONIA SOLDIERS SERVING IN IRAQ [...] (S) CDA conveyed points in reftel para. 8 to PM Gruevski on Sept. 11, emphazing deep U.S. appreciation for the outstanding service that Macedonia's soldiers have been providing as part of coalition forces in Iraq. Gruevski asked several clarifying questions and understands that due to the imp [...] | 2008-09-12 10:38:00 | Embassy Skopje | SECRET | MOPS PREL PGOV PARM MK |
08SKOPJE575 | MACEDONIA: SUPPORT FOR USG POSITIONS IN UNGA THIRD [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-12 13:56:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MK |
08SKOPJE576 | MACEDONIA: SUPPORT FOR U.S. PRIORITIES IN THE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-12 13:58:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA MK |
08SKOPJE577 | DPA CRACKS UP [...] (SBU) Summary: Ethnic Albanian DPA Vice Presidents Imer Selmani and Ruzhdi Matoshi have left the party to form a new one based on "ideas and values," breaking from what they call the thuggish politics of DPA leader Menduh Thaci. Selmani and Matoshi have so far pulled with them a total of three [...] | 2008-09-15 05:23:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL MK AL KV |
08SKOPJE58 | MACEDONIA: NATO READINESS ASSESSMENT [...] (C) Macedonia has made steady progress on NATO-related reform tasks over the past year, including implementation of most of the May 29 Agreement between governing VMRO and opposition DUI (ref A). Implementation of the 2001 Framework Agreement is on track, with timely progress on decentralizat [...] | 2008-01-24 10:37:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL |
08SKOPJE59 | MACEDONIA: DUI'S AHMETI ON MAY 29 AGREEMENT AND [...] (C) In a January 22 meeting, the Ambassador urged DUI president Ahmeti not to continue to link resolution of the two remaining outstanding requirements of the May 29 Agreement between DUI and governing VMRO -- a draft language law and the social package for victims of conflict (ref A). The Amb [...] | 2008-01-24 12:12:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MK |
08SKOPJE590 | MACEDONIA: ALI AHMETI SPEAKS OUT ON COALITION DYNAMICS [...] (SBU) Summary: The GoM's decision to prosecute the four cases which the ICTY recently decided not to pursue is a clear violation of the 2002 amnesty law and threatens inter-ethnic relations, ethnic Albanian DUI Party leader Ali Ahmeti told visiting NAVEUR ADM Fitzgerald on Sept 17. Despite his [...] | 2008-09-23 05:22:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL MK AL KV |
08SKOPJE592 | MACEDONIA: GRUEVSKI READY TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO IN OCTOBER, [...] (C) Summary: Macedonia wants to recognize Kosovo along with Montenegro and possibly Portugal, but this will likely not happen until mid-October, PM Gruevski told the Charge Sept. 21. Gruevski said he is coordinating closely with Montenegrin PM Djukanovic, and is delaying at his request. Gruev [...] | 2008-09-23 15:39:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SR KV MK PO MW GR |
08SKOPJE600 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY GATES' OCT 7-8 VISIT TO MACEDONIA [...] (S) Summary: Macedonia faces an uncertain international future, quiet but deep-seated domestic divisions, and an economy still struggling to reach full potential. Their appreciation for U.S. support and friendship remains very strong. We have concerns about recent GoM steps in rule of law, r [...] | 2008-10-01 11:05:00 | Embassy Skopje | SECRET | PREL MOPS MK |
08SKOPJE601 | AMBASSADOR MEETS MACEDONIAN LEADERSHIP AS [...] (C) In their first official meeting, PM Gruevski told the Ambassador Sept. 29 that NATO and EU membership remain the GoM's top strategic priorities, adding that despite their political differences he and President Crvenkovski have a similar strategic view of the name issue with Greece. Gruevsk [...] | 2008-10-01 18:55:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KAWC ENRG MK GR KV SR MW RS |
08SKOPJE606 | MACEDONIA: PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER IN BITTER PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary: The Macedonian leadership -- PM Gruevski and President Crvenkovski -- are deadlocked on how to proceed with the name talks with Greece, name negotiator Dimitrov told the Ambassador Sept. 30. UN Negotiator Nimetz will reportedly present a "take it or leave it" proposal to both side [...] | 2008-10-06 06:25:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MK GR |
08SKOPJE607 | MACEDONIA: RETURNED ICTY CASES THREATEN BOTH RULING [...] (SBU) Summary: The four war crimes case files recently returned to Macedonian jurisdiction by the ICTY are threatening to fracture the new coalition between the largest ethnic Macedonian party, VMRO-DPMNE, and its ethnic Albanian partner, DUI. One of the four cases has already proceeded to t [...] | 2008-10-06 06:41:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KAWC MK |
08SKOPJE614 | MACEDONIA: KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA [...] (C) Ambassador Reeker made points in reftels to Foreign Minister Milososki on the evening of Oct. 6. DCM followed up with DPM Bocevski on Oct. 7. Macedonia will not support the resolution. Milososki and Bosevski indicated that although Macedonia had not yet made its final decision, it most l [...] | 2008-10-07 13:40:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA UN KV MK |
08SKOPJE616 | MACEDONIA TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO OCTOBER 9 [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki informed Ambassador Reeker that Macedonia expects to formally recognize Kosovo in a joint announcement with Montenegro tomorrow (Oct 9). Milososki said there would be a session of Parliament beginning 1100 Oct 9, to discuss/recommend recognition; the p [...] | 2008-10-08 17:02:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA UN KV MK MT |
08SKOPJE617 | MACEDONIA: DPA LEADER THACI ON ICTY CASES, NAME [...] (SBU) Summary: The prosecution of the returned Hague cases by the Macedonian justice system is a violation of the 2002 amnesty law, ethnic Albanian DPA leader Menduh Thaci told Ambassador Reeker in their first meeting October 3. Thaci also said the October 2 meeting of the four major political [...] | 2008-10-09 14:05:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO PGOV PHUM PREL KV AL MK |
08SKOPJE618 | MACEDONIA: CRVENKOVSKI URGES POSITIVE U.S. [...] (C) Summary: The U.S. and other close allies should press both Athens and Skopje to consider the latest UN Mediator's name proposal positively, President Crvenkovski urged the Ambassador in an Oct. 9 meeting. Crvenkovski admitted not knowing the full content of the package, but even though it [...] | 2008-10-09 14:07:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MK GR MT KV |
08SKOPJE619 | MACEDONIA: DUI'S AHMETI STILL WORRIED ON HAGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Macedonian government is forming a task force to determine if the 2002 amnesty law should apply to the four cases returned to Macedonia by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY),ethnic Albanian DUI Party leader Ali Ahmeti told Ambassador Reeker [...] | 2008-10-09 14:12:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO PGOV PHUM PREL KV AL MK |
08SKOPJE621 | MACEDONIA: GI-EPG NOVEMBER MEETING INFORMATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-10 07:15:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PARM PTER KGIC KNNP MCAP PINS MK |
08SKOPJE64 | MACEDONIA: READOUT OF JANUARY 21 NIMETZ TALKS ON [...] (C) The January 21 talks in Ohrid on the name issue between Skopje and Athens resulted in no new substantive developments, although UN Special Negotiator Nimetz characterized the discussions as positive (ref A). The Macedonian side offered a new list of CBMs as a goodwill gesture and is await [...] | 2008-01-25 10:09:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MK GR |
08SKOPJE66 | MACEDONIA: NEW ERA IN LABOR RELATIONS [...] (SBU) The GOM and the Federation of Free Trade Unions (KCC) signed a collective bargaining agreement for public sector workers on January 16. The agreement will not directly increase civil servants' wages or benefits, since the GOM is already providing public employees with a 34 percent wage [...] | 2008-01-28 11:25:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM ECON EAID PGOV MK |
08SKOPJE669 | MACEDONIA: FORMER PRESIDENT GLIGOROV CALLS FOR [...] (SBU) Still sharp and spry at 91, former President Kiro Gligorov met with Ambassador Reeker November 3 to welcome him back to Macedonia and to share his views on the current political situation and prospects for the future. Gligorov expressed his disappointment in the current Government's lac [...] | 2008-11-05 14:42:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE673 | DAS STUART JONES VISIT TO SKOPJE, OCTOBER 27-29 [...] (C) Summary: In addition to discussions on the name issue, Macedonian leaders discussed regional, economic, and bilateral issues with EUR DAS Jones during his October 27-29 visit. GoM officials pressed for further development of the Trade Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) U.S. cooperation [...] | 2008-11-06 14:52:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PGOV PHUM PREL KV AL MK |
08SKOPJE675 | MACEDONIA: COUNTRY DUCKS FIRST WAVE OF FINANCIAL CRISIS, [...] The first wave of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) passed Macedonia with no significant impact owing largely to the country's limited links to major global financial markets. However, postponed foreign direct investment, withdrawn portfolio investment from the Macedonian Stock Exchange (MSE),[...] | 2008-11-06 15:29:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON PREL EAID MK |
08SKOPJE68 | MACEDONIA: POINTS DELIVERED ON OUTREACH TO PRIVATE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-28 12:43:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER KGIC IAEA |
08SKOPJE696 | MACEDONIA SUES GREECE IN INTERNATIONAL COURT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Macedonia has filed legal proceedings against Greece in the International Court of Justice (ICJ),claiming that in blocking Macedonia's NATO membership Greece has violated the terms of the 1995 Interim Accord. Proposed press guidance in para. 6 End summary. 2. (SBU) FonMin [...] | 2008-11-17 17:04:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MK GR NATO EUN |
08SKOPJE70 | MACEDONIA'S MAIN ECONOMIC GOAL: ACCELERATED GROWTH [...] (U) In its macroeconomic policy for 2008, the GOM focuses on policies that it hopes will lead to GDP growth of six percent in each of the next three years. Macedonia's macroeconomic foundation remains sound. GDP growth in 2007 was estimated at about five percent, an increase over the precedin [...] | 2008-01-28 12:44:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV EAID MK |
08SKOPJE701 | MACEDONIA: INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT [...] Summary: Macedonia has continued to make significant progress throughout its entire TIP prevention agenda. The continued strengthening of Macedonia's legislative framework has resulted in improved victim protection and assistance and made the government a bigger stakeholder in the country's sh [...] | 2008-11-18 16:04:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PGOV PREL SMIG MK |
08SKOPJE707 | MACEDONIA: MACEDONIA TO FOLLOW EU ON ANTI-ISRAEL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-24 10:41:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY EU MK |
08SKOPJE71 | MACEDONIA WILL SUBMIT ANNUAL DECLARATION ON SPACE [...] (SBU) Poloff encouraged MFA State Counselor for Multilateral Affairs Svetlana Geleva to ensure Macedonia's timely submission of its Annual Declaration (AD) on space and ballistic missile policies under the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC),per reftel. Gelev [...] | 2008-01-28 13:58:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MTCRE MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA |
08SKOPJE710 | 100 DAYS INTO THE SECOND VMRO GOVERNMENT: A [...] (C) Despite a nation-wide ad campaign touting 100 separate accomplishments in its first 100 days, PM Gruevski's VMRO-led government is failing to confront effectively the big issues: the name dispute with Greece; meeting the EU benchmarks; and improving political dialogue, rule of law, and inte [...] | 2008-11-25 08:14:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL MK |
08SKOPJE724 | GRUEVSKI HOSTS AND TOASTS ALBANIANS IN REGIONAL EVENT [...] (U)SUMMARY: The Prime Ministers of Macedonia, Albania and Kosovo attended a GOM organized reception in Skopje to mark the 100th Anniversary of the Albanian alphabet. PM Gruevski wisely used the event to reach out to the Albanian community throughout the region as well as in Macedonia. End Summ [...] | 2008-12-02 18:07:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KV AL MK |
08SKOPJE725 | Teachers Strike Hits at VMRO's Weak Spot [...] (SBU) Summary: A nationwide teachers strike has dragged on for more than a week and closed schools throughout the country, though a settlement may be near. Union leaders have accused the GoM of hardball tactics and outright lies in dealing with the strike; the GoM has countered that the strike [...] | 2008-12-02 18:13:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ILO PHUM SOCI PGOV MK |
08SKOPJE731 | MACEDONIA: OSCE HELSINKI MINISTERIAL POINTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-04 15:41:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM OSCE MK |
08SKOPJE745 | MFA STATE SECRETARY UNDERSCORES MISTRUST IN [...] (C) New MFA State Secretary (#3 in the Ministry) Memedi openly admitted to us Dec. 4 that he shamed or coerced his way into his new position. He was unconcerned about being out of the loop on policy, preferring to concentrate on his own projects in MFA, chief among them building a cadre of et [...] | 2008-12-11 09:47:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MK |
08SKOPJE748 | MACEDONIA: THE RETURN OF "BRAT LJUBE" BOSKOVSKI [...] (C) Former Interior Minister (and ICTY indictee, acquitted) Ljube Boskovski appears ready to return to politics, most likely as a candidate for president in March elections. He claims to be fully committed to Euro-Atlantic integration and to a multi-ethnic Macedonia. Boskovski asserted that [...] | 2008-12-12 11:15:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL MK |
08SKOPJE752 | MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR THE DECEMBER 17-19 [...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes you to Macedonia. To follow is an overview of the current political and economic situation in Macedonia as well as logistical information for your visit. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Macedonia faces an uncertain international future, quiet but deep-seated domestic d [...] | 2008-12-12 16:16:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MK |
08SKOPJE760 | MACEDONIA: BUCKOVSKI CONVICTION ADDS TO PARTISAN [...] (C) On December 9, Skopje Basic Court I sentenced former Prime Minister and Minister of Defense (and current SDSM Member of Parliament) Vlado Buckovski to 3.5 years in prison for abuse of authority in the disbursement of 2.4 million Euros by padding the budget for the purchase of spare parts f [...] | 2008-12-17 15:20:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MK |
08SKOPJE80 | MACEDONIA: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-30 08:40:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ECON PTER PREL PGOV ETTC EAID EAGER EFIN |
08SKOPJE82 | MACEDONIAN GOVERNMENT AND GREEK OIL COMPANY SIGN [...] (SBU) The GOM signed a settlement with Hellenic Petroleum on December 31, 2007 to pay 40 million dollars in penalties for Macedonia's past violations of the 1999 privatization agreement of the OKTA oil refinery, which is owned and operated by Hellenic Petroleum. The agreement also extended t [...] | 2008-01-30 15:25:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG PGOV PREL ETRD MK |
08SKOPJE86 | MACEDONIA: MAJOR CORRUPTION PROSECUTIONS UPDATE [...] (SBU) The GOM's anti-corruption efforts are steadily progressing (reftels),including the on-going "big fish" trials of a prominent Macedonian businessman and a former National Bank Governor. The government's corruption-fighting record shows it is willing to investigate and prosecute at least [...] | 2008-02-01 10:16:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KKOR KCRM KJUS PGOV MK |
08SKOPJE87 | MACEDONIA: PRESSING FOR NAME DISPUTE RESOLUTION [...] (C) During a February 1 tete-a-tete meeting with Deputy PM Stavreski, one of PM Gruevski's closest advisers, I pressed for resolution of the name dispute with Greece before the NATO summit in April, underscored the need for Skopje to offer UN Special Negotiator Nimetz some proposals before then [...] | 2008-02-01 15:24:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08SKOPJE91 | MACEDONIA: PUSHING FOR PROGRESS ON NAME ISSUE [...] (C) We are continuing efforts to persuade Macedonia of the need to maximize chances for a NATO membership invitation by embracing the Nimetz framework and proposing a differentiated name for use in international organizations (ref A). Our GoM interlocutors are sticking to their long-standing [...] | 2008-02-05 06:50:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08SKOPJE92 | MACEDONIA WAIVES NEW VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR [...] (SBU) The Macedonian government has suspended implementation of a new (and more cumbersome) visa issuance procedure for Albanian citizens required by the Law on Foreigners, which was passed in 2006 but only came into force this year (ref A). In addition, Macedonian and Albanian officials are [...] | 2008-02-06 07:15:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SMIG KCRM AL MK |
08SKOPJE95 | MACEDONIA: SOME FLEXIBILITY ON THE NAME AND NATO [...] (C) During separate meetings with President Crvenkovski and PM Gruevski today, I pressed for greater flexibility in approaching the Nimetz talks on the name dispute with Greece and urged that Macedonia propose some options to Nimetz before the next round of bilateral talks in Athens on Februar [...] | 2008-02-06 15:49:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08SKOPJE98 | MACEDONIA: PRESIDENT CRVENKOVSKI ON THE NAME AND [...] (C) The Ambassador underscored to President Crvenkovski during a meeting February 6 that finding a compromise solution on the Macedonia-Greece name dispute is the best way to ensure Macedonia receives a NATO invitation at the Bucharest Summit in April. Crvenkovski acknowledged that Macedonia [...] | 2008-02-07 12:30:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08SKOPJE99 | MACEDONIA'S PM GRUEVSKI ON THE MAY 29 AGREEMENT [...] (C) In a February 6 meeting with PM Gruevski, the Ambassador began by highlighting two issues the GOM should close to complete its NATO accession tasks: the social package for victims of the 2001 conflict and a draft language law. Pledging his commitment to address these issues, Gruevski poin [...] | 2008-02-07 13:39:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
09SKOPJE109 | MACEDONIA: MAYORAL AND MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS NOT [...] (C) As Macedonia holds its first combined presidential and local elections in March/April (first round March 22, second round April 5),key local races are as much in the spotlight as the presidential race. In some cases, better-known political names will be found on mayoral ballots than in [...] | 2009-03-09 14:38:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MK |
09SKOPJE117 | MACEDONIA: CAN THE DENAR AVOID DEVALUATION? [...] (SBU) Summary. Macedonia's current account deficit widened dramatically in 2008. The central bank's currency reserves have dropped at an alarming rate in 2009, raising concern about the country's ability to maintain the pegged value of the denar at roughly 61 to the euro, a fundamental elem [...] | 2009-03-16 06:33:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL MK |
09SKOPJE124 | MACEDONIA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN GENERALLY POSITIVE [...] (SBU) Summary. The campaign for presidential and municipal elections has proceeded far better than parliamentary elections last year. Should the trend continue, we assess that the conduct of these elections should advance Macedonia's Euro-Atlantic aspirations. There are some municipalities of [...] | 2009-03-19 16:26:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM MK |
09SKOPJE13 | Macedonia Suffers Minimal Effects from Russian Gas Cutoff [...] (SBU) Summary: As a minor consumer of natural gas, Macedonia has been affected only minimally by the cutoff of natural gas from Russia through Ukraine. Residential heating quickly transitioned to fuel oil and the greatest impact to date has been felt by two industrial users -- a steel produc [...] | 2009-01-13 06:39:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PGOV PREL UP RS MK |
09SKOPJE136 | MACEDONIA: ELECTIONS PEACEFUL AND WELL-RUN, VMRO TAKES [...] (SBU) Summary: Macedonia held peaceful presidential and municipal elections March 22 with few irregularities. Ruling VMRO presidential candidate George Ivanov looks set to cruise to an easy victory in the second round, to be held April 5. VMRO and its ethnic-Albanian coalition partner DUI mad [...] | 2009-03-27 12:25:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM MK |
09SKOPJE146 | MACEDONIA ELECTIONS ROUND TWO: ON TRACK BUT TENSIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-02 15:51:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MK |
09SKOPJE15 | SKOPJE - ANNUAL OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL [...] Embassy Skopje's Regional Security Office submits the following information for the 2008 Annual OSAC Crime and Safety Report. I. OVERALL CRIME AND SAFETY SITUATION: Macedonia is a generally safe country with a low crime rate compared to the United States. Violence against foreigners is r [...] | 2009-01-13 18:20:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER ASEC MK |
09SKOPJE153 | MACEDONIA: MIXED SIGNALS AS BUDGET REALITIES MEET ELECTION [...] (SBU) The Macedonian Government seems to be underestimating the likely effects of the global economic crisis on the Macedonian economy, especially on the domestic currency. Not only has revenue collection in the first two months of 2009 fallen short of the projections on which the state budget [...] | 2009-04-07 15:34:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PREL EAID MK |
09SKOPJE156 | MACEDONIAN ELECTIONS: GRUEVSKI IN NEAR-COMPLETE [...] (SBU) In a second round of presidential and municipal elections assessed as generally meeting international standards, ruling VMRO-DPMNE,s Gjorge Ivanov won by almost a two-to-one margin over SDSM opponent Ljubomir Frckoski. Macedonia,s ethnic Albanian population essentially boycotted the pre [...] | 2009-04-08 15:17:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM MK |
09SKOPJE16 | MACEDONIA: CODEL POE HEARS GOVERNMENT, OPPOSITION, [...] (SBU) In meetings on December 17 and 18, local and national political leaders briefed Representative Ted Poe (R-TX) on their views of the name dispute with Greece and challenges to its resolution. Speaker of the Parliament Veljanovski and leading opposition MP Sekerinska concurred that Mace [...] | 2009-01-14 12:57:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
09SKOPJE170 | MACEDONIA ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-15 09:04:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UN MK |
09SKOPJE177 | MACEDONIA: GRUEVSKI RECEPTIVE TO ADVICE ON NAME, [...] (C) Summary: PM Gruevski was receptive to the Ambassador's advice on the name issue and continued engagement with NATO in the course of a wide-ranging conversation April 15. Ambassador pressed for retention of CHOD LTG Stojanovski, a positive public tone and negotiating stance toward Greece on [...] | 2009-04-17 15:52:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KV GR MK |
09SKOPJE188 | MACEDONIA: ETHNIC ALBANIAN POLITICS IN FERMENT [...] (C) Summary: Ethnic Albanian politicians increasingly believe PM Gruevski's government is not committed to their top goal: Euro-Atlantic integration. Largest e-Albanian party and coalition partner DUI is struggling with how to push Gruevski to solve the name issue (thus opening the door to NA [...] | 2009-04-22 16:37:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM MK |
09SKOPJE201 | REFLECTING ON BRANKO CRVENKOVSKI'S PRESIDENCY [...] (C) Summary: As his five-year Presidential term comes to an end May 12, Branko Crvenkovski prepares himself for yet another political transition --this time returning to resurrect his opposition Social Democrats (SDSM),in shambles following devastating losses in 2008 parliamentary and 2009 [...] | 2009-05-06 11:19:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MK |
09SKOPJE203 | FRAUD SUMMARY - SKOPJE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-06 11:25:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KV MK |
09SKOPJE206 | MACEDONIA'S CULTURE WARS [...] (SBU) Summary: Coincidentally (or perhaps not),two church/state issues in Macedonia have grabbed the headlines and pitted PM Gruevski's VMRO government against the opposition and his own ethnic Albanian coalition partner, DUI. The GoM is aggressively pressing forward with its plans to fund t [...] | 2009-05-08 06:38:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI MK |
09SKOPJE214 | SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO MACEDONIA [...] (SBU) Your visit presents an opportune moment to underscore to Macedonians that the Obama Administration is not "pro-Greek," that the United States is prepared to engage in active behind-the-scenes support for developing a reasonable solution to the name dispute -- working with BOTH sides -- [...] | 2009-05-12 18:23:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS GR KV MK |
09SKOPJE269 | MACEDONIA: SWEDISH DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLITICAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-09 11:56:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MK GR KV SR SW |
09SKOPJE275 | MACEDONIA: MOI ON ASSISTANCE TO PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN [...] This is an action request. See para 4. 2. Per reftel, Charge met with Minister of Interior Gordana Jankuloska. In response to our question about donation, lease, or sale of any of Macedonia's four MoI Mi-171 helicopters (a variant of Mi-17) for use in Pakistan, Jankuloska thought the GoM [...] | 2009-06-12 09:00:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SMIG PARM PK AF MK |
09SKOPJE278 | MACEDONIA SUPPORTS U.S. VIEWS ON EUROPEAN SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-16 16:56:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PREL EU NATO PGOV PHUM KDEM ECON GR MK |
09SKOPJE293 | MACEDONIA: INPUT FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING [...] (U) In response to the request for information on Macedonia's commitment to human rights and fundamental freedoms for the OSCE's annual Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (reftel),Post offers the following summary of concerns and progress in areas of democratic development and human rig [...] | 2009-06-23 09:11:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE KDEM |
09SKOPJE294 | MACEDONIA: PARLIAMENT APPROVES REBALANCED BUDGET [...] (SBU) On Monday, June 8, Macedonia's parliament approved the Government's rebalanced budget. Although it had been evident to many observers that the GoM budget was wildly out of synch with economic realities, the GoM had resisted an adjustment until after local and presidential elections were [...] | 2009-06-23 09:17:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL EAID MK |
09SKOPJE300 | MACEDONIA: PM GRUEVSKI AGREES TO KEY JUDICIAL REFORMS [...] (SBU) At post's urging, PM Gruevski has agreed to a string of key reforms in Macedonia's justice sector, many of which should become public within days. Among these reforms are detainee access to an attorney, public access to court proceedings and rulings, public proceedings of the Judicial an [...] | 2009-06-24 12:34:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM MK |
09SKOPJE301 | MACEDONIA: INTERIOR MINISTER PLEDGES CONTINUED FIGHT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-24 14:00:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KTIP MK MT |
09SKOPJE328 | MACEDONIA: DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1874 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-09 11:12:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PHUM MNUC MTCRE KN MK |
09SKOPJE332 | MACEDONIA: DANGEROUS DRIFT? [...] (C) PM Gruevski's government continues a very mixed performance. He and his closest cronies continue to engage in highly questionable practices on government tenders and in squeezing EVN, the Austrian-owned electricity distributor. Substantial judicial reform lags, but Gruevski has directed t [...] | 2009-07-10 13:50:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MK |
09SKOPJE35 | MACEDONIA: S/WCI GROUP FINDS ICTY CASES HIGHLY [...] (C) Summary: Members of the State Department,s S/WCI team discovered an ethnically divided, highly politicized environment surrounding the four war crimes cases returned to Macedonia by the ICTY. GOM officials admitted that political pressure was guiding these cases. The e-Albanian leadershi [...] | 2009-01-23 08:10:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MK |
09SKOPJE366 | More H1N1 Cases Confirmed in Macedonia [...] On July 4, Macedonian Health authorities announced the first confirmed case of Influenza A H1N1 in the country (ref b). The results were confirmed by a reference lab in London. Since then, a total of 14 cases have been confirmed and hospitalized at the State Clinics for Infectious diseases. [...] | 2009-07-27 13:54:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU AEMR PREL CASC PINR AMGT MK |
09SKOPJE369 | MACEDONIA: LESSONS LEARNED FROM NATO ADVISORY TEAM [...] (C) Summary: The assignment of Bulgarians to both the commander and deputy positions of the NATO Advisory Team for Macedonia is not in U.S. interests. End summary. 2. (C) We learned off-line in early June that Bulgaria was the only Ally who volunteered to fill the "Chief NAT" position in S [...] | 2009-07-29 07:06:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS NATO MK BU NL |
09SKOPJE377 | MACEDONIA: NEW DEBATE ON USE OF LANGUAGE HEATING UP [...] (C) Summary: New Democracy (ND) leader Imer Selmani's request for more complete implementation in parliament of the law that outlines the use of minority languages has escalated to a wider debate in Parliament. An unlikely alliance between ND and governing coalition partner DUI is now seeking [...] | 2009-08-04 10:19:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MK |
09SKOPJE38 | MACEDONIA: AMBASSADOR WARNS FOREIGN MINISTER ON [...] (C) Summary: We have been engaging at all levels of the GoM regarding Macedonia,s decision to name a stadium, highway, and new cargo airport for Alexander the Great and Philip of Macedon and its plans to erect yet more Alexander statues in Skopje and elsewhere. In a Jan. 16 meeting with FonMi [...] | 2009-01-26 13:08:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MK |
09SKOPJE382 | IMPEDIMENTS TO MACEDONIA'S DEPLOYMENT TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) I request senior-level intervention to resolve bureaucratic impediments to the long-planned deployment of 79 Macedonian soldiers to Afghanistan. This deployment will allow the Vermont National Guard to double its reconnaissance and police mentor teams, from 4 to 8 of each. Obtaining pra [...] | 2009-08-05 17:10:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS NATO AF MK |
09SKOPJE383 | MACEDONIA: DEMARCHE FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on July 31 to Sanja Zografska-Krteska, MFA Deputy Head for Multilateral Affairs, and Nikolina Staleska, MFA Counselor for OSCE and Council of Europe. Zografska-Krteska thanked PolOff for sharing USG views on progress/concerns in areas of human rights a [...] | 2009-08-07 11:41:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE MK |
09SKOPJE39 | MACEDONIA: ETHNIC ALBANIANS PESSIMISTIC ABOUT [...] Summary: (C) Recent soundings of ethnic Albanian (e-Albanian) contacts have revealed a pessimistic outlook towards the current state of interethnic relations in Macedonia. They have expressed a high level of dissatisfaction with the e-Macedonian governing party, VMRO-DPMNE, and its cooperatio [...] | 2009-01-26 15:26:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MK |
09SKOPJE398 | MACEDONIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING UNODC AS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-17 10:10:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC MK |
09SKOPJE411 | MACEDONIA: AHMETI RATES STATE OF AFFAIRS A "FOUR [...] (C) Summary: Following the commemoration of the 8th Anniversary of the signing of the Ohrid Framework Agreement, Ambassador Reeker joined DUI leader Ali Ahmeti at his family sheep station deep in the mountains of western Macedonia on August 16. Ahmeti was critical of Prime Minister Nikola Gru [...] | 2009-08-21 13:20:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MK |
09SKOPJE414 | MACEDONIA:GUARANTORS OF FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: On the 8th Anniversary of the signing of the Ohrid Framework Agreement (OFA) the principal officers of the four international entities that signed the OFA presented an assessment of its implementation to date to Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski. The Principals cited education, de [...] | 2009-08-21 16:16:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM MK |
09SKOPJE418 | MACEDONIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-26 13:42:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AORC KPER KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA |
09SKOPJE452 | MACEDONIA: UNGA GOALS AND OBJECTIVES DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Director for Multilateral Affairs Svetlana Geleva and Deputy Director for Multilateral Affairs Sanja Zografska-Krteska on September 10. Geleva reported that due to budget shortfalls, she, as a MFA's main UNGA subject matter expert, would not be att [...] | 2009-09-11 16:23:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNGA XA XB XD XF XG XS XM XL MK |
09SKOPJE457 | POLITICAL RAMIFICATIONS OF CLOSING AIRSCAN IN [...] (C) We have learned that a decision memo has been forwarded to SACEUR recommending, among other options, that the Airscan operation based at the Skopje airport cease entirely. NATO has used Airscan since 2003 to provide aerial surveillance for KFOR. (For operational reasons, Airscan was base [...] | 2009-09-16 17:12:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PREL KFOR KV MK |
09SKOPJE469 | MACEDONIA-U.S. MOU ON ASSISTANCE CEMENTS GOM COMMITMENT [...] (U) On September 15, Ambassador Reeker and Deputy Prime Minister for Euro-integration Vasko Naumovski signed a groundbreaking bilateral Memorandum of Understanding "Concerning Training and Related Assistance." The MOU ensures proper selection of Government of Macedonia employees who will recei [...] | 2009-09-28 13:33:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PGOV MK |
09SKOPJE477 | MACEDONIA: ENCYCLOPEDIA STIRS UP INTER-ETHNIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The release of the first ever Macedonian National Encyclopedia by the government-funded, nearly ethnically homogeneous Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts has caused uproar in the ethnic-Albanian community and provoked reactions from Macedonia's neighbors. The encyclopedia a [...] | 2009-09-30 13:42:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MK KV AL BU |
09SKOPJE48 | MACEDONIA'S 2009 BUDGET: SEEKING FISCAL STIMULUS VIA HIGHER [...] (SBU) On December 29, the Macedonian Parliament passed the country's largest budget since independence, projecting a general government deficit of 2.8 percent of GDP. With this budget, the GoM continues to implement a fiscal program characterized by low and flat tax rates with increased public [...] | 2009-02-04 10:26:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL EAID MK |
09SKOPJE49 | MACEDONIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: A SCENESETTER [...] (C) Summary: The ruling VMRO choice for president, Georgi Ivanov, will likely win and further consolidate PM Gruevski's hold on power. SDSM's candidate, Ljubomir Frckoski, is unlikely to win and may not even come in second. Former Interior Minister Ljube Boskovski could threaten VMRO's party [...] | 2009-02-04 17:17:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL GR MK |
09SKOPJE5 | MACEDONIA: Muted reaction to the Middle East [...] (SBU) Summary: Though Macedonia has a significant Muslim population, the response to the conflict between Israel and Hamas has been very quiet thus far. Coverage of the events in the Middle East has been limited to reprinting wire stories and standard video feed, and there has been no commenta [...] | 2009-01-08 12:41:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL IS XF MK |
09SKOPJE509 | MACEDONIA WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY IN IMO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-22 16:12:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AORC IMO MK |
09SKOPJE510 | MACEDONIA: SUPPORT FOR U.S. PRIORITIES IN UNGA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-22 16:12:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL UN MK |
09SKOPJE514 | MACEDONIA: GRUEVSKI INSISTS ON PROGRESS IN [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) PM Nikola Gruevski continued to closely monitor and insist on judicial reform in an October 15 meeting with OSCE and the Embassy. While progress has been made on some reforms, most have not been fully implemented, despite promises made by Justice Minister Mihajlo Manevski in Jun [...] | 2009-10-27 16:05:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM MK |
09SKOPJE515 | MACEDONIA WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR ICSC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-30 13:21:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09SKOPJE528 | MACEDONIA WILL NOT SUPPORT UNGA RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-04 13:53:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL MK |
09SKOPJE538 | MACEDONIA: DUI LEADER AHMETI OPPOSES NAME ISSUE [...] (C) Summary: During meetings on October 26 and November 1, ethnic-Albanian coalition party leader Ali Ahmeti and Ambassador Reeker discussed PM Nikola Gruevski's recent trip to Brussels and his meeting with new Greek PM Papandreou. Ahmeti noted that the PM seemed to have a renewed openness to [...] | 2009-11-09 18:32:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL GR MK |
09SKOPJE540 | MACEDONIA'S DIASPORA GROUPS [...] (SBU) Summary: Diaspora groups from Macedonia, most active in the U.S., Canada, and Australia, are divided along the ethnic lines of the country,s two largest groups-- ethnic Macedonians and ethnic Albanians. The ethnic separation of diaspora interests -- coupled with use of the term "Mace [...] | 2009-11-10 12:21:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV BEXP BTIO EAID OIIP PHUM PREL SCUL SMIG |
09SKOPJE554 | MACEDONIA: 2009-2010 INSCR PART I [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-18 13:54:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM MK |
09SKOPJE569 | MACEDONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-25 16:09:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF |
09SKOPJE582 | MACEDONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ISAF [...] (C) On November 28 Ambassador Reeker raised with PM Gruevski the request for further assistance in Afghanistan and public support following the upcoming announcement of U.S. policy towards Afghanistan and Pakistan. Gruevski said he would issue a public statement of support following the Presi [...] | 2009-11-30 16:09:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF |
09SKOPJE583 | MACEDONIA: GOVERNMENT USES STATE ORGANS TO ENFORCE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-01 08:32:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV XG ZL MK |
09SKOPJE584 | MACEDONIA: U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-01 13:02:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR KNNP IAEA MK |
09SKOPJE587 | MACEDONIA PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] This is an action request - please see para. 4. 2. In response to President Obama's speech on the way forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan, President Ivanov wrote a letter addressed to the President (shared with the media here) in which he commended President Obama for his leadership in this [...] | 2009-12-04 17:30:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS NATO AF MK |
09SKOPJE589 | MACEDONIA: NEW TIP COMBATING AND PREVENTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Macedonia has continued to refine its victim protection and TIP prevention activities and is attending to the shortcomings identified in its established TIP infrastructure. Partnering with the international community, the government has begun expansive training projects focused [...] | 2009-12-07 09:17:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PBTS SMIG SOCI ELAB TI KS SR |
09SKOPJE601 | MACEDONIA: GOVERNMENT USES STATE ORGANS TO ENFORCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the past month, it appears that Prime Minister Gruevski and his VMRO inner circle have used the judicial and policing arms of the state to enforce party discipline and quell dissent, which has contributed to an increasing climate of fear. The government has been using a catch [...] | 2009-12-14 09:11:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV XG ZL MK |
09SKOPJE621 | MACEDONIA: NEW NATIONAL ACTION PLAN AIMS AT [...] (SBU) Summary: Ten years after the influx of nearly 350,000 refugees to Macedonia during the Kosovo crisis, the Government of Macedonia, together with UNHCR Skopje, is working to create durable solutions for the remaining approximately 1,600 refugees and asylum seekers, nearly all of whom a [...] | 2009-12-23 16:13:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL MK |
09SKOPJE64 | MACEDONIA: MFA INFORMED BUT NO COMMITMENT ON PARTICIPATION [...] On February 6, we delivered ref A and ref B talking points to Marko Spirovski of the Macedonia MFA Department for Collective Security Systems. Spirovski thanked us for the information, and asked whether USG funding was available to support Macedonia's participation in the April 20-22 workshop [...] | 2009-02-13 11:32:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KGIC MK |
09SKOPJE65 | ADDENDUM TO 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary: The following information serves as an addendum to Macedonia,s 2009 TIP report and provides details about ongoing criminal investigations into trafficking and smuggling related corruption by government officials. The information was passed to Post in high confidence by the Head [...] | 2009-02-13 14:14:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM KCRM KTIP KWMN SMIG ASEC ELAB MK |
09SKOPJE66 | MACEDONIA: ETHNIC-ALBANIANS SENDING MIXED MESSAGES [...] (C) Summary: The ethnic-Albanian (e-Albanian) political leaders in Macedonia have given positive indications that they understand how critical fair and democratic municipal and presidential elections are to Macedonia,s future. They have repeatedly reassured us that their own parties will not [...] | 2009-02-13 14:28:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MK |
09SKOPJE67 | 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR MACEDONIA [...] SUMMARY: During the reporting period the GOM continued to show a strong commitment to combating trafficking-in-persons (TIP) and participated in cross-border operations and other international activities directed at identifying and eliminating human trafficking. High-ranking GOM officials took [...] | 2009-02-13 14:52:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM KCRM KTIP KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC ELAB MK |
09SKOPJE74 | MACEDONIA: PRIMER ON PROCEDURAL ASPECTS OF [...] (SBU) Just nine months after holding parliamentary elections marked by violence, intimidation and serious irregularities, Macedonia will hold its first-ever concurrent presidential and mayoral/municipal elections, with the first round on March 22 and second on April 5. With Euro-Atlantic i [...] | 2009-02-18 08:24:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM MK |
09SKOPJE87 | MACEDONIA: DEMARCHE ON UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-24 15:54:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09SKOPJE88 | Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety [...] As requested reftel, Post discussed the demarche points with State Counselor for Multilateral Relations at the MFA Svetlana Geleva, Head of International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Waterways Lidija Cadikovska, Head of Legal Affairs of the Veterinary Dir [...] | 2009-02-25 08:40:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO MK |
09SKOPJE95 | SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ) [...] (SBU) DEMONSTRATIONS A. There is a small ethnic Serbian population in Macedonia capable of carrying out anti-American demonstrations. i. There have been no anti-American demonstrations in the country within the last 12 months. ii. There have been no anti-American demonstrations near o [...] | 2009-03-02 13:17:00 | Embassy Skopje | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC MK PTER |
10SKOPJE40 | MACEDONIA WILL CONTRIBUTE TO REINTEGRATION TRUST [...] (U) Post conveyed REFTEL points to Mira Krajacik of the MFA's Office of Security Cooperation. She spoke with the FonMin Milososki directly and he indicated that Macedonia would publicly endorse the Afghan Reintegration Trust Fund at the January 28 London Conference and make a verbal committme [...] | 2010-01-28 14:20:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL NATO MOPS MARR AF MK |
10SKOPJE52 | MACEDONIA:DUI LEADER AHMETI ON ISSUES STRAINING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lack of progress on the &name issue8 and ongoing divisive interethnic relations are straining the coalition, DUI leader Ali Ahmeti told the Ambassador in meetings on January 19 and 20. Ahmeti said Gruevski,s relentless emphasis on the Macedonian identity was hurting DUI, as ethni [...] | 2010-02-04 14:52:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MK |
10SKOPJE53 | MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL VOINOVICH [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Philip Reeker and team warmly welcome Senator Voinovich, Senator Shaheen, and their delegation to the Republic of Macedonia. Your visit comes as Macedonia's path toward Euro-Atlantic integration (America's long-standing foreign policy goal for the country) remains sta [...] | 2010-02-05 07:18:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL NATO EUN GR MK |
10SKOPJE6 | MACEDONIA: THE OHRID FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT [...] (U) Summary: Though eight years old, the Ohrid Framework Agreement (OFA) remains the key instrument for maintaining interethnic harmony in Macedonia. Even though it has been imperfectly implemented, it is still an effective tool to reduce the risk of another civil conflict. This cable conta [...] | 2010-01-06 12:56:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM MK |
10SKOPJE64 | MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL POMEROY [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Philip Reeker and team warmly welcome Congressman Pomeroy and his delegation to the Republic of Macedonia. Unfortunately, the Ambassador will not be able to greet you at the airport. Michael Fritz, Mission Director of USAID Macedonia will meet you and accompany you t [...] | 2010-02-11 14:25:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL NATO EUN GR MK |
10SKOPJE69 | 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR MACEDONIA [...] Summary: During the reporting period the GOM continued to show a strong commitment to combating trafficking-in-persons (TIP) and participated in international activities directed at identifying and eliminating human trafficking. High-ranking GoM officials took an active interest in combating T [...] | 2010-02-16 12:11:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM KCRM KTIP KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC ELAB MCA AJ |
10SKOPJE75 | VISIT OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL OF THE VERMONT NATIONAL GUARD [...] (SBU) Summary: Macedonia is prepared to take on increased risk in its joint deployment beginning next month with the Vermont National Guard (VTNG),GoM leaders told visiting VTNG Adjutant General Dubie during his Feb 13-17 visit to Skopje. President Ivanov said he understood that success in Af [...] | 2010-02-22 14:43:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS MOPS MARR PREL AF MK |
10SKOPJE77 | MACEDONIA: SENATORS VOINOVICH AND SHAHEEN URGE SPEEDY [...] (SBU) Summary: Macedonia is committed to solving the name dispute with Greece, but Athens must also compromise, PM Gruevski told Senators Voinovich and Shaheen Feb 17. Gruevski outlined his government's continuing commitment to Euro-Atlantic integration and his efforts to reach out to Greek [...] | 2010-02-23 15:26:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV GR MK |
10SKOPJE8 | MACEDONIA: POST SUPPORTS 1206 PROPOSAL FOR [...] The Ambassador supports ODC Macedonia's 1206 request proposal for FY10 - "Embedded Operational Mentor and Liaison Team (OMLT) Equipment Set8 for use by units deploying to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) mission in Afghanistan. The equipment in the proposal will be used by M [...] | 2010-01-06 14:02:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MCAP MOPS NATO MK |
10SKOPJE9 | MACEDONIA: COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR PROCURMENT [...] (Summary) The following country team assessment (CTA) is provided, IAW Ref A, Chapter 5, on behalf of the Ministry of Defense of Macedonia. This assessment covers the following military electronics as designated in the U.S. Munitions List, Category XII: Fire control, range finder, optical and [...] | 2010-01-06 14:03:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MCAP MOPS NATO MK |
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