Section: Macedonia
Top army general says Russia is foremost threat to US: RT
Fresh back from Kiev, Army Chief of Staff General Mark Milley called Russia “aggressive” and “adversarial to the interests of the United States,” claiming that having nuclear weapons and the ability to use them makes Russia the foremost threat to the US, reports Russia Today. …read more Source: Macedonian Information...
Macedonia defeated by Ukraine in 2016 EC qualifiers
Macedonia’s football team lost to Ukraine 2:0 in the final game played yesterday at home in the 2016 European Championship qualifiers. …read more Source: Macedonian Information...
Macedonia to play the Ukraine in Euro qualifiers
Macedonia plays against the Ukraine in the Euro 2016 qualifiers on Friday, in an attempt to avoid being last in Group C. …read more Source: Macedonian Information...
Nestorovski and Stjepanovic invited in national team for qualifiers against Ukraine and Belarus
The struggling Macedonian national football team will feature forward Ilija Nestorovski from the Croatian Inter Zapresic team and midfielder Ostoja Stjepanovic from the Serbian OFK Beograd. Coach Ljubinko Drulovic will have both of them at hand for the qualifiers against Ukraine and Belarus. …read more Source: Macedonian Information...
NATO launches biggest military exercise since 2002
NATO launches its biggest military exercise since 2002 on Saturday (Oct 3), putting 36,000 alliance soldiers through their paces in Italy, Spain and Portugal to boost preparedness against the backdrop of the Ukraine crisis, AFP reports. …read more Source: Macedonian Information...
US-Macedonia defense consultations
NATO integration, defense reforms, bilateral cooperation and deployment in Alliance and UN-led peacekeeping operations were in the focus of Wednesday’s talks between the Macedonian and US defense delegations, led by Defense Minister Zoran Jolevski and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia/Ukraine/Eurasia, Evelyn Farkas....
U.N. alarmed after ordered out of Luhansk in eastern Ukraine
The United Nations humanitarian aid chief Stephen O’Brien voiced serious concern on Thursday that authorities in Luhansk in eastern Ukraine are demanding that all U.N. agencies immediately vacate the city, Reuters reports. …read more Source: Macedonian Information...
Handball Champions League: Metalurg loses opening game, Vardar to play Montpellier
Metalurg lost the opening game in Group D of the handball Champions League to Ukraine’s Motor Zaporozhye 30:24 on Saturday. …read more Source: Macedonian Information...
Macedonian U-21 team confident before qualifier with Ukraine
Members of the Macedonian under 21 football team are feeling confident before the qualifier against Ukraine, in the second round of the qualifications for the European Championship in Poland in 2017. The team hopes to record the first points against Ukraine. …read more Source: Macedonian Information...
In a move to calm nervous allies, US will deploy F-22 jets to Europe
The United States Air Force has decided to deploy F-22 Raptor fighter planes in Europe, in a first European deployment of the radar evading jet. The move, announced by Air Force Secretary Deborah James, is meant to reduce European worries about the crisis in Ukraine and the tensions with Russia. …read more Source: Macedonian Information...
