The youth were well-represented throughout the entire weekend and executed an excellent Leadership Conference that they organized themselves. By Emilija Dimitrievski, UMD Generation M member Photos courtesy of Zoran Karapancev and Oliver Lozanovski On Friday, November 11, 2016, the Canadian chapter of Generation M, the United Macedonian Diaspora (UMD)’s young leadership development program, held a reception to launch the 3rd…
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His Excellency Dr. Gjorge Ivanov, the President of the Republic of Macedonia on May 19, 2012 at the Hilton Chicago. UMD, in collaboration with the Embassy of the Republic of Macedonia, will host a Gala (Business Attire or Black Tie) in Honor of His Excellency Dr. Gjorge Ivanov, the President of the Republic of Macedonia on May 19, 2012 at the Hilton Chicago. World Leaders attending the…
UMDiaspora met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Macedonia, Dr. Ilinka Mitreva to discuss issues regarding the name, voting rights of the diaspora, foreign relations, etc. WASHINGTON, D.C. – United Macedonian Diaspora representatives Ms. Hristina Bojadzieva, Mr. Steve Gligorov, Esq., Mr. Metodija A. Koloski, and Ms. Marina Veljanovska met on June 17th, 2005 with the Minister of…
Macedonian Human Rights Movement International http://www.mhrmi.org/press/06/focus2.html The Bulgarian media, namely, the Focus News Agency, has set a new low in the country’s publicly sanctioned racism, xenophobia and intolerance toward its Macedonian minority. On September 12, 2006, Focus referred to OMO Ilinden PIRIN as “separatists“, and claimed that the party paid individuals to sign up to become members. In order for…
Source: Macedonian daily newspaper Vreme Written by Ivan Blazhevski Translated by UMDiaspora Staff For decades now, the Cultural Center in Resen has housed boats, some 4,000 years old. They belonged to the Prespa inhabitants of the Stone Age, and were discovered on the shores of Lake Prespa. “In my 28 years as a professional, I have never heard of these…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – United Macedonian Diaspora attended a briefing in the U.S. House of Representatives on March 9th, 2006 organized by the Embassy of the Republic of Macedonia with the help and support of the Office of Congressman Mark Souder (R-IN). In his last Ambassadorial efforts to solidify U.S.-Macedonian relations, His Excellency, Ambassador Nikola Dimitrov briefed various Congressional staffers, members of…
This Fall 2006 semester Elementary Macedonian (SLAV Q-101/Q501) will be offered at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana for the first time during the academic year. In previous years Macedonian was only offered every other year during the Summer Workshop in Slavic, East European and Central Asian Languages (SWSEEL). This is a great opportunity for Macedonian students attending IU to…
By Neil MacDonald in Prishtina Agim Ceku, prime minister of Kosovo, played down a border dispute with neighbouring Macedonia on Thursday, saying that the current border would not change after the breakaway Serbian province gains formal independence. In an interview with the Financial Times, Mr Ceku said that the line agreed by Macedonia and Serbia in 2001 would be respected…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The last several years truly tested the maturity and efficacy of the Republic of Macedonia. The obligations of the Ohrid Framework Agreement were implemented, foreign investment increased, and most importantly, the European Union granted candidacy status to the Republic of Macedonia. The United Macedonian Diaspora congratulates the Macedonian government and the Macedonian citizens for these great achievements.…
Fact Sheet Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Washington, DC April 10, 2006 Adriatic Charter Secretary of State Colin Powell, together with his colleagues, Foreign Ministers Meta, Picula and Mitreva, signed the Adriatic Charter in Tirana, Albania, May 2, 2003. The Adriatic Charter, an initiative in the spirit of the 1998 U.S.-Baltic Charter, was proposed jointly by the Presidents of…