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The Guardian newspaper fails to challenge the misinformation and false assertions disseminated by Radmila Sekerinska
Response to Patrick Wintour's "Macedonia says it needs prospect of joining EU to thwart authoritarianism” The original article in "The Guardian" The article "Macedonia says it needs prospect of joining EU to thwart authoritarianism” by Patrick Wintour, which was published in the Guardian on 15 December 2017 is a sloppy ...
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MHRMI Demands Implementation of its Solution to the Anti-Macedonian Name Dispute
(November 28, 2017 -- Toronto) What if the Ukrainian government announced that Ukrainians and Ukrainian history are really Russian, agreed to change its name, made Russian an equal and bilingual partner in Ukraine at the expense of its Ukrainian character and territorial integrity, called for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church ...
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MHRMI Launches New OUR NAME IS MACEDONIA Campaign With Billboards Throughout Macedonia. END THE NAME NEGOTIATIONS NOW!
MHRMI has launched a new Our Name Is Macedonia campaign - demanding an immediate end to the racist, anti-Macedonian name negotiations - with billboards in Skopje, Bitola, Tetovo (see the pics below) and soon in additional cities throughout Macedonia, along with television & radio commercials, newspaper & online ads, press conferences and hundreds of thousands of flyers.
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MHRMI Condemns Macedonia's Treasonous Government on Macedonia's Independence Day
Condemning the actions of one political party does not mean that one endorses the other. Vehemently advocating for Macedonian human and national rights does not mean that one is getting involved in civil and domestic policy. Just as Macedonians abroad should not get involved with local issues in Macedonia, ...
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Macedonian Human Rights Organizations Condemn the So-Called Macedonia/Bulgaria "Good Neighbourliness” Agreement
While we express our in-principle support for good neighbourly relations, advancement of relations and the integration of Macedonia into European and Atlantic structures, we cannot at the same time not condemn the contents of this agreement which, despite all the fine phrases, is in fact contrary to the abovementioned values.
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UN Envoy Nimetz to MHRMI: "Off the record - If I were Macedonian, I would not negotiate my name”
UN Special Envoy Matthew Nimetz told Macedonian Human Rights Movement International representatives: "Off the record - If I were Macedonian, I would not negotiate my name”. The first mediator for the name dispute, Robin O'Neil, has come out repeatedly against the name negotiations and has implored Macedonia to stop negotiating.
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MHRMI Meets with Canadian Ambassador to Macedonia, Calls for End to Double-Standard for Macedonia
Macedonian Human Rights Movement International President, Bill Nicholov, met with Canadian Ambassador to Macedonia, Philip Pinnington on May 18, 2017, and reiterated MHRMI's position that the West is undermining Macedonia's sovereignty by supporting a coalition whose public goal is to denationalize Macedonia, and who benefited from blatant US/Albania foreign interference.
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MHRMI Calls on Macedonia's Caretaker Government to Deny Appointments by the SDSM/DUI Coalition, Announce Date for New Elections
As per Macedonia's constitution, Macedonian Human Rights Movement International calls on Macedonia's caretaker government to deny a mandate to the SDSM/DUI coalition, reject their current takeover of Parliament, and immediately announce a date for new elections - one free of outside interference. This is all within the caretaker government's power and guaranteed by the Macedonian constitution.
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Why is Donald Trump Allowing the Obama/Hillary Macedonia Policy to Wreak Havoc?
Published in "The Hill": "Trump must take action in Macedonia to fix damage done by Obama and Clinton" President Trump is doing something very un-Trumpesque. And it's concerning. He's allowing an Obama/Hillary administration policy to remain in place instead of implementing his own.
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MHRMI Meets with Global Affairs Canada - Calls on Foreign Minister to Retract Macedonia Statement, Support Macedonia's Sovereignty
Macedonian Human Rights Movement International President, Bill Nicholov, continued his ongoing meetings with senior officials from Global Affairs Canada and called for Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chrystia Freeland, to immediately retract her contradictory statement on Macedonia, and show support for Macedonia's struggle against foreign interference.