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.
Published in The Hill If you play a game by the rules and your opponent cheats, you'll lose. If the referee is siding with your opponent in spite of his cheating, you'll lose. Does this mean that I'm advocating that you cheat to level the playing field? No.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Dangling EU membership for over a decade - with the condition that you change your country's age-old name first to appease an oppressor - then visiting "this country”, refusing to call it by its name, and finally calling on [insert capital city name here to avoid country's name] to ...
Macedonian Human Rights Movement International President, Bill Nicholov, had the pleasure of interviewing proud Macedonian chef, and the face of MHRMI's donation campaign, Kat Nitsou, following the release of her widely-acclaimed Macedonian cookbook. Congratulations on publishing your "Macedonia: Recipes from the Balkans" cookbook! Macedonians everywhere are very excited about it.
Macedonian Human Rights Movement International President, Bill Nicholov, met again with relevant US State Department officials and reiterated MHRMI's call for the United States to condemn the Tirana Platform, instead of condoning and advocating for it. MHRMI called for Ambassador Jess Baily to be immediately removed from his post ...