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The United Macedonian Diaspora (UMD) Perth/Western Australia Branch announced Friday a special campaign "Australia, Recognise Macedonia Today! Prime Minister Gillard, Do The Right Thing!" to draw public attention to Australia's lack of full diplomatic recognition of Macedonia's rightful and constitutional name - the Republic of Macedonia. UMD says that Australia is home to the largest Macedonian émigré community outside of Macedonia. The Macedonian language is one of the most widely spoken languages in Australia.  Thousands of flyers, calling on Australian citizens to show solidarity with the Australian-Macedonian community in urging Australia's leadership to recognise Macedonia, have been printed and distributed throughout Perth, Western Australia. UMD Perth/Western Australia urges Prime Minister Julia Gillard to end a 20 year policy of treating the Australian Macedonian community as second-class citizens, siding with those who deny one's right to self-de...

Macedonia lost their first leg 8-6 to France in Paris, but countered big in the second leg obliterating the French 12-4 and qualifying for Eindhoven.  Although 3 goal win was good enough for the red and yellow, carried on the wings of 3,500 fans they never gave the French a chance in this match.  The coach Igor Gochanin promised Macedonia will have a great outing in the European championship in Eindhoven, and thanked the crowd for their support. So in waterpolo, handball and basketball we are doing well, now if our national football team can do the same..  Few other teams qualified for Holland as well, Romania, Turkey and Greece. Romania qualified for the 2012 European Championships on Saturday. After their 5-11 first leg win, center Cosmin Radu and his team led no doubt who deserves the Eindhoven berth in the second leg against Georgia winning 18-6 at home. The draw between Turkey and Slovenia 9-9 was enough for the Turkish home team to qualify as well. Favorite ...

Macedonian kickboxer Dimitar Georgiev is the new world champion in the category up to 74kg after defeating his Iranian opponent Musavi Mir Davud in yesterday's final. In front of a large crowd in Skopje's Boris Trajkovski arena, Georgiev was superb not just in the final, but throughout the entire tournament. Ace Georgievski followed his colleague's example, brought the second gold for Macedonia and became the world champ in the 94kg category defeating Slovenian opponent Dejan Vajs.  The Macedonian ladies also had the opportunity to bring gold, however Maja Mihajlovska (70kg) lost in the final just as her training partner Gordana Boshevska (65kg) who also lost out the gold to Hungarian opponent Miskolci. Apart from the two silvers, Stefka Jankovska won a bronze medal.  Over 1,500 kick boxers from 60 countries are taking part in this year's world championship. 

Macedonia is a safe country for operations of companies having Austrian capital, says Severin Heinisch, CEO of PR agency "Chapter 4", which opened its Skopje office in October. In an interview with Austrian economy magazine "Wirtschaftsblatt", Heinisch stresses that Austrian companies feel comfortable on the Balkans, especially in Macedonia. "Chapter 4" has its offices in Serbia, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Bosnia&Herzegovina, as well as local representatives in seven other countries of Eastern and Southeast Europe. Heinisch says the agency will focus on international companies operating in the region. "Small markets have an enormous role, because we are living in a globalized world, which means globalization of public relations in different countries", says Heinisch. Besides working with international corporations such as Hewlett Packard, Coca Cola and Lufthansa, the agency is also active with Austrian local businesses in Macedonia. "...

Minister of Education and Science Pance Kralev, who is paying a three-day visit to Israel, held talks Wednesday with his counterpart Gideon Saar and Minister of Technology and Science Daniel Hershkowitz. The meetings focused on possibilities for bolstering the bilateral cooperation in education, innovations and research, the Ministry of Education and Science said in a press release.  The officials also shared opinions on an agreement that should be signed soon and serve as a frame for boosting the cooperation between Macedonia and Israel.  Yesterday, the Macedonian delegation also held talks with Jerusalem-based Hebrew University Rector Sarah Stroumsa on possibilities for exchange of students, scholarships and academic cooperation in various projects and researching activities. 

Minister of Interior Gordana Jankuloska and Russian colleague Rashid Gumarovich Nurgaliyev signed a cooperation agreement between the two ministries in Moscow on Thursday. Minister Jankuloska stressed the agreement is of exceptional significance for the Republic of Macedonia, confirming prior cooperation and the excellent perspectives for further enhancement of mutual relations. Minister Nurgaliyev expressed Russia's interest in finding mechanisms for more efficient implementation of the agreement, proposing the establishment of mixed working groups and regular high-level meetings between representatives of the countries' ministries. According to him, the two nations and countries are tied by language, culture and many other factors, whereas the Russian Federation would remain Macedonia's serious partner. Jankuloska thanked Nurgaliyev for Russia's support in Macedonia's struggle to preserve its constitutional name, which is in the country's most vital int...

According to the announcements of the Macedonian Ministry of Finance, the budget for 2012 will provide more money for capital investments. The plan for the budget is expected to be finished by the end of the month.  Construction expansion, which is financed by the Macedonian government, will be continued in 2012. The Macedonian government sees salvation from the crisis in capital investments, which would support construction and other industrial branches.  For the time being, it is not known whether the state budget will be richer than this year’s (EUR 2.6 billion). According to finance minister Zoran Stavreski, projections of the new budget will be known soon and budget beneficiaries have already been asked to state their needs and plans.