Yesterday, June 30 2009, by the Ambassador of the Republic of France in the Republic of Macedonia, H.E. Mr. Bernard Valero, an official reception was organized on the occasion of the awarding of a medal, at the level of a golden medal, for national defence to Biljana Eftimova, the Head of the Department for International Cooperation in the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Macedonia. The medal for national defence was awarded by Major General Gil Figie, Deputy Commander of the NATO KFOR and the Commander of the French forces that are in the composition of KFOR..
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On 01 July 2009, the Minister of Defence of the Republic of Macedonia, Mr. Zoran Konjanovski, together with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Antonio Miloshoski and representatives from other state institutions will make a working visit to the NATO HQ in Brussels, Kingdom of Belgium, where they will participate on the meeting of the Republic of Macedonia with the North Atlantic Council of NATO (NAC.

The meeting of the North Atlantic Council of NATO (NAC) with the Republic of Macedonia is a regular meeting of NATO with states aspirants for NATO membership ...

Ladies and Gentlemen,

The occasion for today’s press conference is the latest analysis and assessment of the defence of the Republic of Macedonia conducted by NATO, namely, the 2009 PARP Assessment for the Republic of Macedonia.

As for information, the PARP process, that is the NATO process of defence planning and review is the key tool of the Alliance regarding the defence preparedness of the future NATO members.

The PARP process incorporates detailed analyses on the progress and reforms in the following areas:

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Today, at the Holiday Inn Hotel, a presentation was held in the presence of the Minister of Defence, Zoran Konjanovski and the Minister of Transport and Communications, Mile Janakieski referring to the project “Old barracks for a new development – the Government and the citizens”.

At the presentation, the domestic and foreign investors were introduced with the space capacities and surrounding areas of the barracks which are to be transferred to the ownership of the municipalities to assist them in their economic development.

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