Macedonia

North Macedonia MP Rashela Mizrahi brings solidarity message to Israel during parliamentary visit

The visit was billed as a first-of-its-kind parliamentary delegation from North Macedonia to Israel, chaired by Mizrahi with logistical support from the American Jewish Committee (AJC). 

MP RASHELA Mizrahi (third from left) stands alongside Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana during the visit to the Knesset of the North Macedonian parliamentary delegation.
Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu (R) and North Macedonian Ambassador to Israel Mr. Shpend Sadiku (L) meet at the Knesst to discuss strengthening diplomatic ties between the two countries, January 6, 2026.

Heritage Minister Eliyahu to visit North Macedonia as gov't guest to strengthen diplomatic ties

Families of victims who died in the fire at the Pulse nightclub in Kocani attend a protest called the "Angels March", in Skopje, North Macedonia, November 15, 2025.

Thousands protest in Skopje ahead of trial over deadly night club fire

Ohrid, North Macedonia

3 European cities that cost less than Paris but are just as beautiful


Balkan countries unite against antisemitism

“The task of combating antisemitism is pressing, especially as we have seen a disturbing uptick during the pandemic," said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visiting Sudan, 2020.

Jewish Macedonian labor minister removed amid rising antisemitism

Mizrahi reportedly had said that she used the country’s old name deliberately to correct an injustice

A view of Skopje, capital of North Macedonia.

Macedonian minister receives antisemitic insults by ruling party activist

Vidana Boshkova Micevska, an adamant SDSM supporter, ethnically profiled Mizrahi on Facebook. After receiving backlash for her original antisemitic post, she countered with more hate speech.

A view of Skopje, capital of North Macedonia.

North Macedonia names Jewish cabinet minister

The nomination earned her heartfelt congratulations, but also some rebuke from political activists that local media termed antisemitic.

North Macedonia biggest opposition party VMRO-DPMNE supporters shout slogans, April 2019

Self-taught violin maker from North Macedonia wins international fame

SVETOZAR BOGDANOVSKI, a self-taught craftsman, supervises an apprentice at his shop in Veles, North Macedonia, last month

In North Macedonia unearthed headstones shed light on destroyed community

Currently, cleaners at the Bitola Jewish cemetery have unearthed only 40 percent of its estimated 10,000 headstones – weather-resistant slabs of stone, some of them dating back to the 15th century.

Exhibit at the Macedonia Holocaust Memorial Center in Skopje

Macedonia’s Jewish heritage

Jews first arrived in the country during Roman times

Photographs of headstones in the restored Monastir cemetery

Erdogan’s “Trojan Horse” In Macedonia

The Jerusalem Post

Macedonia adopts definition of antisemitism that mentions Israel hatred

Manifestations of antisemitism, the new definition reads, “might include the targeting of the State of Israel, conceived as a Jewish collective."

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Prime Minister od Macedonia  Zoran Zaev, September 4, 2017.

Here’s looking at religion

English speakers will probably be primarily drawn to the Mistero Buffo solo show, which comes from the US.

Panos Vlahos plays a number of roles in Dario Fo’s satirical work.