Gjorgji Spasov In the 2017 elections in Kosovo, military leaders (KLA commanders – Haradinaj, Vejseli and Limaj) united in one pre-election coalition (PANA) and won 33 percent of the vote, providing them with 39 seats in the Kosovo Parliament and the opportunity to form the government. In those elections, the ultra-leftist and populist movement, Albin …
Goran Adamovski Kosovo will conduct a population census in 2021. It has already conducted a census in 2011, but in the meantime, the country administratively counted its voters in order to update its voter list. The country can always calculate how many residents it has, all it has to do, for instance, is check how …
A delegation of North Macedonia officials, including Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski and Deputy Foreign Minister Andrej Zhernovski, held Tuesday in Geneva a bilateral meeting with UN’s High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi. North Macedonia’s cooperation with UNHCR was praised at the meeting, the Ministry of the Interior said in a press release. “The officials discussed …
Bojan Jovanovski-Boki 13, main suspect in the “Racket” case, is to give statement on Tuesday at noon in the Prosecutor’s Office. In the past two weeks, he has been examining the prosecution’s evidence – recordings, cell phone forensics and witness statements. Bojan Jovanovski is suspected of ‘accepting a reward for unlawful influence’ and money laundering …
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The Governments of Greece and the United States held the second Greece-United States Strategic Dialogue in Athens, Greece, on October 7, 2019. The Prespa Agreement and the importance of its consistent implementation in good faith as well as the integration of the Western Balkan into the European and transatlantic institutions are part of a joint …
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North Macedonia’s Ministry of Justice has been notified on August 5 that Hungary’s Supreme Court had reached a final decision that legal requirements were not met for the extradition of former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, as asylum in Hungary had been granted upon his request, stated the Justice Ministry, stressing that formal notification on this …
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A trilateral meeting between Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic and Prime Ministers of North Macedonia and Albania, Zoran Zaev and Edi Rama, is to be held on Thursday, October 10, in Novi Sad, Serbian President’s Office said in a press release. The meeting will be held at the Petrovaradin Fortress. Vucic announced earlier that he would …
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Aleksandra M. Mitevska In the absence of more bombastic information about Euro-Atlantic integration, or the “Racket” case, or the Law on Public Prosecution… and some similar topics of greater political caliber, one of the main news yesterday was that Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski spent the weekend more relaxed than usual. He managed to plant three …
Bojan Jovanovski-Boki 13, the main suspect in the “Racket” case, will be escorted by the police to the Public Prosecutor’s Office tomorrow at noon for questioning. The examination of evidence by the suspect’s defense team is over and Jovanovski is due to testify at the Prosecutor’s Office for the first time on Tuesday. There is …
The EU accession negotiations are like the Tour de France – a long, winding and hard road ahead, said Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg on Monday. “I can compare this process to the Tour de France. It is not important who is on the starting grid, there are many stages and a long road ahead, …
Austria’s clear message of support for EU enlargement and North Macedonia’s EU integration aspirations was conveyed Monday at a meeting of Prime Minister Zoran Zaev with the Austrian Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs Alexander Schallenberg. Austria has an overwhelming consensus regarding a positive decision for North Macedonia at the October European Council …
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The second round of the Strategic Dialogue between Greece and USA begins on Monday, October 7, 2019. The Strategic Dialogue was launched in December 2018 in Washington, DC. The second round follows the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s visit to Greece and the upgrading of the Defense Agreement with the US via the signing …
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Early parliamentary elections were held peacefully and democratically in Kosovo on Sunday. According to preliminary data, the Vetevendosje Movement won in this election, with a slight margin from the Democratic League of Kosovo. With 90 per cent of the vote counted by the State Election Commissions, the Vetevendosje Movement received about 26 per cent of …
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“North Macedonia and Albania have delivered – now it’s high time that member states deliver, too! Thank you to EU leaders for making this strong stance for opening accession negotiations with both countries in October,” tweeted EU-Commissioner for European Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn on Sunday. #NorthMacedonia and #Albania have delivered – now it’s …
US Secretary Mike Pompeo has traveled to Athens from October 4-6, 2019, where he was set to meet Prime Minister Mitsotakis and members of his cabinet, including Foreign Minister Dendias and Defense Minister Panagiotopoulos, ahead of the 2019 U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue on October 7. The United States and Greece proudly cooperate on defense and security …
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Austria’s Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs Alexander Schallenberg is set to pay an official visit on Monday. Schallenberg will meet with his host, Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov before holding a joint press conference in Skopje, the Foreign Ministry said Sunday. Schallenberg will also hold talks with President Stevo Pendarovski, Prime Minister Zoran …
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Today, Kosovo votes in early parliamentary elections, the fourth held ahead of the regular date since 2010 and another which is unlikely to produce a stable government. The last time the former Serbian province with a majority Albanian population elected parliament after its full term was in 2007. The election was this time triggered by …
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Montenegrin Prime Minister Duško Marković and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo noted that the first official visit of a US Secretary of State to Montenegro testifies to the fact that the two countries foster friendship and alliance, Montenegro Government Press service announced. “Following the visit of US Vice President Mike Pence, this is further …
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I am confident that North Macedonia would be a strong, capable NATO partner and I’m confident that the United States Senate will ratify your accession protocol this fall so that we can formally fold you in to the NATO team, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday at a joint press conference alongside PM …
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United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s visit to North Macedonia, which comes at an exceptionally important time for the country, reaffirms the friendship between the US and North Macedonia, a friendship based on common values for peace, freedom and democracy, President Stevo Pendarovski said after toda’s meeting with the US Secretary of State in …
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