German Bundestag to give green light for start of EU accession talks tomorrow


Germany’s Bundestag will officially give the green light Thursday for the start of the EU accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania, Deutsche Welle reports. Deputy PM for European Affairs Bujar Osmani will attend the session at the invitation of Bundestag President Wolfgang Schauble. Ruling parties CDU and SPD reached agreement yesterday to endorse the …

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Zaev and Mitsotakis meet in New York, Greece will support North Macedonia’s EU accession talks


North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev met with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. At the meeting, Mitsotakis voiced his support for the opening of accession negotiations with the European Union and noted that consistent and timely implementation of the Prespa Agreement is …

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Katica Janeva will give her testimony after she personally inspects the evidence


Former SPO head Katica Janeva did not give her testimony related to the “Racket” case on Tuesday, telling prosecutors she would do that once personally inspecting the evidence, her lawyer Irena Frchkoska told reporters upon the leaving the prosecutor’s office for organized crime and corruption. The evidence inspection will be carried out on Thursday, while …

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Court rejects the defense’s request to stop the procedure in the “Titanic” case


The trial in the “Titanic” case resumed today with the reading of the evidence collected by the Special Prosecutor’s Office and now taken over by the Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime and Corruption. Before the hearing, defense lawyer Elenko Milanov said the authorization of prosecutor Lile Stefanova goes against the law on the Public Prosecutor’s …

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“Racket” indictment coming soon


Yesterday around noon, the main suspect in the “Racket” case Bojan Jovanovski, who is known in the public as Boki 13, was escorted by the police to the Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime and Corruption, where he was brought in for questioning. But the prosecutor in charge of the case, Vilma Ruskovska, surprised both him …

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Non-parliamentary parties: Cut the money for party financing in half


Eight non-parliamentary parties – Glas za Makedonija, Edinstvena Makedonija, Levica, MAAK, Podem, the Labor-‐Agricultural Party, TMRO and FRODEM each make six demands regarding the Electoral Code and the conditions for “fair and democratic” elections. They demand a single-constituency model with no lower threshold and open lists. The D’Hondt model can be replaced by the Sainte-Laguë …

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The MPs’ rights


Goran Adamovski Requirements for abolishing apanages at any level for any position, life-long pensions for former presidents, cash and other allowances for all governing boards, drastic reduction in officials’ travel expenses, more precisely the provision of funds in the amount of public transportation fare… These requirements will probably be difficult to achieve, but they are …

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Lile Stefanova stays prosecutor of “Titanic”, “Trajectory” and “Magyar Telekom”


Former SPO Prosecutor Lile Stefanova will continue to prosecute cases “Titanic”, “Trajectory” and “Magyar Telekom”, which were in her jurisdiction while working in the Special Prosecutor’s Office. State Public Prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski gave the authorization to Stefanova, as he did for five other SPO prosecutors. Fatime Fetai and Gavril Bubevski will continue to prosecute the …

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“Racket” case – Boki 13 brought for questioning in the Prosecutor’s Office


Bojan Jovanovski-Boki 13, the main suspect in the “Racket” case, was brought to the Public Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime and Corruption for questioning at noon in a police vehicle and escorted from the Prison Prison to Skopje where he is being held. This is Jovanovski’s second statement on the “Racket” case. Bojan Jovanovski-Boki 13 …

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Pointless party press conferences


Aleksandar Krzhalovski While anticipating for something positive to happen in or with this country, today I’m going to discuss one of the many pointless things (at least in my opinion) that have strangely become part of normal (or expected) behavior – namely party press conferences, that is daily press conferences, especially of the two main …

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Zaev-Mogherini: Start of accession talks – joint success of both North Macedonia and EU


 Prime Minister Zoran Zaev attended a dinner hosted by EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini for Western Balkans heads of state and government at the EU Mission in the United Nations in New York on Sunday. PM Zaev said a few weeks are left before the EU Council summit, when …

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Mogherini: Negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania are of key importance for EU


High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini met Sunday in New York with prime ministers and ministers from the six countries of the Western Balkans. The meeting at the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly discussed the region’s European perspective and the progress achieved. Interlocutors expressed their support …

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SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE working groups to meet on Monday over the PPO Law


A new round of talks between the working groups of the ruling SDSM and opposition VMRO-DPMNE over the Law on Public Prosecution will be held on Monday in the Parliament, informs the Ministry of Justice. Monday’s meeting of working groups is the first since leaders’ talks held earlier this month failed to reach an agreement …

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Zaev and Mitsotakis to meet at UN General Assembly in NY on Tuesday


According to Greek sources, North Macedonia’s PM Zoran Zaev and Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis are scheduled to meet on September 24th on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. This will be the first meeting of PMs Zaev and Mitsotakis of the two countries following Greece’s elections in early July. PM …

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Katica Janeva to give testimony before Prosecutor Ruskovska on Tuesday


Ex Special Public Prosecutor Katica Janeva will give a testimony on September 24 (Tuesday) before the Head of Public Prosecutor’s Office for organised crime and corruption Vilma Ruskoska, her lawyer Irena Danailova-Frckoska said in a interview with TV Alsat’s 360 Degrees. “Janeva was summoned again. She will give a testimony on Tuesday”, Frckoska said, answering …

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Deskoska: The security of wiretapped materials in SPO building has not been not compromised


Minister of Justice Renata Deskoska said the security of the wiretapped materials in the Special Prosecutor’s Office has not been compromised, as the Public Prosecutor’s Office has taken over the jurisdiction and those materials now are under the formal care of this Prosecutor’s Office. “In line with the existing Law on Public Prosecutor’s Office, and …

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