Relations between North Macedonia and Serbia are traditionally good and improving, as shown by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic’s extending his invitation to the Grdelica Valley highway opening ceremony, North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev told Serbian newspaper Politika. “Serbian prime minister Ana Brnabic and I will soon start to cooperate on another project in the …
France still hasn’t decided on North Macedonia’s date for starting talks with the EU, French Ambassador Christian Thimonier said in Radio Free Europe interview published on Sunday. “We don’t know how long the path would take, and it’s not simple at all, but we’re ready to offer our help. “We only need to establish the …
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At the Poznań Summit on the Western Balkans, the EU confirmed its commitment to strengthen cooperation with the region with a set of concrete measures focusing on five key areas: transport and energy, digital, economy, security and good neighbourly relations. Heads of Government, Foreign Ministers, Ministers of Economy and Interior from the Western Balkans, together …
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In a video address, the newly appointed United States Ambassador Kate Byrnes to Skopje said that she’s honored to represent the U.S. and work on strengthening bilateral ties, and North Macedonia’s NATO and EU integration. “For 26 years, I have worked as a U.S. diplomat to promote security and prosperity, respect for human rights and …
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Erol Rizaov Hristijan Mickoski, the leader of VMRO DPMNE, is nowhere to be found, and then suddenly he reappears with a sensational statement like in Lila Filipovska’s TV show. He said that the offer he gave to Prime Minister Zoran Zaev is no longer valid. Zaev opened and spent all the boxes with the main …
Aleksandar Krzhalovski “White smoke” emerged from Brussels on Tuesday afternoon with the announcement by the current President of the European Council (leaders of all 28 EU member states) that an agreement has been reached on leading positions in EU institutions after the European Parliament elections in May. Without describing the process, for which there were …
Political parties from the Albanian opposition are mobilizing, and say they are well prepared for the next parliamentary elections whenever they are held, but have not yet decided whether there is need for a coalition. Both political parties say that they will be winners in the upcoming elections without cooperating with one another. However, the …
Alliance and Besa – together, or separately in the future? Read More »
North Macedonia’s President Stevo Pendarovski, who is also the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, signed the ordinance on the insignia of the army uniforms, renaming them into Army of the Republic of North Macedonia (ARSM). “The name of the army is Army of the Republic of North Macedonia and this is now regulated in …
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The visitors who came to meetings with the Secretary General of the Government Dragi Rashkovski never left their mobile phones at security check, so anyone could make a “reality show” out of this institution. This is the point of the response we received from the Government when asked whether the visitors who come to meetings, …
Rashkovski case: Everyone was free to record in the Government Read More »
The Western Balkans conference is held today and tomorrow in Poznan as part of the Berlin process. This meeting will guide the policies of the new European Commission for the Balkans. The most important guest of this conference, which has been convening each year since 2014, is German chancellor Angela Merkel. Merkel is also the …
Prime Minister of North Macedonia Zoran Zaev is convinced that North Macedonia will be given a date for the launch of accession negotiations with the EU in October and that chapter 23 and 24, which have to do with reforms, will open by the end of the year. Zaev highlighted this when asked about France’s …
Special Prosecutor Elizabeta Josifovska from the Special Prosecutor’s Office said Thursday that SPO would appeal the decision of the Court to acquit journalist Dragan Pavlovikj-Latas and his brothers Srgjan and Zvezdan, who were indicted of illegal building in the ‘Trevnik’ case. “We’ll appeal against the decision. There’s no quandary here, I’m of the opinion that …
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For over 25 years, the citizens of North Macedonia want to see the country taking its place in Western institutions. That desire will become a reality this year. The United States looks forward to welcoming North Macedonia as a 30th NATO member in the coming months, and we also strongly support the start of accession …
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I didn’t meet with Zoran Zaev, don’t believe everything you see in the press, said U.S. Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt, commenting on speculation reported by some Greek media over an alleged meeting between the two in Halkidiki. A news website published an article with the headline “Zaev and Pyatt spend the weekend in Halkidiki”, …
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Aleksandar Nikoloski We all saw how the local elections in Albania went. There is no other country in Europe where only one party participates, and the ballot contains the name of only one candidate. That is not democracy, it is dictatorship and communism. What humiliation of democracy this is, when no one else wants to …
Aleksandra M. Mitevska Although more than four years have passed since the launch of the first so-called “bombs” on Bihac Street, part of the then famous (or obnoxious) lines are still discussed in public to this day – among other things, as an example of how the holders of the highest state functions should not …
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev in his address at today’s event “Digitization of the Crisis Management System”, organized by the Crisis Management Center and NATO said that he expected North Macedonia to be an upstanding member of the Alliance. “I hope we will formally join NATO by the end of the year, although we have taken …
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of North Macedonia Nikola Dimitrov met today with NATO Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges, Antonio Missiroli, currently paying a visit to the country for the meeting dedicated promoting the “Digitalization of the Crisis Management System of the Republic of North Macedonia”, organized by the Crisis Management …
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Nikola Popovski The Government reshuffle that was long announced, which turned into a key, and perhaps even the only argument for Stevo Pendarovski’s victory in the second round of presidential elections, was intended to answer many of the issues for which the current government did not even come close to delivering adequate responses, turned into …
Government Secretary General Dragi Rashkovski said he would take the matter to court after an audio recording was leaked in connection to a tender for the procurement of an air navigation system, which prompted reports about his alleged illegal involvement in the procedure. Speaking at a news conference on Tuesday, he said he wasn’t planning …
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