Petar Arsovski So far, the dominant doctrine of who wins the US presidential race has always been related to the economy. Ever since Bill Clinton, who had that famous saying – “It’s the economy, stupid”, the performance of the US business was directly related to the outcome of the presidential race. Whether it’s right or …
In its report on corruption prevention in respect of top executive functions and law enforcement agencies in North Macedonia, Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) calls on the Government to increase transparency of its work and to de-politicise the country’s police force. Expressing particular concern at the lack of transparency in respect …
Fugitive former PM Nikola Gruevski posted on Facebook after he was arrested this morning and questioned by a Hungarian court over the extradition request by the North Macedonian government. “Today, a standard procedure was carried out in the institutions in Hungary after the criminal and racketeering government in Macedonia filed an extradition request. The court …
Goce Delchev, who is considered to be a national hero in both Bulgaria and North Macedonia, has cast doubts on the agreement for good neighbouring relations achieved between Sofia and Skopje a year ago. Experts from both countries are discussing as to whom belongs this historical figure in an attempt to settle all disputes that …
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MPs in North Macedonia are debating today on the recent cabinet reshuffle, which consists on the appointment of six new ministers. Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said that the government is expected to focus more on the economy and the improvement of living standards. Zaev said that the government will increase salaries and pensions. “Foreign investments …
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Hungary decided not to extradite former Prime Minister, now fugitive, Nikola Gruevski, according to a Budapest court ruling on Thursday. The court said extradition requirements were not met and refused to fulfill the Ministry of Justice’s request for Gruevski’s extradition to North Macedonia. Earlier today, Hungarian media published courtroom photos and video of Gruevski wearing …
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A few minutes after the State Commission for the Prevention of Corruption ( SCPS) sent a decree to the Assembly that the prime minister cannot be the finance minister at the same time, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev took the floor at the legislature and announced that he was withdrawing from the ministerial post. “I gave …
I expect Bulgaria and North Macedonia to maintain good-neighborly relations, said Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boyko Borissov at the Plovdiv Economic Forum on Wednesday. PM Borissov expressed hope that the coming meeting of the Berlin Process in Poznan will take a decision that North Macedonia and Bulgaria jointly host the next summit. “We have been at …
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Ilo Trajkovski Is beating not enough anymore? So quickly?! That’s what I’m asking myself during these days of turmoil in the Macedonian-Bulgarian relations. Until recently, or after signing the Friendship Treaty, it seemed as if there were good neighborly relations and cooperation between the two countries. When signing the Friendship Treaty, in August 2017, the …
Norway’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Ine Eriksen Soreide and FM Nikola Dimitrov discussed bilateral cooperation, regional development, and North Macedonia’s accession to NATO and the EU, the ministers told a press conference Wednesday. Norway doubled its support to the Western Balkans in the past two years, according to Minister Eriksen Soreide, to focus on projects …
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Prime Minister of North Macedonia Zoran Zaev has withdrawn his proposal to act as finance minister. “The Constitution and the law do actually permit the prime minister to hold the minister post, but given the debates that this issue has sparked, we need to hear the state commission for the prevention of corruption, the opposition …
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German government spokesman Stefan Zibert in a statement for Nezavisen Vesnik/ Independent Daily newspaper said that Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel will do everything in her power to make the Bundestag make the “right decision” over the European Commission’s recommendation to start accession negotiations with North Macedonia, but that he cannot specify which week or month …
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Italian Ambassador to Skopje, Carlo Romeo, says that North Macedonia and Albania actually were ready for a date for accession talks with the EU in June 2018, but that the EU ministers at the Luxembourg meeting had to come to a compromise. In an interview with Nezavisen Vesnik/Independent Daily newspaper, he emphasizes that he has …
Ambassadors of EU member countries in Skopje have made it clear that the date for the launch of accession talks with the EU depends on the reforms and political dialogue. Dutch ambassador, Wouter Plomp called on majority and opposition in parliament to come to an agreement in order to adopt the bill on Special Prosecutor’s …
Defence Minister Radmila Sekerinska is taking part Wednesday and Thursday in the meeting of NATO Ministers of Defence in Brussels. Ministers will discuss defence expenditures of NATO countries. Each country has a target of 2 percent of GDP on defence by 2024 to contribute to the Alliance’s operations. According figures for 2019 defence spending, more …
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In this country, even if a wingless bird ran away you wouldn’t be able to catch it. This angry reaction by a mother of one of the five victims killed at Smilkovo Lake seven years ago, after yesterday’s postponement of the “Monster” hearing yesterday, in one sentence, described the failure of the system that stalled …
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North Macedonia’s Members of Parliament are set to vote on the government reshuffle motion with the names of new ministers, as part of the Parliament’s 103rd session. The Parliament will vote on new ministers including Trajan Dimkovski for agriculture, Naser Nuredini for environment, Hysni Ismaili for culture, Goran Milevski for local self-government, Sadula Duraki for …
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The Prespa Agreement required enormous courage and vision, which I believe has been perceived in Germany. That is why North Macedonia has no Plan B. Our Plan B is start of accession negotiations by the year-end, says President Stevo Pendarovski in an interview with the web edition of German newspaper Der Spiegel. Referring to the …
Gjorgji Spasov In its 2016 election programme, SDSM has written: “We will propose that the MPs be elected on the principle of open lists, and that the Republic of Macedonia be one constituency. In this way, each vote will be equally important, and citizens will directly elect their representatives.” The basic idea for this promise, …
It would be great if the ratification of North Macedonia’s accession protocol could finish by December, when the NATO leaders’ meeting in London is to take place, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday at a press conference ahead of the meetings of NATO Defence Ministers scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday in Brussels. “All allies …
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