Hungary has ratified North Macedonia’s NATO accession protocol. North Macedonia’s Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi attended the vote at the invitation of his Hungarian counterpart László Kövér. In the Hungarian Parliament, 153 MPs unanimously voted in favor of the ratification, the Parliament Speaker’s Office said in a press release.
MPs are set to vote Wednesday on the government reshuffle motion containing the names of new ministers, as part of the Parliament’s 103rd session. The MPs are to 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 political system and …
The financial police and the Ministry of Interior conducted a coordinated crackdown on suspected smuggling of goods and customs fraud in the Skopje village of Ljuboten. Several media reported it was allegedly an operation to suppress tobacco smuggling. The Financial Police Directorate said it was in the interest of the investigation not to reveal details …
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One of the main assumptions was that the Supreme Court would save former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski at the last minute before the main verdict, but the files of the “Tank” case did not reach the highest court on time, so Gruevski fled to Budapest where he was granted political asylum. After former Interior Minister …
North Macedonia’s President Stevo Pendarovski met with Germany’s Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Monday during his official visit to the country. President Pendarovski and German FM Maas agreed that both countries have fostered relations based on friendship, trust and mutual respect, the President’s Office said in a press release. President Pendarovski said Germany is North …
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Zdravko Saveski As expected – we didn’t get a date for starting accession talks with the EU. Zaev, especially before the referendum, reassured us that we will start the accession negotiations with the EU in June this year. Those familiar with the situation knew that it was highly unlikely that this would happen even before …
Postponing the start of the accession negotiation was unfair for your country, because everyone was aware of the schedule and there was enough time for preparation. I find the argument about the lack of time as ridiculous, because you have been a candidate country for 14 years and this is enough time, said Hungarian Foreign …
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North Macedonia will always have our support on its road to European Union membership and the votes of Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, heard an event regarding the handover of the V4 Presidency. Czech Ambassador Miroslav Toman, whose country takes over the presidency from Slovakia on July 1, said North Macedonia could be certain …
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Deputy Minister of Education and Science Petar Atanasov announced his resignation from the post, saying his position is unattainable and ineffective, while changes in the sector have not materialized. “It was with great pleasure and faith that I took the post, which I have held for the past 10 months. I entered a system that not …
In an interview with ERT3, Greece’s Prime Minister Tsipras says the delay of North Macedonia’s accession negotiations is owed to the German Bundestag’s impossibility to give the green light “because of the summer break”. “The delay of North Macedonia’s accession negotiations is not a result of the country’s failure to implement reforms, but mainly because of …
Prime Minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj said Kosovo security mechanisms have information about plans for destabilization being prepared by certain people in the north, under Belgrade’s coordination. “Attempts by different Serb actors, officials and business people in the North of Mitrovica in coordination with authorities in Belgrade to present a humanitarian catastrophe in this part …
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Aleksandra M. Mitevska One can only assume where the cabinet of Prime Minister Zoran Zaev will be located in the upcoming period – the old address on Ilinden Street number 2, or the new building of the Ministry of Finance. Therefore, there is no longer a need for assumptions about the scope of the reshuffle …
Former Interior Minister Gordana Jankuloska will not go to jail July 1 to serve her six-year prison sentence for the “Tank” case. The Supreme Court upheld the request to postpone the prison sentence and sent the decision to the Criminal Court. The serving of the prison sentence is postponed until the Supreme Court decides upon …
Two more opinion polls published over the weekend showed Greece’s main opposition party well on course to score a landslide general election victory over ruling SYRIZA on 7 July. Following the publication of surveys by Pulse and Alco polls which put conservative New Democracy in an 8 to 9.2 point lead over Alexis Tsipras’s left-wing …
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With a clear victory, the 49-year-old Ekrem Imamoglu is the winner of the repeat municipal elections in Istanbul. The opposition candidate won with a difference of about 773,000 votes against Binali Yildirim, who had the support of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Nationalist Action Party (MHP). “These elections were not won …
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The Paris summit, where top representatives of Serbia and Kosovo were supposed to meet, in the presence of French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, has been postponed. This was confirmed by the German government’s press service. “It is true that the meeting announced for July 1 will be postponed. Germany and France …
North Macedonia’s Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov and the Mnister of Economy Kreshnik Bekteshi will take part in a ministerial Western Balkans conference in Stockholm. As part of the visit, Minister Dimitrov is scheduled to meet with Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström and the Speaker of the Riksdag, Andreas Norlén. At the ministerial Western Balkans Conference …
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The stakes are high today, with elections being held for the mayor of Istanbul, but all political analysts agree that the outcome of the elections will also have a major influence on political developments in the country. The city of 18 million inhabitants with the 10 million eligible voters always determines the developments and it …
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Today, North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev unveiled the names of the new ministers for agriculture, environment, culture, local self-government and political system and relations between the communities. These include Trajan Dimkovski (Minister of Agriculture), Naser Nuredini (Minister of Environment), Hysni Ismaili (Minister of Culture), Goran Milevski (local self-government) and Sadula Duraki (political system and …
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North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev today is expected to forward to Parliament the list of names of ministers who will be part of the reshuffled government. The motion should be adopted by MPs at a session due to take place this week. Directors and members of steering and supervisory boards in the public enterprises …
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