We didn’t support Stevo Pendarovski in the second election round, instead our goal was to have a successful process so that we can move the country forward. The mood among the Albanian voters was on the side of the opposition, so DUI’s position was completely delegitimized. It is still too early to say whether at …
Kasami interview: Ahmeti is the favorite partner to both SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE Read More »
Committee on Rules of Procedure and Mandatory and Immunity Issues chairman Pavle Bogoevski has announced his resignation as Member of Parliament. Taking the stand at Thursday’s session of the Committee, Bogoevski said his resignation would become effective following the plenary session of Parliament during which Nikola Gruevski is to be stripped of his post as …
Ivana Nasteska We ourselves are a threat to the world’s cultural heritage and we are not aware of it. This was what UNESCO was telling us, and reminded us again this past year. The Ohrid region, which is the only area in the country protected as a world cultural heritage, is under threat yet again. …
Government in North Macedonia is determined to launch deep reforms in the area of security and the country’s secret services are expected to see major changes as a result of these reforms. Parliament adopted yesterday the bills which enable these reforms. With the new measures in place, Directorate for Security and Counter Intelligence will be …
Aleksandar Nikoloski Vice President of VMRO-DPMNE The title of this column, my dear readers, determines the two topics of which I’m about to write. The title itself speaks volumes about today’s reality in Macedonia. I am aware that this will encounter denial from the government as soon as it comes out, ignoring or explaining that …
Erol Musliu was appointed as new director of the Intelligence Agency by President Stevo Pendarovski, said the President’s Office in a press release. Musliu had worked in the Security and Counter-Intelligence Directorate, followed by a post in the Intelligence Agency. In the coming days, President Pendarovski will also appoint members to the national Security Council. …
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Zvonko Davidovic In every society, in the present or the past, there were individuals who were known or recognized in the public, people who meant something in the society, or as one would say, people that were involved in every mess and which were a symbol of the city or the time in which they …
Zdravko Saveski As if it wasn’t damaged enough, the so-called Colorful Revolution is finally finished off, crushed, destroyed! A month ago, we first witnessed the charades when participants in the 2016 protests, and explicit supporters of SDSM, through the initiative called “Na megdan (Duel)”, were reactivated to give wind in Stevo Pendarovski’s back after his …
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and North Atlantic Council (NAC) will pay an official visit to the Republic of North Macedonia on June 2nd and 3rd. During the visit, Stoltenberg and members of the North Atlantic Council plan to meet the country’s top officials. This is the first visit of Stoltenberg and senior NATO officials …
Bulgaria’s Cabinet, at a meeting on May 22, approved a draft protocol on co-operation between the government of Bulgaria and the government of the Republic of North Macedonia on combating trafficking in human beings. The draft will serve as a basis for negotiations between the two countries on a final document to be signed, the …
Bulgaria and North Macedonia to cooperate in fight against human trafficking Read More »
Parliament of North Macedonia will debate on Thursday on the mandate of former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, who has been granted asylum in Hungary. Gruevski continues to hold the mandate of MP although six months have passed since he fled the country after being sentenced to two and a half years in prison for abuse …
Former Minister of Education Spiro Ristovski remains in detention after the Appellate Court rejected his appeal and confirmed the Criminal Court’s decision for extension of the detention, said the court. Ristovski is one of the suspects for the organization of the Parliament storming of 27 April 2017. Ex-PM Nikola Gruevski, former Administration for Security and …
It’s possible the Government and the opposition agree on the Law on Public Prosecution before the European Commission releases its report on May 29, according to North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and Justice Minister Renata Deskoska. After a debate Tuesday on the National Strategy for the Development of the Concept of One Society for …
Zaev optimistic; according to Deskoska – anything is possible in the SPO talks Read More »
Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras never initiated negotiations to former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski that he could reject. With this claim yesterday Gruevski responded to Tsipras’ interview with the Financial Times, in which he says he had tried to initiate a discussion on the name issue in the time when former PM of North Macedonia, …
Gruevski claims he never rejected talks with Tsipras Read More »
On the eve of the second round of the recent presidential elections in Ukraine, both presidential candidates Petro Poroshensko and Volodymyr Zelensky accepted the public challenge and were tested for alcohol and drug abuse. Poroshenko, who took the position of head of state, was tested in the laboratory of the Olympic stadium in Kiev. Zelensky, …
The “Cocaine” affair: Drug tests are transferred from one country to another Read More »
Enlargement Commissioner, Johannes Hahn is convinced that North Macedonia will receive a recommendation to launch EU accession talks before the start of the summer. Hahn announced this from Vienna, where he attended an economic forum, adding that a lot of work is being done to convince skeptic countries for the enlargement of the union. He …
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North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and DUI leader Ali Ahmeti are to meet Tuesday afternoon to discuss government reshuffle. The meeting between the coalition partners is scheduled at 4 pm in the government building. “Those who were arrogant and who failed to meet the targets or were incapable to achieve the expected goals will …
Zaev-Ahmeti meeting to discuss government reshuffle today at 4 pm Read More »
North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said that changes in Government, state and local institutions will take place in the first half of June. “I intend to make changes in the Government, state and local institutions in the first half of June. There will also be changes in SDSM, for the purpose of improving the …
Zaev: Changes in Government, state and local institutions in early June Read More »
Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras says in an interview with The Financial Times that he had tried to initiate a discussion on the name issue in the time when former PM of North Macedonia, Nikola Gruevski, was in power.| “Gruevski was a guy who never wanted to negotiate. I remember that I went to Berlin. …
Tsipras: I tried to solve the name issue with Gruevski, but he never wanted to negotiate Read More »
Partial local elections were held in North of Kosovo on Sunday, namely in North Mitrovica, Leposavic, Zvecan and Zubin Potok. Turnout in these elections was 42%, while Democracy in Action, which is a coalition of non-government organizations, has observed the voting process. According to this coalition, with 85% of ballots counted at midnight, it looks …
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