Building materials, plastics, clothes, plastic bags, paper handkerchiefs, plastic bottles – this is the picture that can be seen around the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Skopje. Citizens, but the students themselves complain of pollution. They say they often see people that park their vehicles and throw garbage there. According to them, no …
European Parliament has voted today in favour of its position to continue negotiations for the visa liberalization process with Kosovo. In a message on Twitter, European Parliament’s rapporteur on Kosovo, Tanja Fajon said that it’s now to the EU Council to decide. “A good majority in favour of visa liberalization for Kosovo. Thank you, European …
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Yesterday, parliament in North Macedonia voted in favour of closing down the Secretariat for the implementation of the Ohrid Agreement, a government department which was set up to implement the peace agreement that ended the 2001 conflict in the country. The decision to close down this department provoked reactions amongst former fighters of the National …
Secretariat for the implementation of Ohrid Agreement closed down Read More »
The former intelligence officer, who testified before the US authorities, found that three politicians from Macedonia – former Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski, DUI leader Ali Ahmeti and former DUI official Musa Xhaferi accepted bribes to postpone the introduction of a third mobile operator in the country – did not appear in the Criminal Court yesterday …
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North Macedonia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Andrej Zernovski addressed Thursday the 16th meeting of EU-North Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) held in Strasbourg under the joint Chairmanship of Alojz Peterle, Chair of the EP delegation and Goran Milevski, Chair of the North Macedonia’s Parliament delegation. In his address to JPC members, Zernovski said, “We are proud of …
JPC: Visible progress in fulfilling strategic goals – membership in NATO and EU Read More »
Seven embassies of North Macedonia have been put under investigation. A probe launched by authorities in the country suggests that these embassies have not returned the funds that these embassies had not spent until the end of 2017. According to authorities, these diplomatic centers have acted in breach of the law on the budget, which …
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Skopje has become the first city in North Macedonia to join the EBRD’s successful urban greening programme, and develop an action plan for dealing with environmental challenges. The Skopje Green City Action Plan was launched at a kick-off workshop on Wednesday for local stakeholders in the city by the mayor of Skopje, Petre Silegov, and …
Skopje – first city in North Macedonia in the Green Cities network Read More »
After the two main political parties failed to reach an agreement on how to solve the status of the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office, which is a key condition for getting a date for starting the country’s EU accession talks, the head of the EU Delegation to Macedonia Samuel Zbogar joined the discussion. He met yesterday …
Aleksandar Nikoloski Vice President of VMRO-DPMNE If we look around, and I mean our closest surroundings, the streets we drive on, on the sidewalks we walk on, the highways and the regional roads we travel on, picnic spots, parks and rest areas, the mountains and the lakes have never been so polluted and drowning in …
The State Commission for Prevention of Corruption decided to open a file over abuse and corruption of judges Vladimir Pancevski, Jovo Vangelovski, Aleksandra Zafirovska, Svetlana Kostova and Sofija Lalicikj. “Following claims in the 2018 State Department Human Rights Report over abuse and corruption of these judges, the Commission decided to check data in the assets …
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There’s a possibility that the new constitutional name, Republic of North Macedonia, could be included in textbooks in the 2019/2020 school year, but only if deadlines for the new school year and curricula would allow it, said Government Spokesman Mile Bosnjakovski. However, at this point, nothing is definite, the government spokesman told a news conference. …
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SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE working teams will hold Thursday yet another meeting, in an attempt to reach agreement over the Law on the Public Prosecutor’s Office and the future status of the Special Prosecutor’s Office-SPO. The meeting will take place in the Ministry of Justice on Thrusday at 6 pm. Although remaining firm on their positions, …
SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE will meet yet again to discuss the SPO on Thursday Read More »
Bulgaria’s National Assembly agreed on March 27 to extend by three months the deadline for an ad hoc committee investigating allegations in European and Bulgarian media about corruption in granting citizenship to foreigners. The committee was set up by a December 14 decision following the arrest in October of State Agency for Bulgarians Abroad head …
The first possible date for early general elections could be in June, said Nebojsa Stefanovic, high official of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS). However, Stefanovic, who is also interior minister, did not exclude early voting in 2020, as another possibility. “It is hard to say when the elections would take place… because that depends …
Elections in Serbia could be called this June or in 2020 Read More »
School textbooks in Greece will include the new name ‘North Macedonia’ of the neighboring country as set forth in the Prespa Agreement, said Deputy Foreign Minister Markos Bolaris in a written reply to a query from the opposition New Democracy MPs. Greek MPs Giorgos Koumoutsakos and Niki Kerameus have asked the Deputy Foreign Minister whether …
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There are numerous problems that media outlets in North Macedonia are facing, while one of the main things that need to be addressed is regulation of online media. These were the assessments made during a conference held in Skopje focusing on the problems that media is facing. Minister for Communication and Transparency, Robert Popovski said …
How’s the situation with the media in North Macedonia? Read More »
The laws that North Macedonia’s President Gjorge Ivanov refused to sign due to their incorporation of the new name of the country will again be discussed by MPs on Wednesday. These include the laws against discrimination, the Operational Technical Agency and electronic communications. After the laws are passed again, they are set to be published in …
Parliament to discuss the laws that President Ivanov refused to sign Read More »
The Islamic Religious Community decided to pause all correspondence and misunderstandings with the government over the “slow and discriminatory” denationalization of their property, which threatened to coerce ahead of the presidential election in their 700 mosques across the country. The IRC says it doesn’t want to get involved in a political campaign, so they will …
The IRC: The PRO will be able to control us when we are funded by the state Read More »
Aleksandar Krzalovski Last fall I had a trilogy of columns devoted to polls. Some of them referred to the data / results of those surveys, but in most cases I tried to demystify some things about the survey process itself and what should be taken into account when interpreting various survey results. The size and …
Denmark’s Parliament ratified Tuesday the NATO Accession Protocol for North Macedonia at a session without a debate and with Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen in attendance. 97 MPs in the 179-seat Parliament voted in favor. Nine MPs voted in abstention. Denmark becomes the ninth country that has ratified the protocol all the while also being the …
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