Nano Ruzin There is an old French proverb: “Silence is a wise friend who will never let you down”. Perhaps it is precisely in this cynical philosophy that the rounded and reserved positions of French diplomacy towards the process of EU enlargement to the countries of the Western Balkans can be found. In this timetable, …
Greece’s Independent Authority for Public Revenue has notified the country’s customs services over the procedures to be used arising from the Prespa Agreement. The document, dated March 13, contains a general section and a section with special guidelines for transit, import, export, passengers and means of transport, explaining in detail the guidelines to the customs …
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In its fourth opinion on Albania, the Council of Europe’s Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM) urges Tirana to make operational the county’s law on the protection of national minorities through the adoption of further legislation. Examining the progress made and providing recommendations on the basis of the last year’s …
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Thirteen years ago, on the quay of Vardar near Skopje’s Kale, hotel complexes and business facilities were about to be built. The sites have been sold, but to this day investors have not started building. Since 2007, lawsuits over three plots have been filed in court. For six years, the state has sued the owners, …
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The leader of GROM party, Stevce Jakimovski has been arrested today in Skopje after being accused of abuse with funds during the time he served as mayor of Karposh in Skopje. Meanwhile, Jakimovski has also been arrested last year on suspicion of embezzlement during the time he was head of this borough. Jakimovski’s party, which …
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Skopje spent this whole winter on the list of the most polluted cities in the world, where it shared the first place mainly with cities from the Asian continent. The Nezavisen Vesnik survey,, which was published last weekend, showed that it was a topic that also worries most of the citizens of Skopje. And, there’s …
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Working groups of the government and the opposition sat Monday afternoon to see if they could find an understanding for the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office. The two sides have diametrically opposite plans for the future of Katica Janeva’s team and the chances of a compromise are very small, which makes it likely that the government …
North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said no more pardons would granted by either Parliament or the president of the country. “The pardons are over,” PM Zaev said in response to a question whether President Ivanov could pardon any of the former high officials from VMRO-DPMNE and DUI indicted by the Special Prosecutor’s Office. “The pardons granted …
North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said no more pardons would granted by either Parliament or the president of the country. “The pardons are over,” PM Zaev said in response to a question whether President Ivanov could pardon any of the former high officials from VMRO-DPMNE and DUI indicted by the Special Prosecutor’s Office. “The pardons granted …
Erol Rizaov North Macedonia is more shocked by the start of rule of law, and less than the ruling on the so-called “Bloody Thursday of 2017”. A total of 211 years in prison were ruled only for the events in the Parliament, and one week earlier six more years for election irregularities. In the final …
Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Zoran Zaev declared today that the country may hold a general election if the governing coalition candidate for the presidential elections, Stevo Pendarovski loses against the opposition’s candidate, Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova. “If the Social Democrat candidate, Stevo Pendarovski is defeated, then the country will head to general elections”, Zaev said. According …
Several persons have been detained including one high school pupil, after the anti-government protests held in Belgrade during the weekend. The opposition headed by the Alliance for Serbia (SZS) demand that all detained be released until 3 P.M. On Saturday evening, protesters led by opposition politicians have stormed the public broadcasting service RTS; since the …
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Zvonko Davidovic I’m sitting in the cafe near the Baroque court palace and I am waiting for the ruling in the “Bloody Thursday” trial. While I was waiting, I decided to start writing this column that should come out in three days, on Monday. I see the Baroque palace derived from the painful mind of …
Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs Bujar Osmani and Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov today attended a working breakfast with EU foreign Ministers in Brussels. The working breakfast was hosted by Greek foreign minister Georgios Katrougalos and his Romanian counterpart Teodor Meleșcanu. North Macedonia’s FM Dimitrov briefed his European colleagues on the latest achievements in implementing the Prespa …
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North Macedonia has proved it is open to European prospects, we wanted to send a message that when a country is trying to align itself with the European acquis, we Europeans should respond in the same way, Greek Foreign Minister Georgios Katrougalos said after a working breakfast for friends of North Macedonia in Brussels. Greek …
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Working groups that were formed up after PM Zoran Zaev and VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski reached an agreement at their meeting last week, will convene today to find a joint solution to the draft-law on the Public Prosecution’s Office and the future status of the Special Public Prosecution. The ruling coalition and the opposition share …
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After NATO membership, the next objective for North Macedonia is to become an EU member. Fight against corruption, reforms in the justice system, a state administration which is not politicized and the involvement of civil society in decision making are some of the conditions that Brussels has imposed on authorities in Skopje. Nevertheless, the country’s …
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At today’s press conference, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic mentioned the leaders of the protests Jeremic and Djilas as great friends of Zoran Zaev, and mentioned the prison sentence of Mitko Cavkov, as well as the double standards of the Western embassies. “Zaev’s great friends, Zoran Zaev’s great friends, tycoon leaders Djilas and Jeremic, boasted for sentencing …
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The citizens of Skopje believe that the biggest problem they are facing right now – more than urbanization, more than the destruction of green areas and public transportation – is pollution. As many as 72 percent of respondents in the survey, carried out the Brima Gallup research agency for Nezavisen Vesnik/Independent daily newspaper, said that …
Protesters broke into Serbia’s state television building for the first time in almost 20 years and Albanian police used tear gas to disperse a crowd trying to break into the parliament on a day of anti-government demonstrations across the Balkans. In Belgrade demonstrators broke into the state-run Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) building on Saturday, demanding to …
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