Romanian Parliament ratifies North Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol

 The Romanian Parliament ratified North Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol at today’s plenary session. North Macedonia’s Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi attended the ratification in Bucharest and addressed the Romanian MPs. “Today, Romania has once again demonstrated its commitment, friendship and support to North Macedonia for its Euro-Atlantic path, enabling the development of a common future. Allow …

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Bulgaria and North Macedonia to deepen cooperation on disaster response

Bulgaria’s Cabinet has approved an agreement with the Republic of North Macedonia on cooperation on disaster response, the government information service in Sofia stated on March 13. The agreement was signed in Strumica on November 23, 2017. The document defines the general framework for cooperation in the field of prevention, preparedness and response to disasters, …

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Zaev-Rama meeting in Tirana: Cooperation between the two countries to intensify

Prime Minister of North Macedonia Zoran Zaev was in Tirana today as part of an official visit to Albania. After a closed-door meeting with his Albanian counterpart, the two senior officials gave a news conference where PM Rama thanked the Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Zoran Zaev about the application of the law on languages …

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Twenty years in prison for obstruction of justice

Erol Rizaov VMRO-DPMNE and Hristijan Mickoski owe their public gratitude to the Prime Ministers Zoran Zaev and SDSM, the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office and the part of the judiciary that are doing the hardest work since declaring independence of the country.  The Prespa Agreement with Greece, removing the blockades for Euro-Atlantic integration, as well as …

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Cavkov in detention due to flight risk – close friend said he planned to flee to Chalkidiki

The decision to place former Public Security Bureau director Mitko Cavkov in detention is based on an official information obtained from one of his close friends. According to the operational information of the Public Security Bureau, Cavkov owns a villa on Chalkidiki where he planned to escape before the verdict for April 27th was pronounced. “After a …

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Presidential elections: OSCE unveils monitoring plan, opposition skeptic about fair and democratic elections

Presidential elections will be held in North Macedonia on April 21 and if there’s a second round, it will take place on May 5. However, the opposition is skeptic about the fairness and the democratic nature of these elections. “We’re not sure if the government has taken all the necessary measures for these elections to …

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Romania and Lithuania to ratify North Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol, Belgium to ratify by the end of the year

Today, Romania’s Parliament is expected to ratify the protocol for the accession of the Republic of North Macedonia in the NATO. This session will also be attended by Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi, who arrived in Romania on Tuesday for a work visit. From Bucharest, Xhaferi will travel to Vilnius, Lithuania to be present during the ratification of …

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The “Empire” is safe

The flood in the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office destroyed evidence from one of the most important cases – “Empire”. This news flooded the media yesterday, so that later the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office had to explain that things were quite different. The SPO said that there was no flood in the institution, but that a …

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The “Empire” is safe

The flood in the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office destroyed evidence from one of the most important cases – “Empire”. This news flooded the media yesterday, so that later the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office had to explain that things were quite different. The SPO said that there was no flood in the institution, but that a …

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Vucic: We’re not close to reaching an agreement with Kosovo

Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic has commented the meeting that he had with German chancellor Angela Merkel advisers, Jan Hecker and Matthias Leuttenberg, who travelled to Belgrade after their visit to Pristina. Initially there was no official statement, but in the end, Vucic commented the meeting. “We’re not close to reaching an agreement with Kosovo, because …

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Osmani: Fake news that DUI insisted on replacement of the SPO staff

North Macedonia’s Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs Bujar Osmani dismissed rumors on Tuesday that his political party DUI had insisted on a complete staff overhaul in the Special Prosecutor’s Office, including Katica Janeva at its helm. Speaking at a joint press conference with Minister of Interior Oliver Spasovski to promote the National Coordination Center …

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Zaev-Theocharopoulos: The Prespa Agreement is a historic step

 The Prespa Agreement is a historic step and the future will show that is beneficial for the citizens of both North Macedonia and Greece, agreed North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and Greek MP Thanasis Theocharopoulos. Greek MP Theocharopoulos, who is the leader of the Democratic Left (DIMAR) party, was accompanied by his associates in the meeting with …

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Rasko and Jordana

Gjorgji Spasov In an old Serbian joke, Risto asked Jovan. “What would you be, Jovan, if Vuk hadn’t invented the word J? – “I would be Ovan*” (*Sheep in Serbian) – said John and asked: “What would you be, Risto, if Vuk had not invented the word R?” – “Isto*” (*Same in Serbian) – answered …

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Leave Katica hanging…

Aleksandra M. Mitevska There is an old satirical song, from the last decades of the previous century, called “Leave Pedro hanging.” Its point is to show that for all the problems in a collective or society there is always someone to blame. In the song, which was created on the territory of former Yugoslavia, this …

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Government rejects rumours about exchange of monuments with Greece

Government of North Macedonia said today that there doesn’t exist a plan for the exchange of monuments with Greece. This declaration comes following speculations made by media outlets in the country, who quote the Greek Culture minister as saying that she has proposed authorities in Skopje to send the monument of the “Warrior on a …

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Oliver Spasovski survives no-confidence vote in Parliament

Minister of Interior Oliver Spasovski survived the no-confidence vote in Parliament ON Monday evening. Parliament members voted 59 to 20 against the motion called by the opposition. The debate saw clashes between ruling and opposition parties regarding Minister Spasovski’s quality of work, his competence and readiness to respond to challenges faced by the Ministry. The …

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Corien Jonker head of the Observation Mission for the presidential elections

North Macedonia’s Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov met yesterday with Corien Jonker, Head of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) Observation Mission for the upcoming presidential elections. FM Dimitrov briefed Jonker on the current political developments in the country and the Government’s activities regarding the promotion of the rule of law, human …

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Parliament passes Law on prevention and protection against discrimination

The Parliament of North Macedonia adopted the Law on the prevention and protection against discrimination yesterday, after an exhaustive discussion last Friday. Fifty-two MPs voted in favour of the Law, with three abstentions. Considering that the Law is adopted by Badinter majority, thirteen out of twenty MPs attending the session, who belong to the non-majority …

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IBNA Interview with Albanian presidential candidate Blerim Reka

Reka: I shall run for president of a multi-ethnic and Euro-Atlantic republic University professor, Blerim Reka is one of the candidates for the presidential elections that will be held in North Macedonia on 21 April. In this exclusive interview for IBNA, Reka comments his decision to enter the presidential race. Professor Reka underlines that his …

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