FM Dimitrov travels to Bulgaria: Skopje and Sofia are joined together by history

North Macedonia’s Foreign minister, Nikola Dimitrov is in an official visit to Sofia today to assess the process of cooperation and Bulgaria’s support in its NATO accession path. Prior to setting off, minister Dimitrov has published a part of his interview given for Bulgarian TV network BTV where he has stressed that “Skopje and Sofia …

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Skopje drowning in garbage: Lack of system, cleaners, vehicles and culture

The scene that scandalized Skopje citizens – a pile of garbage thrown down from the windows of the student dormitory Pelagonija in Skopje – provoked the city authorities to clean the garbage that was left by the future academic citizens under their own noses. The cleaning activity continued through the rest of the student dormitories …

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Parliament to debate Veljanoski’s immunity tonight at 9pm

The North Macedonian Parliament scheduled a session Sunday at 9 pm to debate on whether MP Trajko Veljanoski should be stripped of his parliamentary immunity. The session comes following a fierce two-day debate of the Committee on Rules of Procedure and Mandatory-Immunity Issues, which could not honor the request of Skopje’s Criminal Court to lift Veljanoski’s …

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Dimitrov: Main topic of the presidential elections should be our country’s future

 North Macedonia’s Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov in an interview for Radio Free Europe on Sunday said the upcoming presidential race should focus on the country’s future. Asked if he would run, Minister Dimitrov said there were many strong contenders in the coalition, highlighting how important it is for the Government to have a principled partner …

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MoFA publishes media guidelines for usage of new name – North Macedonia

Considering the recent change of the official name of North Macedonia, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs published late Friday  media guidelines on its website for writing about the country in accordance with the Prespa Agreement. The official name of the country: “Republic of North Macedonia”; Short name: “North Macedonia”. Nationality (citizenship): Macedonian/citizen of the Republic …

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Warden of the Sutka prison to resign after yesterday’s incidents

Warden of the Sutka prison Gjoko Kotevski accepted the call of Prime Minister Zoran Zaev for his resignation after yesterday’s incidents in the prison yard. “I am a responsible person and a professional. It is logical to resign when the services fail to perform their tasks. The investigation has identified shortcomings and failure to observe …

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One society for all of theirs

Ilo Trajkovski What a difficult and turbulent week! Mind-boggling series of events: the beginning of the country’s name change, scandal after scandal in the government, a tragic traffic accident with many lost lives, an easy intellectual abortion with a serious threat to presidential candidacy, a problematic choice of a member of the anticipated anti-corruption commission …

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Who is Ceausescu, and who is Milosevic

Erol Rizaov The latest strong public bombing with fierce propaganda and new doses of hatred and the radicalization of relations between political parties and their leaders began two months before the first round of the presidential elections. Hristijan Mickoski, the leader of VMRO-DPMNE, activated his  heavy artillery two days ago. At the same time, Zoran …

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Mickoski: Zaev orders murders, I know what I’m talking about

The arrests of three former VMRO-DPMNE officials suspected of organizing the bloody events on April 27, 2017 angered the main opposition party, and is now planning to completely freeze all contacts with the ruling parties. The opposition party will not participate in the upcoming meeting of the Jean Monnet process, and the caucus group “For …

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How they got the job is more important than their resignations

Goran Adamovski Economy Minister Kreshnik Bekteshi is the first to publicly announce he will not tell his sister and the sister-in-law to resign from the jobs they recently got in well-off state-owned companies. According to his logic, is all the same if close relatives of government officials get excellent jobs just when their close relative …

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Manfred Weber and Macedonia

Ljupco Popovski There are several, very serious reasons for Macedonia to frantically engage in reforms in the next couple of months if it does not want to remain short-handed at the EU Summit in June, when it should be decided whether the membership negotiations will officially begin. One is of a regional character and is …

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Ruskovska: I believe the extradition of suspects will be approved

Chief State Prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski and prosecutor from the office for organized crime and corruption Vilma Ruskovska said the individuals are suspected of crime ‘terrorist endangerment of the constitutional order and security’. They said the investigation could enlarge if additional evidence is obtained other than statements by a defendant and a witness. “Suspect N.G., then …

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Zaev-Priebe: Collective responsibility for functional rule of law

There must be collective responsibility for functional rule of law, agreed Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and EU expert Reinhard Priebe on today’s meeting, which was also attended by EU Ambassador Samuel Zbogar. PM Zaev and Priebe both expressed the importance of implementing judicial reforms and laws, since an aspect demonstrating a functional democracy is an independent, transparent …

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The arrest of former senior officials sparks a heated debate

The Special Prosecution Office has announced that it has launched an investigation against five former senior state officials over their alleged involvement in the violent events taken place on April 27, 2017 in Parliament. Former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, who has fled to Hungary and former Parliament Speaker Trajko Veljanovski are among the suspects. Meanwhile, …

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Court orders 30-day detention for Janakieski and Ristoski

Court judge from a previous procedure has ordered 30-day detention for former Minister of transport and communications Mile Janakieski and former Minister of labor and social policy Spiro Ristoski, who are suspected of organizing the April 27 violent events in the Parliament. The detention order was given to the former ministers due to flight risk and …

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Entering Greece with passport only – the sheets of paper are history

North Macedonian citizens will cross the border with Greece only with their travel documents. The sheets of paper that had to be filled in order to enter Greek territory as a passport replacement are no longer required. As of few days ago, stamps that read “This passport belongs to the Republic of North Macedonia” are …

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