Sanja Naumovska Skopje, for who knows which time this winter, reached the top of the list of the most polluted cities in the world. The air is a silent killer of the city and its inhabitants The more we breathe these toxins in, the more aware we become that we will have to do much …
“The Prespa agreement has been an important historical step. Lots of efforts were needed to be able to come to an agreement which finally solves one of the biggest gridlocks in the region and boosts the perspective of the people involved in this process”. This is how Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has commented this …
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In its latest report on corruption, Transparency International says that Macedonia has made more efforts in the fight against corruption ranking the country on the 93rd place as opposed to 107th a year ago. The organization says that expectations in the fight against corruption are high, while the country is expecting to launch accession talks with the EU. …
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Kosovo’s Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj has submitted a document to the ambassadors of the five main western countries and representatives of the European Union in Pristina regarding the process of talks with Serbia. Through this document, premier Haradinaj says that his government is ready to suspend the tariffs imposed on Serbia if several conditions are …
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With 57 votes ‘in favor’, none ‘against ‘or ‘abstained’, the Parliament adopted the new Law on Public Procurement. The law will take effect starting April. According to the Ministry of Finance (MoF), the new Law on Public Procurement is in line with the EU legislation and will ensure rational spending of state money, free and …
After the ratification of the Prespa agreement by the Greek parliament, authorities in Skopje are waiting for the meeting of the ambassadors of NATO member countries, where the protocol accession is expected to be signed. Macedonia’s Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov said that this protocol is expected to be signed this week or at the start …
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When in 2014 DUI leader Ali Ahmeti uncompromisingly announced that he would withdraw from politics when Macedonia became part of NATO, he probably did not even believe that this would happen in five years. In times when the last pieces of the Skopje 2014 project were put into place, and thus chances for an agreement …
Zdravko Saveski Political scientist and member of Levica The renaming of the country from the Republic of Macedonia to the Republic of North Macedonia, as well as the way in which it was done, by violating all democratic norms and principles of the legal state, has brought a phenomenon to surface that will only become …
A lawmaker who has been sentenced to a maximum of six months in prison will lose the right to salary and other benefits. That is the essence of the changes of the Law on MPs that were submitted this morning after an urgent procedure in parliament and were immediately added to the agenda of today’s …
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EU spokeswoman Kocijancic on Monday underlined ‘the country’s clear path toward the EU’ when asked to comment on the threat of a possible veto by Greece. Spokeswoman Maja Kocijancic was asked in relation to a statement by the main opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis saying Greece would retain the control of Macedonia’s accession process and should …
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Official Paris welcomes the ratification of the Prespa Agreement in Greece’s Parliament. “I salute the vote on the Prespa Agreement,” France’s President Emmanuel Macron posted on his Twitter account. “It’s an example of courage and unity for Europe.” France’s minister for Europe and foreign affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian, welcomed the ratification as well. “This essential …
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Socialists and Democrats (S&D), Greens and United European Left-Nordic Green Left (GUE-NGL) have nominated Prime Ministers of Greece and Macedonia Alexis Tsipras and Zoran Zaev for a Nobel Peace Prize. Parliaments of both countries have ratified the Prespa Agreement reached last June, with Greek MPs casting their final votes on Friday. The Government of Macedonia …
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Macedonia will sign the NATO Accession Protocol this week or during next week and will sit in its North-Atlantic Council chair as soon as the protocol is ratified in the Greek parliament, says Macedonia’s Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov. “The NATO protocol should be signed this week or the beginning of next one. Afterwards, it should …
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Today, the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy submits criminal charges against the unknown perpetrator and all the documents from the pension system analysis to the Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office, which revealed the irregularities in the distribution of contributions for some of the future pensioners. – The study of the pension system by the Ministry …
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the protocol to accept Macedonia as a member state to the Alliance will be prepared soon. The document will be sent to all NATO member states for ratification, but primarily to Greece, which undertook an obligation to ratify it as soon as it is received. -We will sign …
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The largest opposition party in Macedonia has reiterated its demand for early elections, which should be held along with presidential elections in April this year. “PM Zaev should resign, parliament should dissolve and early elections should be held with a government of technocrats”. This was the demand made by the chairman of VMRO-DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski. …
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Erol Rizaov The greatest achievement in an independent Macedonia, the collapse of the barricades on the road to Europe, can turn into the biggest defeat if that great historic capital is wasted. It won’t be surprising, because it happened to us before, to make a suicidal jump when we were standing right before the goal …
The issue of customs tax imposed by Pristina on 21 November on the import of Serbian products is part of the overall negotiation for a definitive solution to the Kosovo issue. At least that is the intention of Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj, who is seeking exhanges to proceed with the abolition of tariffs. But for …
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The leadership of VMRO-DPMNE called for an emergency session of the Executive Committee, and later of the Central Committee. The two top party bodies will discuss the current political situation, the presidential election, and the party’s request for early general elections. Such meetings are coming after SDSM’s decision to postpone its final position regarding the …
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Prime Ministers Zoran Zaev and Alexis Tsipras have been nominated for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize by the leader of the EU parliament Socialists and Democrats (S&D) group Udo Bullmann, of the Greens/European Free Alliance (EFA) Ska Keller and of the European United Left-Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) Gabbi Zimmer, Greek news agency ANA-MPA reported on …
