Verushevski wins 42.000 EUR in damages over the “Coup” case


Former intelligence officer Zoran Verushevski will be awarded €42,000 in damages by the state, the Skopje-based Civil Court has decided. Verushevski sued the state for emotional distress and loss of reputation and freedom after spending 344 days in detention over the case codenamed ‘Coup’. Verushevski, who is PM Zoran Zaev’s aide for national security, initially …

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Which topics will dominate the agenda in the election campaign in North Macedonia?


NATO and the EU, reforms, corruption, the economy will be the main topics of the April 12, 2020 early parliamentary elections campaign, according to political analysts in Skopje. Communications expert Zhaneta Trajkovska says the parties have not yet exhausted the European integration card, and that this will be the main topic of the campaign, in …

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Popovski on “freezing” fair tax: Such measures are taken only by far-right governments


University Professor Nikola Popovski, former senior SDSM official, views the government’s move to “freeze” progressive taxation as wrong. He says such measures are only taken by far-right governments, although the headquarters on Ilinden Street, according to him, was under pressure in this case from just a small group of people burdened with taxation. Popovski says …

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EP President Sassoli on an official visit to Skopje


European Parliament President David Sassoli is visiting North Macedonia on Monday, which would be his first official non-EU visit since assuming the presidential post. Sassoli is scheduled to meet with President Stevo Pendarovski, Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, leaders of parliamentary political parties, as well as address the Parliament. Sassoli will open …

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Angjushev: The economy is on the right track – growth supported by real projects, no government indebtedness


This year, as never before, a total of EUR 55 million have been allocated to support economy, which is 37 percent more than the projected EUR 40.7 million in 2018, and results are concrete and visible, Deputy PM for Economic Affairs Kocho Angjushev told a joint press conference with Economy Minister Kreshnik Bekteshi. Figures show …

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Zaev: Filling the NATO Ambassador post is a priority,


North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, during Thursday’s Q&A session in Parliament, said that the ambassador’s post in NATO must be filled as soon as possible. “The government filling the NATO Ambassador post is a priority,is committed to nominating ambassadors for at least half of the vacant ambassador posts and consultations are underway with the …

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Palmer: The United States is a friend and partner of North Macedonia


The United States is a friend and partner of North Macedonia and remains committed to this relationship and the country’s European integration that includes both a path forward towards NATO and EU, said U.S. Special Representative for the Western Balkans, Matthew Palmer. Over the past two days, Palmer met with President Stevo Pendarovski, FM Nikola …

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Grubi goes into Dimitrov’s ring against Miloshoski and Dimovski


DUI MP Artan Grubi was very close to preventing the opposition’s intention to hold Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov under investigation. He entered the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs, led by former Minister Antonio Miloshoski, at the very moment when Dimitrov finished his 75-minute-long address, in which he spoke about his work, the situation in the …

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Varvitsiotis: We are against decoupling North Macedonia and Albania


We are against those who want to decouple the two countries, those that never gained momentum  or numerical majority in the European Council, said Greek Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs Miltiadis Varvitsiotis. Varvitsiotis briefed members of the Parliament’s European Affairs Committee on issues related to the Union and conclusions of the recent Council summit. Regarding …

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Garcia: We will bring Albania and North Macedonia to the agenda before Spring


The initiative for the return of the issue of the start of accession negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia to the European Council’s agenda announced the leader of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament, Iratxe Garcia, in a televised interview. When the EU fails to deliver on its promises it …

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Zaev: North Macedonia is not looking for an invitation to join EAEU


North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has rejected all speculations that North Macedonia had been invited to join the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) during a press conference today. “It seems there is a protective wall around the government and we haven’t received such an invitation. We’re not looking to get one, either,” Zaev said in …

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Parliament to dissolve on February 11


Parliament of North Macedonia will dissolve on February 11 before Speaker Talat Xhaferi calls the early parliamentary elections, set to take place on April 12, 2020. In accordance with the Constitution, the elections should be held withing 60 days after the dissolution of Parliament, Xhaferi told a press briefing on Wednesday. If Parliament dissolves on …

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Sela waiting for Kasami and Gashi to reconcile, Thaci out of the picture


Alliance for Albanians leader Zijadin Sela is waiting for the fighting friends of BESA – Bilal Kasami and Afrim Gashi – to overcome their misunderstandings and then join the battle to oust DUI from power. In the possible coalition against the ruling DUI, there would be room for everyone except Menduh Thaci’s DPA, whom Sela …

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SYRIZA: The government is turning Greece into an “extra”


SYRIZA strongly criticizes the government’s foreign policy, accusing it of having reduced the country into a mere observer that has turned Greece into an “extra” of critical international developments. Opposition sources stress that in the wake of Zaev’s visit to Rome aimed at unblocking the accession process for North Macedonia, such an initiative should have …

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No one controlled Igor Spasov while getting medical treatment


None of the institutions controlled convicted special police agent Igor Spasov while he was released to get medical treatment, that is, while serving his prison sentence because he had to undergo meniscus surgery. Spasov was only obliged to submit medical documentation every month to the judge for the execution of sanctions in the Shtip court …

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