Ursula von der Leyen Do we, humans, want to continue living well and safely on this planet? Humanity faces an existential threat – the whole world is beginning to see. Forests burn from America to Australia. Deserts are advancing across Africa and Asia. Rising sea levels threaten our European cities as well as Pacific …
Venice Commission conclusions to revise the Law on Languages Advancing Use of Albanian Language have ignited the political scene and have sparked debates in North Macedonia. Prime Minister Zoran Zaev urges that the recommendations of Venice be respected and that he warns against revising the law. “Since we have also debated the adoption of the …
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North Macedonia has increased exports to Kosovo a year after Pristina decided to impose 100 per cent customs duties on products from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Ministry of Economy data show that for the five months since November last year, when Kosovo imposed the 100% tariff on Serbian products, North Macedonia exported EUR …
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has returned extremely pleased and optimistic from the NATO Summit held in London over the past two days. Zaev stressed that he stood shoulder to shoulder at the NATO summit, as an equal and almost full-fledged member of all Alliance leaders, and was greeted and welcomed as such. He said he …
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No progress has been reported in the works of the mixed North Macedonia-Bulgaria expert committee. North Macedonia’s President Stevo Pendarovski acknowledged that the commission is operating at an extremely slow pace. The chairmen of the special teams of this committee also agree that there is no progress and that this is a period of delay …
Joint North Macedonia-Bulgaria Commission stuck – No deal for Goce Delchev Read More »
In response to a question about French President Emmanuel Macron’s blockade in October to North Macedonia’s EU accession process, as part of Tuesday’s ‘NATO Engages’ conference in London, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said the decision had caused great disappointment among Macedonian citizens. “It was really unfair for us, we’ve been a candidate country for fifteen …
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The government delegation headed by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev is attending the NATO Summit in London, marking the 70th anniversary of the Alliance’s existence. The government delegation led by Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, today before the NATO leaders’ meeting in London, had a meeting with former senior officials and ambassadors of the Alliance and the …
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Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has initiated the vetting procedure for judges and prosecutors. He has asked the Anti-Corruption Commission to check the properties of judges and prosecutors, and the Judicial Council and the Council of Prosecutors to check the accountability of judges and prosecutors for cases that have not been prosecuted. In a video address …
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The United States deposited its ratification of North Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol, US State Secretary Mike Pompeo wrote on Twitter. “Pleased to announce the United States deposited its ratification of North Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol. One step closer to welcoming North Macedonia as NATO’s 30th Ally!” wrote Pompeo. The Unites States Senate ratified the protocol …
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Numerous humanitarian actions have been taken in North Macedonia to collect aid for residents affected by the devastating earthquake in some areas of Albania. The government of Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, at an extraordinary meeting, has allocated a fund of 100,000 euros, while more than 100,000 have been allocated from municipalities and the Red Cross, …
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Radmila Sekerinska says it would be irresponsible to do anything that would endanger the membership to NATO. We demanded member states to hurry and we should use the time wisely. The issue is important to us and it is not right to delay it. Postponing the elections is …
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Serbia’s Minister for European Integration Jadranka Joksimovic welcomed today’s election of the new European Commission led by Ursula von der Leyen and expressed her expectation that the new composition would remain committed to the direction the previous Commission had sought, confirming the European future of the region. The election of the new European Commission is …
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Special Prosecutor’s Office cases are collecting dust, while fraud suspects are giving legal advice how to handle the investigation into SPO bonuses, prosecutor Fatime Fetai said Wednesday ahead of a hearing in the ‘Monster’ case. “The aim of the takeover was to prevent delay in the investigations, and instead cases are now collecting dust while …
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Rescue workers from Albania and neighbouring countries continued their efforts to reach survivors trapped in the rubble of buildings that collapsed in an earthquake that killed at least 28 people a day earlier. Twelve of the deaths occurred in Durres, a port and resort on Albania’s Adriatic coast, while 16 other people died in the …
Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias was in North Macedonia today on his first visit, in order to actively support the country’s European prospects. Amid uncertainty caused by the French “veto” in North Macedonia’s and Albania’s accession negotiations, Nikos Dendias will be welcomed by President Stevo Pendarovski and Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, while he …
Dendias in Skopje, Tsipras in Paris to support the European prospects of North Macedonia Read More »
At least 20 people have been confirmed dead following a powerful earthquake in Albania, which brought down buildings in the capital Tirana and the port city of Durres. The Defence Ministry released the updated death toll late Tuesday, while government agencies spoke of at least 600 injured, the TV Klan broadcaster reported. Many people were …
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Greece strongly supports North Macedonia’s EU accession, full implementation of the Prespa Agreement, and strengthening of bilateral cooperation, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said Tuesday, at a joint press conference with FM Nikola Dimitrov. “I am happy to be paying my first visit to neighboring North Macedonia, which is soon to become Greece’s NATO partner …
Rescue teams and companies based in the region of Struga and Ohrid, western North Macedonia, have been already dispatched to Albania to help after the devastating earthquake, whereas teams of doctors are waiting for instructions where to help, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev has stated. “As early as this morning, our country decided to send assistance …
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VMRO-DPMNE government led by former PM Nikola Gruevski has paid over EUR 26 million to national televisions in the country in the period between 2010 and 2017, of which 95 percent have ended up on the accounts of Sitel, Kanal 5 and Alfa TV, according to the “Open Finance” data base, reports Prizma. The exact …
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One in three women have experienced some form of violence and UN data shows that domestic violence is globally, the leading cause of death for females. Instead of feeling safe women are most vulnerable at home. In the first nine months of 2019, 709 cases of domestic violence have been reported in North Macedonia, 610 …
709 cases of domestic violence reported in North Macedonia, 610 were female victims Read More »
