Leader of the ruling party and Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Zoran Zaev said that the party has not backed the proposal for snap election, in order not to slow down the process of European integration. Zaev issued this statement from Ohrid, where the party’s leadership met. Zaev said that the government will be reshuffled …
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The international community approves of the proposed Law on the Public Prosecution and all political parties should support it as it’s in the best interest of our country, according to Minister of Justice Renata Deskoska. Justice Minister Deskoska said the new legislation drafted by the Ministry of Justice was optimal and had received high marks …
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“Republic of Macedonia” or “Republic of North Macedonia”. People are still divided over this on the first anniversary of the signing of the Prespa Agreement. Most people believe that the best option is for the country to move forward and secure a better future. This is also the opinion of Violeta S from Skopje, who …
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North Macedonia’s Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi during his official visit to People’s Republic of China met Monday with Dong Yunhu, Chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference Committee in Shanghai. Parliament delegation also includes Vice Speaker Goran Misovski, coordinators of the parliamentary groups of SDSM Jovan Mitreski, of DUI Ejup Alimi, of VMRO-DPMNE, Nikola …
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High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini congratulated North Macedonia on the anniversary of the Prespa Agreement and urged EU member countries to greenlight the start of talks with North Macedonia and Albania. “Today’s the first anniversary of signing the Prespa Agreement between North Macedonia and Greece,” Mogherini said. “We …
EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Johannes Hahn urged EU member countries to start negotiations with North Macedonia as soon as possible. “I can only reiterate that talks should open as soon as possible because they did everything, and this is not a signal only to North Macedonia, but to the entire region,” …
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North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev after SDSM Central Board meeting in Ohrid yesterday said that he will reassemble the government and will replace eight ministers and 20 heads of public institutions instead of announcing snap parliamentary elections. The government reshuffle will be completed by end of June whereat there will be no early elections …
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North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev told Sunday that he expects the upcoming European Council meeting to confirm what the EU verified in the European Commission’s progress report. “Our people and our country deserve this,” Zaev said, adding that he expects the country to get a date for negotiations in September or in October and …
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The ruling SDSM party is to hold Sunday a meeting of the Central Board and to discuss the election of the new party leadership as well as the completion of the internal changes. The Central Board’s meeting is to start at 16h in Ohrid, SDSM party said in a press release. The agenda includes the …
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Official Washington believes North Macedonia is on the right track to joining the EU and that pre-accession talks with Brussels should start as soon as possible, said US Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs head Philip Reeker, who was also the US Ambassador to the Republic of Macedonia between 2019 and 2011. According to Reeker, …
North Macedonia and Albania should get a date in June or July to start talks, said High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini at Wednesday’s meeting with President Stevo Pendarovski in Brussels. Mogherini said she would recommend this to all EU member countries’ foreign ministers next week, once again acknowledging our country’s …
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The enlargement fatigue the European Union has mentioned is also felt by North Macedonia, said North Macedonia’s President Stevo Pendarovski in Brussels. Taking part in a conference organized by the Friends of Europe think tank, President Pendarovski said North Macedonia was a record-holder in waiting for accession talks with the EU. “The enlargement fatigue is …
North Macedonia’s President Stevo Pendarovski has declared from Brussels that the European Union has a historical opportunity to show leadership and vision for the entire region. “Our people are not asking something that they do not deserve. What they want is to be given the chance to build a European state with a fair, humane …
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I personally believe that there can only be one decision: to launch the negotiations in line with the European Commission’s recommendations, said European Council President Donald Tusk at a press conference with President Stevo Pendarovski on in Brussels. “To keep in line with my role as President of the European Council, I do not want …
The main hearing in Special Prosecutor’s Office case dubbed “Thaler“has been postponed for June 28, while Nikola Gruevski will be tried in absentia, the court decided on Wednesday. The case refers to the illegal financing of political party VMRO-DPMNE. The indictment is filed against legal entity VMRO-DPMNE and six individuals – Nikola Gruevski, Kiril Bozhinovski, Mile …
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Yesterday’s parliamentary session began with the confirmation of two MP resignations, and then a pause of several hours. The first resignation was the one of the former prime minister, now a fugitive and asylum seeker in Budapest, Nikola Gruevski, who had absolute power over the country for over a decade, as he was at the …
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The Republic of North Macedonia has been working seriously for two years to meet all set criteria. We made efforts to deliver results in key areas of urgent reform priorities in the field of the judiciary, fight against corruption and organised crime, intelligence service and public administration reform, said Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski today. He …
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Nikola Gruevski, the country’s former Prime Minister who fled justice and received political asylum in Hungary and whose resignation as an MP was accepted by the Parliament on Tuesday, is entitled to salary even after the termination of the mandate for a period of up to a year, in accordance with the Law on MPs. …
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Committee on Rules of Procedure and Mandatory and Immunity Issues chairman Pavle Bogoevski has handed in his resignation as Member of Parliament today. Bogoevski announced his resignation during a session of the Committee, saying it would become effective following the plenary session of Parliament during which Nikola Gruevski is to be stripped of his post …
Due to a trivial reason, the draft law on the population census, families and households has suddenly disappeared from the parliamentary procedure, where it entered Friday under a European flag. The European Affairs Committee, according to its President Artan Grubi, failed to provide a representative of the EU Mission, nor did it invite representatives of …
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