“Nobody can sack me. I’m protected by the law, whereas VMRO-DPMNE’s demands are political and I do not want to comment them.” This was declared by the head of the Special Prosecutor’s Office in North Macedonia, Katica Janeva, as there are rumours that she and her team are going to be sacked. Janeva said that …
Deputy PM for European Affairs Bujar Osmani is convinced that North Macedonia will enter the second stage of the EU accession process after 20 years of efforts and begin accession negotiations. “We are working with member-states on the dilemmas they have on enlargement. However, these dilemmas do not relate to us, because North Macedonia has …
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The Greek parliament’s committee on national defense and foreign affairs endorsed Tuesday the draft-laws on the opening of new border crossings Majden and Markova Noga with North Macedonia. The laws also incorporate the transformation of the Liaison Office in Skopje into an Embassy and the Bitola-based Office for Consular, Economic and Commercial Affairs into a …
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The number of asylum applications from North Macedonia in EU member-states has dropped significantly in March, compared to the previous months. 316 persons from North Macedonia applied for asylum in March, compared to over 600 who applied in January or February, says the European Asylum Support Service (EASO). A large majority of the applications are …
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The start of North Macedonia’s EU accession negotiations is deserved and required, for the purpose of stimulating comprehensive reforms and enhancing political culture in the country, President Stevo Pendarovski told EU Ambassador Samuel Zbogar. “We expect the leaders of EU member-states to be consistent to their promises and acknowledge the work done, enabling North Macedonia’s …
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North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev extended a message of congratulations to Stevo Pendarovski on his inauguration as President of the country. “Today our country gets a new president, Stevo Pendarovski, a leader who joins us in moving forward, in our joint initiative to make North Macedonia a beautiful place to live. Today Pendarovski assumes …
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Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic says he believes North Macedonia and Serbia will ‘mute the noise’ existing recently. Speaking to the press after the inauguration of President Stevo Pendarovski, Vucic said he would extend an official invitation to his new counterpart to visit Belgrade. Asked whether the ‘noise’ in the two countries’ relations – turned on …
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Now-former President Gjorge Ivanov handed over all presidential duties to President Stevo Pendarovski, who was inaugurated on Sunday. On this occasion, the Ivanov family addressed the citizens via Facebook. “It was my huge honor and pleasure to serve as President of the Republic of Macedonia in the past ten years. I wholeheartedly thank the Macedonian …
North Macedonia’s newly elected President Stevo Pendarovski, after officially taking oath of office on Sunday delivered inaugural address before lawmakers, government officials, religious leaders, army representatives, diplomatic corps and foreign guests, saying that he will be president of all citizens, not just to those who voted for him. “I want to publicly say and commit …
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North Macedonia’s Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov and Greece’s Foreign Minister Georgios Katrougalos, who represented Greece at the inauguration ceremony of President Stevo Pendarovski, met today and expressed readiness for continuation of positive dynamic of relations and cooperation development between the two countries. Affirming the readiness to continue the positive dynamics in which the relations and …
Newly elected President Stevo Pendarovski will be inaugurated today at a session in the Assembly of the Republic of North Macedonia, thus formally launching his five-year term. The inauguration will also be attended by Montenegrin Foreign Minister Srdjan Darmanovic, Greek Foreign Minister Georgios Katrougalos, Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Maciej Lang, Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Farouk …
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Western Balkan leaders met today in Tirana for the Brdo-Brijuni summit, an initiative which acts as an important forum for the promotion of dialogue and cooperation between countries of the region in their path towards integration in the EU and Euro-Atlantic structures. According to Albanian president, Ilir Meta, who was also the host of the …
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A total of 12 complaints to the State Election Commission (SEC) were submitted by VMRO-DPMNE after the second round of presidential elections. According to the main opposition party, there were cases of stuffing boxes, voting for more people, illegal agitation, abuse of state resources, and bribery on Sunday. “These are not democratic elections, but effectively …
Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs Bujar Osmani said that we are entering the last 20 days before the announcement of this year’s European Commission report and that he expects this to be a report on the basis of which the country will get a decision to start accession negotiations with the EU in June. …
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Croatia’s Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said that Croatia will do its best to support North Macedonia to get a date for opening accession negotiations in June. He also said that EU enlargement would be high on the agenda when his country is to take over the rotating EU Presidency next year. “All our friends in …
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North Macedonia’s Prime Minister o Zoran Zaev had a private meeting with His Holiness Pope Francis as part of the program of the Pope’s Apostolic Visit to North Macedonia.Pope Francis also greeted the PM’s family, who joined the end of the meeting. PM Zaev and Pope Francis reconfirmed the centuries-long spiritual bonds binding the papal …
Pope Francis is holding a Holy Mass in Macedonia square in Skopje before 15 thousand people. Following the meeting with the authorities, with civil society and with the diplomatic corps in the Presidential Palace, Pope Francis visited the Mother Teresa Memorial. Pope Francis prayed and laid flowers before the statue of Mother Teresa. He then …
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The Government has declared May 7 a non-working day for public and state administration employees at the territory of the City of Skopje due to the visit of Pope Francis. “Considering the latest organizational assessments related to the protocol for the visit of His Holiness Pope Francis, and in accordance with the needs and requirements …
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The second round of North Macedonia’s presidential elections was calm and well run. However, shortfalls in the legal framework continued to be a concern, international observers concluded in a preliminary statement published on Monday. The observation mission is a joint undertaking of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the OSCE Parliamentary …
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Greece’s Alternate Foreign Minister Sia Anagnostopoulou in a tweet commented on the outcome of the presidential runoff in the country and SDSM’s Stevo Pendarovski’s victory. “North Macedonia ended its nationalistic past with VMRO. After the Prespa Agreement, our neighbors show that they are determined to move forward, breaking all the nationalist obstacles,” tweeted Greek Minister …
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