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PM Zoran Zaev and his wife, Zorica Zaeva, attended the reception organised by US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump in New York during the UN General Assembly. Zaev said it was an honour for him and his wife that they had attended, adding that Trump had sent them a message that he appreciated and fully supported the ...

On Thursday, former Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva, who’s among the suspects in the Racketeering case, spent three hours conducting insight into the evidence at the Prosecutor’s Office for Organised Crime and Corruption. Her lawyers said they hadn’t managed to see all pieces of evidence. “We started the insight into the case. Today, we didn’t manage to see all the evidence. ...

Within the frameworks of his activities in New York, PM Zoran Zaev, accompanied by FM Nikola Dimitrov, held a meeting with the US Acting Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, Philip Reeker, and the US Special Representative for the Western Balkans, Matthew Palmer. As the PM said, currently, Macedonia is fully focused on securing in October the ...

According to President Stevo Pendarovski, it’s already certain that Macedonia will join NATO and start EU membership negotiations. “Therefore, we need to show results in the fight against corruption,” he said on Wednesday, during 3rd plenary session of the National Convention on the EU. In that regard, the President said the outcome of the Racketeering case would be key to ...

On Thursday, the Macedonian Association of Journalists (MAJ) organised a protest to express support www.infomax.mk Editor-in-Chief Aleksandar Mitovski, for whom an indictment proposal had been filed several days prior over the minutes in relation to the Racketeering case. “There are 60 pre-investigations and investigations, questioning threats, charges and processes against media that aren’t close to the ruling structure,” MAJ President ...

After a debate that lasted around one hour, German MPs opened on Thursday Macedonia’s path a start of negotiations with the EU. In the discussions preceding the vote, Macedonia’s pledges for Euro-integrations had been highlighted. “North Macedonia had difficult political challenges. Over the past two years, it has made serious progress and implemented important reforms. We think Europe’s perspectives now ...

“I personally wouldn’t have signed the Prespa Agreement. However, after the ratification, the Agreement is already part of international law and Greece has to respect it,” Greece’s PM, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, said at Tuesday’s meeting in New York with his counterpart from Macedonia, PM Zoran Zaev, sources from Greece’s Government have told media in their country. At the same time, Mitsotakis ...

On Wednesday, Bojan Jovanovski, the first suspect in the Racketeering case, spent four hours at the Prosecutor’s Office for Organised Crime and Corruption, where he was conducting insight into the evidence against him at Prosecutor Vilma Ruskovska’s disposal. His lawyer, Saso Dukovski, said the evidence material wasn’t vast in terms of quality and quantity, adding that the insight would continue ...

According to French Ambassador Christian Thimonier, his country still hasn’t decided on its stand on the issue of a date for a start of EU membership negotiations of Macedonia. He says that the rule of law is very important to France. The Ambassador considers that the general approach to enlargement towards the Western Balkans will be decisive. Regarding the Racketeering ...

The Macedonian delegation continued its activities in New York. PM Zoran Zaev held a meeting with his counterpart from Malta, Joseph Muscat, who said his country strongly supported a date for Macedonia in October. The meeting also focused on the Malta-Macedonia relations. In the US city, Zaev also met with Irish counterpart Leo Varadkar, as well as with his counterpart ...