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At the joint press conference with the Minister of Justice Bojan Maricic and the Minister of Interior Oliver Spasovski, Deputy Prime Minister Ljupco Nikolovski noted that in the Report, GRECO positively assesses the adoption of the new applicable Code of Ethics for Appointed Officials and gives open positive comment on government Decree on receiving gifts, but also welcomes the transparent ...

The MPs started implementing the agreement reached on Monday between Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and the President of VMRO-DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski. Legal changes are being submitted, and during the day the Draft Law on Postponement of the Census is expected to be put into procedure. At the 59th session, the Government determined the text of the Draft-Law on Amending the ...

The current situation related to the pandemic was the topic of Tuesday’s session of the Security Council of the Republic of Macedonia, which was held at the Cabinet of President Stevo Pendarovski. Besides the members of the Security Council, at the invitation of Pendarovski, the Minister of Health, Venko Filipce, also attended the session. Pendarovski pointed out that the country ...

The presidents of SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE Zoran Zaev and Hristijan Mickoski ended Monday’s meeting with agreeing to postponement of the census and local elections. At the leadership meeting it was agreed instead of in April, the census to be held in September, and in the meantime, the application for self-enumeration remains active, Mickoski explained. Zaev stressed that this opens the ...

At the meeting with German Minister for Europe Michael Roth, Deputy Prime Minister Nikola Dimitrov in Berlin conveyed the Macedonian side’s concern that any further delay in the start of negotiations with the EU could cause increased distrust in the European perspective, not only by Macedonia but also the region. He stressed that decisive steps need to be taken to ...

Monday, Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi, received on a farewell visit the Head of the NATO Liaison Office in Skopje, Colonel Zoran Jankovic. On this occasion, PS Xhaferi thanked for the engagement of this Office so far, especially Mr. Jankovic as a contemporary of the country’s three decades of NATO integration, with wishes for further personal and professional success. Colonel Jankovic ...

303 new COVID-19 cases were registered in the past 24 hours out of 1,405 tests, while 41 COVID-19 patients have passed away. The Health Ministry also informs that at the moment 1,537 patients with COVID-19 are hospitalised at clinics around the country. Around 15 beds remain available at COVID centre around the country. The total number of COVID-diagnosed persons in ...

“Exactly one year ago we became a full member of the North Atlantic Alliance. The road to membership was long and difficult, we waited 20 years, which is the most out of all candidates in the history of the organization, but despite all the delays we did not give up because it was and remains our key strategic goal since ...

“Macedonia is a valuable ally of NATO,” said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in congratulating, North Macedonia’s successful first year in the Alliance. In a video address on the occasion, he said that Macedonia is a sovereign country in a strong Alliance, with its place on the NATO table and an equal voice in shaping decisions. It is the end ...

To become part of this Alliance, Macedonia signalled its commitment to contributing to global security and demonstrated the effectiveness of NATO’s open-door policy. Now that Macedonia has a place on the table as a member of the world’s most powerful military alliance, we expect you to use it to contribute to this alliance. This was stated Saturday via video message ...