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The session for parliamentary questions, held on Wednesday, started off with the opposition urging Minister of Education and Science Mila Carovska to explain comprehensively the plan for textbooks. VMRO-DPMNE’s stand is the print editions should be annulled, while people should have more options. In response, Carovska said parents and teachers would have an opportunity to choose between print and electronic ...

Death threats against PM Zoran Zaev and his family can be heard in an video posted on YouTube on Wednesday. The alleged conversation, according to the person who posted it, is between Jane Cento and Goran Angelov, who are among those convicted in the 27 April case. It allegedly took place on Sunday, when the protests to support those convicted ...

After Wednesday’s meeting with President Stevo Pendarovski, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said speculations arising from the alleged non-papers about redrawing of the Western Balkans’ borders didn’t help stability. At the same time, he encouraged Skopje and Sofia to solve the bilateral dispute, adding that the Alliance represented a platform for discussion. The President believes that it’s clear that the ...

A group of parents have started to collect signatures to stop the vote on the law on textbooks, which concern digitalisation of education. They need at least 100 signatures for the demand to enter Parliament. In their view, there must be a public debate on the changes and direct participation of experts and representatives of the group in revision and ...

At Wednesday’s session, the Judicial Council unanimously elected Pavlina Crvekovska as the new President. She urged judges to continue to work responsibly, professionally, and honestly, while not being afraid of trying in accordance with legal regulations. As Crvenkovska stressed, judges that have done their job conscientiously and honestly have in her an ally in defence of their professional integrity. According ...

From Wednesday (28 April) to 15 May, the curfew will last from 9 pm to 5 am. The exception to that will be Easter (1/2 May) and Eid al-Fitr (13/14 May). At its session on Tuesday, the Government changed several other measures concerning the COVID-19 situation. Hospitality venues will be able to work only in the open parts, that is, ...

On the first day of his visit to Brussels, President Stevo Pendarovski held a meeting with Enlargement Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi. The President expressed gratitude for the 119,000 Pfizer vaccines, which will arrive in Macedonia as part of the deal for 651,000 doses for the Western Balkans. Opinions and information was exchanged also over both Skopje’s integration road and the Bulgaria ...

PM and SDSM President Zoran Zaev said on Tuesday the events of 27 April 2017 should never be repeated. In that regard, he criticised Sunday’s protest to express support for those convicted. On the fourth anniversary, DUI urged all political parties to pledge that such events would never happen again. Also, Ali Ahmeti’s party condemned, as it said, the hate ...

During Tuesday’s visit to Petrovec, VMRO-DPMNE President Hristijan Mickoski criticised Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi for, as he said, not allowing  his party’s MPs to be part of the debate  on the no-confidence motion against Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski. “After all scandals, it’s virtuous for Spasovski to resign and save at least a little honour,” the opposition leader pointed out. According ...

According to Slovenian Foreign Minister Anze Logar, the “phantom non-paper” doesn’t exist. In his view, the debates over the alleged document have harmed his country and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Logar says Slovenia’s strategy with respect to the Western Balkans hasn’t changed, adding that his country has made additional efforts, considering the preparation for the EU – Western Balkans Summit is ...