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Former Bulgarian PM Boyko Borissov stated on Thursday that there will be no talks with official Skopje until the Bulgarian minority living in North Macedonia is included in the preamble of the country’s constitution. “For our party, be it in government or in opposition, it is important to defend the human rights of Bulgarian people, no matter where they live. ...

Judge Ilija Trpkov informed on Thursday that he has given a permission for an official from the Bulgarian Embassy in Skopje to visit in custody businessman Orce Kamcev in the beginning of November. Namely, the Bulgarian embassy addressed a verbal note to the Justice Ministry requesting for their official to visit Kamcev in the Sutka prison, on the grounds that ...

PM and SDSM leader Zoran Zaev announced on Thursday in an interview for Kanal 5 TV that the current ruling majority will be increased after the local election. “We are to increase the ruling majority in the Parliament for at least 4 MPs. We are to form an alliance with a political structure from the opposition which supports processes like ...

Deputy PM for European Affairs Nikola Dimitrov discussed in an interview with Serbian TV station N1 the process of integration of North Macedonia in the EU and what has been achieved so far. “Our main obstacle was the name dispute with Greece, and now that we’ve resolved that we started preparing for membership talks, but unfortunately, another neighbour of our, ...

Bulgarian President Rumen Radev held a meeting on Wednesday with representatives of associations of Bulgarian people in North Macedonia. At the meeting, Radev reaffirmed the support of official Sofia for the realisation and respect of the human rights of these people. “Bulgaria stands firmly behind you all, and we made this position clear before the EU too. Without proper cooperation ...

The State Electoral Commission (SEC) has withdrawn the proposal for changes to the electoral regulations which would’ve allowed for ballots without seals of the board at polling stations during election cycles to be considered valid if the number of the candidate is properly encircled. SEC proposed this change on Tuesday, and it was opposed by only one SEC member. From ...

SDSM MP Slavjanka Petrovska said at a press conference that independent candidate for Mayor of Skopje Danela Arsovska holds both Bulgarian citizenship and Bulgarian ID. “Yesterday we found out that Arsovska applied for and was issued Bulgarian citizenship back in 2011. Today, we have in our possession evidence that Arsovska also holds a Bulgarian ID, which has been issued on ...

The Health Ministry informs that in the past 24 hours 3,210 COVID-19 tests were conducted among citizens, of which 444 turned positive. In the past 24 hours, 225 patients recovered from COVID-19, while 8 have passed away. So far in the country, 200,856 people were infected with COVID-19, of which 187,374 have recovered, 6,395 are still active, while 7,087 have ...

PM Zoran Zaev said at a press conference in the government on Tuesday that he is ready to resign if the candidate of SDSM for Skopje Mayor Petre Silegov loses the local election in the second round of voting which is to take place on 31 October. “We are sending to members and supporters of SDSM a message of mobilisation. ...

The State Electoral Commission (SEC) adopted a decision on Tuesday to accept as valid voting ballots without a seal of the electoral committee at the polling station. This means that a ballot will still be considered valid if all other conditions listed in the Electoral Code are met, i.e. if the number of the candidate on the ballot is clearly ...