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Bulgarian Foreign Affairs Minister Teodora Genchovska stated that there are open disagreements between the Bulgarian MoFA and the foreign policy team of Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov. She said that there is no document between North Macedonia and Bulgaria that can be a basis for negotiations, and that official Skopje had not implemented anything from the 4+1 agenda. Genchovska added ...

Foreign Affairs Minister Bujar Osmani believes that the proposition of the Portuguese presidency over the EU, which lasted from 1 January to 30 June 2021, is the best grounds for finding solution of the bilateral issues between North Macedonia and Bulgaria. “We find the Portuguese proposal quite useful in this process, because at the same time it will allow us ...

Spokesperson of the United State Department of State, Ned Price, said that it is up to the EU to decide whether to approve or not the decoupling of North Macedonia and Albania in the EU integration processes. “We have good bilateral relations with the EU itself and with its member-states. We think that it is best to address the EU ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has expelled another 6 Russian diplomats from the country, after handing over to Russian Ambassador Sergey Bazdnikin a note that the diplomats in question have violated the Vienna Diplomacy Convention, hence are declared “personae non gratae”. Since the start of the war in Ukraine, North Macedonia has expelled 11 Russian diplomats, 6 now and 5 ...

The Education Trade Union will proceed with the general strike in schools and kindergartens on Monday, after they reached a decision on Sunday to reject the latest proposal of the government for increase of the salaries by 10%. “95% of our members rejected this proposal because it was only a verbal and not written proposal, something we see as rather ...

Traffic on state roads runs smoothly, on wet roads. At certain roads going through ravines, minor rockslides are possible. The MAKEDONIJAPAT PE calls for careful driving and adjustment of the speed to the conditions of the road. The MAKEDONIJAPAT PE’s on-call teams are constantly on- site and keep all roads passable.

There are no discussions in the EU about eventual decoupling of North Macedonia and Albania in the EU integration process, Foreign Affairs Minister of Romania Bogdan Aurescu said at a press conference, after his meeting with FM Bujar Osmani. “Romania does not support a decision for decoupling, and the topic is not discussed withing the institutions of the EU. It ...

President of the Education Trade Union Jakim Nedelkov said at a press conference that the education employees will continue with the strike on Friday. “I must point out once again that many of our members in kindergartens other cities and towns across the country who are on strike are still facing serious pressures by their superiors to end the strike ...

Defence Minister Slavjanka Petrovska paid an official visit to Pristina on Thursday, where she held a meeting with her Kosovo counterpart, Defence Minister Armend Mehaj. In Pristina, Petrovska and Mehaj signed a cooperation memorandum focusing on the cooperation between the two countries in the field of defence, which is an extension to the similar document the two countries signed back ...

President of the Constitutional Court Dobrila Kacarska called upon all members of the Parliament of North Macedonia to respect the Constitution and initiate procedures for election of new judges for the necessities of the Court sooner. “The situation is alarming, we already have more than 30 cases for which we cannot reach a decision until the Parliament appoints new Constitutional ...