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The Department of State of the United States has blacklisted former PM of North Macedonia and former VMRO-DPMNE leader Nikola Gruevski and former Head of the Administration for Security and Counterintelligence Saso Mijalkov, along with the members of their closest families. From the US Department of State, they inform that the decision is made upon conclusion that both Gruevski and ...

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama reiterated the positions of official Tirana that they would probably demand decoupling of Albania and North Macedonia in the EU accession processes if no progress is reached sooner. “65% of citizens of Albania support this action, and I can say that if in June the EU does not start the accession talks with Skopje and ...

Defence Minister Slavjanka Petrovska said on Monday that the government has not yet decided whether to deploy soldiers from the Army of North Macedonia in the countries of the Eastern Block of NATO along the border with Ukraine as response to the crisis in that country. “NATO and its member-states are constantly sending different types of assistance to Ukraine, and ...

Wet road conditions are reported across the country, with moderate traffic outside urban areas. No delays are reporters on other border crossings. Landslides are possible along the routes of Katlanovo – Veles, Mavrovo – Debar – Struga, Vinica – Berovo and Kochani – Delchevo. Motorists are advised to drive carefully, adjust their speed to weather conditions and follow traffic rules, ...

Secretary General of the Government of North Macedonia Muhamed Zekiri was imprisoned on Friday evening upon a detention measure issued against him by the Criminal Court in Skopje. Zekiri got a 30-day detention measure after the Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office for Organised Crime and Corruption (BPPOOCC) filed against him a bill of indictment charging him of abuse of official position. ...

Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski, who headed the governmental delegation at the Delphi Economic Forum in Greece, held a meeting in Athens with US Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Gabriel Escobar. At the meeting, the interlocutors discussed the current situation in Ukraine, as well as the efforts of the Government of North Macedonia in dealing with the consequences ...

Foreign Affairs Minister Bujar Osmani, in company of his Polish and Swedish counterparts, FMs Zbigniew Rau and Ann Linde respectively, travelled to the Polish-Ukrainian border, where they held a meeting with Ukrainian FM Dmitry Kuleba. Osmani, Rau and Linde realised this meeting in role of the OSCE Troika, and spoke with Kuleba about the situation in Ukraine and possible ways ...

President of the Education Trade Union Jakim Nedelkov announced at a press conference the start of the strike of education employees. The strike will start on Monday morning, and during it, teachers and university professors, as well as kindergarten employees, will come to their work positions but will not conduct their daily job activities, i.e. they will not hold classes ...

Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski said during a visit to Kicevo that changes to the Constitution of North Macedonia can be made only through the necessary parliamentary procedures and debates, which would involve opinions of experts. Kovacevski stated this in context to the demands of Albanian parties in the country for removal of the reference for “20% of the citizens” concerning ...

VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski addressed on Wednesday evening the central celebration of the 31st jubilee of the youth forces of this party. In his speech, Mickoski called upon the citizens to be united against the current government, adding that there will be parliamentary election in the country, as he said, very soon from today. “We need new election and a ...