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“The opposition’s blockades of Parliament have failed. The agenda has been voted through,” SDSM said on Thursday. As the party’s Parliamentary Group Coordinator, Jovan Mitreski, said, SDSM will not allow Hristijan Mickoski and VMRO-DPMNE to take the country back. On the other hand, VMRO-DPMNE said it would expose with the active blockade all policies of the Government it tried to ...

It’s best for Bulgaria to be surrounded by stable neighbours that are part of the European family. For Albania and North Macedonia, there is place in the EU. For Bulgaria to be able to lift the veto for North Macedonia, first, all conditions should be met and guarantees should be given for fulfilment of the Good-Neighbourliness Treaty. That is the ...

During the visit to Albania, Economy Minister Kreshnik Bekteshi was referred to as a “Macedonian minister” by a journalist. “Sorry, I am a Minister from North Macedonia, I am not a Macedonian, I am an Albanian,” he said. Previously, only Albanian flags had been used during the welcome ceremony. Mickoski criticised Bekteshi over the matter, saying it was an unfriendly ...

Arriving at the dinner he organised for the six leaders of the Western Balkans in Brussels, Josep Borrell, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission, stated on Wednesday that he expected a collective, strategic, open, and substantial conversation with the “closest partners and future members of the EU” over the need for unity so ...

The EU enlargement policy is a security issue. Hence, the region’s membership in the Union is of key importance to European security. That was the message sent by Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani at his meeting with US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland. The meeting was held on the side-lines of the Ministerial Meeting of the Global ...

“The Secretary reaffirmed the importance of expeditious EU accession for qualified aspirants,” it is said in the press-release issued by the US State Department regarding Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s meeting with Bulgarian PM Kiril Petkov. The situation in Ukraine and Bulgaria’s defence modernisation were among the other topics. After the meeting, Petkov didn’t give a statement about the details. ...

The session of Parliament through which VMRO-DPMNE has demanded early elections has continued. Wednesday saw shouting, banners, and accusations of national treason. There was no substantial debate on laws because opposition MPs demanded changes to the agenda that the ruling structure rejected. VMRO-DPMNE MP and Vice President Vlado Misajlovski stated that the blockade of “harmful laws” would continue because the ...

The active blockade of VMRO-DPMNE and its coalition partners in Parliament has started. On Tuesday, they were holding banners in front of the rostrum. Also, they criticised the ruling coalition partners for being constantly late to the plenary session. “You accuse us of blocking, whereas you are the ones actually doing that. You are the blockade of the country. You ...

After Tuesday’s meeting with his counterpart, Bujar Osmani, in Skopje, Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg called for the EU’s negotiations with Skopje and Tirana to start as soon as possible. Schallenberg, who’d previously been in Sofia, said there was progress. That’s why he expressed encouragement that a solution to the problem was becoming closer. He hopes a solution can be ...

There will be changes to the electoral code. Justice Minister Nikola Tupanceski has announced that work will start next week. Though the opposition has started its blockade of Parliament, Tupanceski said on Tuesday he expected parties, associations, and experts to nominate representatives for the working group immediately after the reception of the communication from the Ministry. According to the recommendations ...