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Good driving conditions are reported throughout the country on predominantly dry roads. Certain roadways passing through valleys and canyons can be susceptible to light rockslides, such as Kocani – Makedonska Kamenica – Delcevo, Vinica – Berovo, Gostivar – Straza, Mavrovo – Debar – Struga, Demir Kapija – Udovo, Katlanovo – Veles, Krusevo – Demir Hisar, and Resen – Bukovo. Motorists ...

“SDSM is essentially changing itself in the interest of the country and citizens,” Kostadin Kostadinov, spokesperson for the ruling party, said on Tuesday regarding the latest developments within the frameworks of SDSM. He also announced the start of the process for new heads of municipal organisations. “Through a public, open call, the process for self-nomination of heads of SDSM’s municipal ...

On Tuesday, President Stevo Pendarovski held a meeting with Ivo Vajgl, MEP and Rapporteur on Macedonia in the EP. The European Council should acknowledge the country’s efforts and progress at an internal and foreign level and make a decision on a start of accession negotiations, they assessed. According to Pendarovski, he and  exchanged views on the overall political situation, current ...

Within the frameworks of his visit to Slovenia, PM Zoran Zaev held a meeting on Tuesday with counterpart Marjan Sarec. The excellent traditional friendly relations between Skopje and Ljubljana were confirmed as a basis for an even more intensive cooperation. Zaev familiarised him with the current political situation in Macedonia, which, with the successful presidential elections and with the pace ...

“I expect tomorrow to see a positive Report from the EC and a political decision to open negotiations by the end of the year,” FM Nikola Dimitrov said on Tuesday, when he was part of the annual meeting of ministers from the Visegrad Group and Western Balkan countries. As he added, a decision won’t mean that Macedonia is ready to ...

The State Commission for Prevention of Corruption (SCPC) has filed two initiatives for criminal responsibility for two officials over nepotism. That concerns current Prilep Mayor Ilija Jovanovski and former Criminal Court President Vladimir Pancevski in relation to abuse during employment of relatives of theirs. Pancevski employed his nephew during his time as head of the Court even though he wasn’t ...

Good driving conditions are reported throughout the country on predominantly dry roads. Certain roadways passing through valleys and canyons can be susceptible to light rockslides, such as Kocani – Makedonska Kamenica – Delcevo, Vinica – Berovo, Gostivar – Straza, Mavrovo – Debar – Struga, Demir Kapija – Udovo, Katlanovo – Veles, Krusevo – Demir Hisar, and Resen – Bukovo. Motorists ...

Commenting on the decisions announced after the session of SDSM’s Central Board on Sunday, Skopje Mayor Petre SIlegov, who’s among the six persons that are no longer Vice Presidents of the party, said there should be a distinction between the words “dismissed”, “replaced” and “resigned”. “I, together with the other friends, SDSM Vice Presidents, had offered our resignations last week ...

On Monday, President Stevo Pendarovski held a meeting with FM Nikola Dimitrov. They discussed on several topics, including better cooperation at a President-Foreign Ministry level and the situation in the region. Concrete and essential cooperation is needed between the Cabinet and Foreign Ministry when it comes to issues of shared competence, in function of adjusted performance at an international level ...

The EU Ambassador to Macedonia, Samuel Zbogar, considers that the country is on the right path as far as its Euro-integration ambitions are concerned. In his view, after everything that’s been done in the last months, progress can be noticed. “We know citizens look at processes with a critical eye, that they expect more. However, much has been done not ...