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At the US-Adriatic Charter (A5) Defence Ministerial Meeting in Skopje on Thursday, Celeste Wallander, US Assistant Secretary of Defence for International Security Affairs, said her country was ready to contribute to the Western Balkans’s stability. As she added, the US is very grateful to its allies and partners in the Western Balkans that are committed and act to reach compromise, ...

At Thursday’s joint session of the National European Integration Council and the Committee on European Affairs of Parliament, the European Commission’s Report on North Macedonia was discussed. The Head of the EU Delegation, Ambassador David Geer, citing the document, said much more work was needed regarding judiciary, corruption, and human rights. According to him, there’s no progress in fighting crime, ...

On Thursday, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto paid a visit to Skopje, where he met his counterpart, Bujar Osmani. As the Hungarian politician said, it should be admitted that the EU has been seriously weakened, while its position should be solidified through reason. He pointed to Bulgaria as the main halter on North Macedonia’s EU path. According to Osmani, the ...

At a lecture on fight against corruption and Goce Delcev Primary School in Tetovo and Perparimi Primary School in Recica, on Thursday, State Commission for Prevention of Corruption (SCPC) President Biljana Ivanovska said impunity and the non-rule of law in the system was the reason for the European Commission’s critical report. In her view, to change the situation, most changes ...

The Independent Trade Union of Court Administration started on Thursday a series of protests outside courts. The protests will last until Monday. Next week, a potential strike will be held. If it is staged, work of courts will be blocked. The Union demands a salary increase of 78% and criticises the fact that it is not part of the negotiations ...

OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Bujar Osmani expects all ministers to attend the Ministerial Council in Skopje. As he said on Wednesday regarding the issue of participation of Russia’s Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, the EU’s decision on overflights by Russian planes doesn’t concern events of multilateral nature such as the OSCE. He stated that all visa requests for countries for which visas were ...

Traffic on state roads runs smoothly, on dry 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.

Though there is just one month to go until the European Council’s Summit, Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani is optimistic all conditions for a start of negotiations with the EU will be met. “I cannot say that we’ve missed the chance. We will work until the last minute. However, it’s clear that without the constitutional changes, neither the second intergovernmental conference ...

The opposition will not participate in the preparation of the new Public Prosecutor’s Office Draft-Law, whose adoption requires a two-thirds majority. The information was announced on Wednesday by VMRO-DPMNE Parliamentary Group Coordinator Nikola Micevski, who said he’d been invited to a coordination meeting, stressing nonetheless his party wouldn’t participate. As he added, it’s highly unserious and unfair that over such ...

Justice Minister Krenar Lloga has submitted the report on the work on the Public Prosecutor’s Office to the Government and made public the document containing the flaws in its work. The institution responded to the Minister’s criticism on Wednesday. As it explained, data is missing about the duration of investigation, as is information about the recording of examination of defendants ...