Through a video message, President Stevo Pendarovski delivered an address at the event held in New York on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the United Nations. As he said, over the past 75 years, the United Nations has been the cornerstone of international law and the multilateral system. “The creation of the United Nations is a monumental global ...

At Monday’s session of the Central Committee of VMRO-DPMNE, the leader of the party, Hristijan Mickoski, proposed to members to convene an extraordinary congress at which he wouldn’t run, but they unanimously rejected the proposal. Mickoski proposed a new composition of the party’s Executive Committee, which now consists of: Vice Presidents Vlado Misajlovski and Aleksandar Nikoloski, member and former MP ...

Skopje is demanding a meeting at the highest level with authorities in Sofia on solving the situation related to the announced conditions of Bulgaria for a start of membership negotiations over historical misunderstandings. According to Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani, the solution is contained in the good-neighbourliness deal, according to which Bulgaria is under an obligation not to stop its western ...

The rejection of the two amendments is the reason why VMRO-DPMNE will abstain from voting on the laws concerning primary and secondary education. As the opposition said on Monday, computers should be provided for every child or, at least, for those with special needs. MPs from Hristijan Mickoski’s party believe that there should also be a screening process concerning COVID-19 ...

On Monday, President Stevo Pendarovski received the Letters of Credence by the new Head of the EU Delegation, Ambassador David Geer. As he said, Geer’s term is starting in an exceptionally significant moment. “Now, in the period ahead, it is time for the decision to start negotiations to become effective with the adoption of the negotiating framework by the Council ...

Bilall Kasami, Kastriot Rexhepi, Fadil Zendeli, and Bastri Bajrami, who became MPs as part of the SDSM-led coalition, will leave that Parliamentary Group and continue to act as a group of parliamentarians of BESA. They have notified Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi of that. Kasami’s party, however, says the coalition with SDSM remains. The goal of the decision is for them ...

In the last 24 hours, 45 new COVID-19 cases have been registered, the Health Ministry said on Monday. It was added that the same period had seen 552 new tests, 86 new cured patients, and seven new deaths. The number of active cases in the country is 2,131. The same day, the Interior Ministry said 485 persons had been fined ...

On Friday, the Supreme Court rejected the appeals filed by those convicted in the Tank case, former PM Nikola Gruevski, former Interior Minister, and Gjoko Popovski, confirming the verdicts of the Court of Appeals. Gruevski, who’s in Budapest, Jankuloska, and Popovski , had been sentenced to two years, four years, and 4.5 years in prison, respectively. On Saturday, Jankuloska said ...

Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani is convinced that Macedonia being part of the EU is a strategic interest of Bulgaria. He is adamant that all differences will be overcome through intensive communication and continued work of the Joint Commission. “We have a strategy. Believe us: We know what we are doing, we have red lines of defending national and state interests ...

On behalf of PM Zoran Zaev, the Government submitted to Parliament on Friday the list of nominated deputy ministers. They are: Agim Nuhiu (Ministry of Justice), Bashkim Hasani (Defence Ministry), Nazim Bushi (Interior Ministry), Fatmire Isaki (Foreign Ministry), Dimitar Kovachevski (Finance Ministry), Zoran Manevski (Economy Ministry), Trajan Dimkovski (Agriculture Ministry), Ilir Hasani (Health Ministry), Arafat Shabani (Education Ministry), Enver Husein ...