The Deputy Spokesperson of NATO Piers Cazalet stated that the West Balkans, including Macedonia, face a serious problem with disinformation, and the phenomenon known in present day as ‘fake news’. “Western Balkans is affected by the problem of disinformation, which is evident through the example in Macedonia, where a lot of disinformation was spread ahead of the referendum on the ...

The former PM Nikola Gruevski is to report to prison for serving his sentence of two years for the case “Tank” processed by the Special Public Prosecution (SPO). From the Criminal Court in Skopje they inform that a court official handed over the sentence resolution to Gruevski in the court on Friday, while he was waiting for a hearing on ...

A hearing over the “Monster” case on Friday saw the testimony of an expert from the Interior Ministry which processed the evidence acquired from the vehicle found at the crime scene. The expert said in court that they have found trace containing four different DNA samples, one of which matches the DNA of defendant Alil Demiri. The massacre nearby lake ...

Prime Minister Zoran Zaev held Thursday a phone conversation with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who expressed support and congratulated on the success achieved in implementing the Prespa Agreement. Stoltenberg welcomed the courageous, grand and statesmanlike decision of the MPs, telling PM Zaev that NATO was pleased Macedonia was moving ahead, the government said in a press release. The NATO ...

The public and transparency in the work of the court and all institutions that are directly related to the work of the courts and exercise of the rights of citizens, like the lawyers, enforcement agents, notaries public, bankruptcy managers and others, contribute to bringing the system closer to citizens and strengthening the confidence in justice system, Ilir Sulejmani, President of ...

President Gjorge Ivanov opened Thursday a conference organized by the National Committee on Byzantine and Medieval Studies titled “The Samuel State – 1,000 Years later”, making a parallel between the circumstances that had led to the collapse of the Samuel empire and the current developments in Macedonia.  “A millennium ago, the Samuel state had faced similar challenges as the contemporary ...

Uncertainty still lingers involving the formation of a reconciliation commission. Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi said he expected those behind the initiative for the formation of such body to organize a meeting in order to further elaborate this idea. The initiative was put forward by the eight MPs of the opposition coalition who voted in favor of initiating constitutional changes. “The ...

The required parliamentary majority is in place for ratification of the Prespa Agreement but also for a government confidence vote, says SYRIZA secretary and former minister Panos Skourletis. In an interview with Greek TV station Alpha, Skourletis explains that the Prespa Agreement and the government’s survival are two issues that are not mutually related. “Everything points to the fact there ...

I remain open to including the opposition to allow them to make their own suggestions for strengthening identity, guaranteeing the commitment and the voting in Greece, our integration into the EU, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev stated on Wednesday. He said he would hold consultation meetings later in the day with all parliamentary groups. “I want to hold the first consultation ...

The leader of VMRO-DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski, at Tuesday’s celebration of the Day of the Macedonian Revolutionary Struggle, demanded that an amnesty law be passed for the people responsible for the events on April 27 in Parliament. According to him, this way, there will be indiscriminate justice and freedom for all. Regarding the newly-emerging situation in the party he leads, he ...