In his last annual address before Parliament, on Friday, President Gjorge Ivanov urged MPs to reject the name deal and not to support the constitutional changes. According to him, the price of solving the name dispute is legal and historical humiliation of the Macedonian people. Regarding the name deal with Bulgaria, Ivanov said it deconstructed Macedonia’s history. As far as ...

At a press-conference on Friday, PM Zoran Zaev said the demands by BESA and Alliance for Albanians regarding constitutional changes caused changes that weren’t of identity and Ohrid Framework Agreement nature. However, he added MPs had a legitimate right to demand that. The PM called for the inclusive process to continue. Zaev hopes that the spring of 2019 will see ...