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US Congress members Bill Flores, Gerry Connolly, Dina Titus, Susan Davis and David Price, within their frameworks of their visit to Macedonia, held a meeting with PM Zoran Zaev on Monday at which they congratulated him on the name deal. Also, they acknowledged the reform processes so far. The meeting was attended by, among others, Defence Minister Radmila Sekerinska, FM ...

VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski will propose to his party’s parliamentary group for part of the funds confirmed for his party for the referendum to be donated and reutilised and donated. As he wrote on his Facebook profile, the money should be used for Kiril Pejcinovic Secondary School in Tetovo. “If there is a legal obstacle for that, VMRO-DPMNE will renounce ...

The State Election Commission’s (SEC) deadlines for insight into the voter list and applications by diaspora members have expired. 5,641 citizens conducted insight, while 16,805 checked whether they are part of the list through the SEC’s website. Regarding the diaspora, just 2,855 people applied. 100 applications were rejected. On Friday, the SEC voted through the Code of Conduct for Referendum ...

The trial over the parliamentary incidents that took place on 27 April 2017 continued on Thursday. Former Public Security Bureau (PSB) Director Mitko Cavkov, who is among the defendants, said in his opening statement that he had personally taken command for consolidation due the police officers’ confusion and indecision. “I spent 30 years at the Interior Ministry. I retired as ...

The trial over the Monster case, which concerns the 2012 Smiljkovci killings, continued on Friday. The protected witness, with the pseudonym E1, said they had seen four bodies. They didn’t know whether they are dead or not. E1 added that they didn’t see who fired either. E1’s identity remains a secret because they are afraid. The defence suspects that E1 ...

According to the EU’s Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, the EU should simplify the decision-making process when it comes to admission of new members so that there doesn’t have to be a unanimous decision for every trifles. Speaking to Kleine Zeitung about EU enlargement with the Western Balkan countries, he mentioned as an example the ...

A higher volume of passenger traffic is reported today at the Tabanovce border crossing. The wait time is around 30 minutes, according to the Auto-Moto Union of Macedonia. No delays at other border crossings, except the necessary period for customs formalities. Good driving conditions are reported throughout the country on wet roads. Landslides are possible along the roads of Kocani ...

The trial over the parliamentary incidents that took place on 27 April 2017 continued on Thursday. Lawyer Donco Nakov, in his opening statement, said it would be proven that his four clients, Ljuben Arnaudov, Vlado Jovanovski, Bogdan Ilievski and Abdulfeta Alimi, had carried out neither a general dangerous activity nor an act of violence. As he explained, the four defendants ...

PS Talat Xhaferi has submitted a notification to parliamentary groups asking them to answer within three days whether they will participate in the public propaganda for the name referendum that Parliament will carry out. Xhaferi has also asked them to say whether their campaign will be for, against or in favour of a boycott. The notification has been sent to ...

Government spokesperson Mile Bosnjakovski said the amount of 80 million euros for Parliament regarding the referendum campaign is for MPs and political stakeholders elected in the 2016 elections. According to him, the funds are from an item from the current budget and there is no need for a rebalance. There still hasn’t been information as to when the funds will ...