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The EU’s Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, says in an interview with Die Welt that 2025 is a realistic date when it comes to accession of new members from the Balkans, but only if the criteria are met. “The 2025 date is indicative, but it is rather realistic only if the implementation of reforms is ...

The Reconciliation Commission was formed on Tuesday in Parliament. It will be chaired by Deputy PS Frosina Tasevska-Remenski and MP Emilija Aleksandrova of the independent group of VMRO-DPMNE. The initiative was reviewed at a coordination meeting PS Talat Xhaferi had with coordinators of parliamentary groups and deputy PSs. The first meeting after the decision on the members needs to see ...

VMRO-DPMNE will actively participate in the debate on the constitutional amendments. The party’s new parliamentary group coordinator, Nikola Micevski, said on Tuesday that VMRO-PDMNE would just debate and not file amendments at the current stage. The ruling coalition is calm. In its view, VMRO-DPMNE wouldn’t be able stop the constitutional change through filibustering even if it wanted to. The debate ...

Krsto Mukoski, who is part of the new parliamentary group, considers that the Criminal Court should allow him to have more time for the MP position. Part of the MPs charged in the trial over the 27 April 2017 attacks in Parliament think that it’s necessary for them to have more free time so that they get involved in Parliament’s ...

After 18 months, the trial over the Target-Fortress case has started. Tuesday’s hearing saw Gjorgji Lazarevski, the whistle-blower from the Interior Ministry’s Fifth Administration who helped take out the discs containing thousands of illegally wire-tapped conversations, testify. Lazarevski talked about the wire-tapping activities. During a phone conversation with a colleague of his, Zvonko Kostovski, who is a witness in the ...

Good driving conditions are reported throughout the country on dry roads. Motorists are advised to drive carefully, adjust their speed to weather conditions and follow traffic rules, signs and signals. Landslides are possible along the roads of Kocani – Makedonska Kamenica – Delcevo, Vinica – Berovo, Gostivar – Straza, Mavrovo – Debar – Struga, Demir Kapija – Udovo, Katlanovo – ...

VMRO-DPMNE’s MPs will be part of the debate on the constitutional changes that will start on Wednesday. As it was said following the coordination meeting of the party’s parliamentary group on Monday, they will fiercely unmask all constitutional amendments. Presenting the conclusions, the coordinator of the parliamentary group, Nikola Micevski also said the party had decided against being part of ...

The formation of a Reconciliation Commission issue will be discussed at the coordination meeting that will most on Tuesday. PS Talat Xhaferi’s regular coordination meeting on Monday with deputy heads and coordinators of parliamentary groups wasn’t attended by the coordinator of the independent group of VMRO-DPMNE and the Coalition, Elizabeta Kanceska Milevska, due to obligations related to the visit by ...

Within the frameworks of his visit to Skopje, Wolfgang Sobotka, President of the Austrian National Council, delivered an address in Parliament. As he said, the constitutional changes needed for the name change represent a moment of parliamentarism. “Brave steps are needed,” Sobotka pointed out. According to him, though he understands that the issue isn’t simple for opposition MPs and that ...

The Interior Ministry is taking all measures regarding Sunday’s incident involving supporters in Tetovo, according to Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski. “Regarding supporters that were chanting nationalist messages in Tetovo, measures are being taken within the frameworks of the Tetovo Internal Sectors concerning either group. Today, we’ve issued a special task in the area of prevention so that we work with ...