Monthly Archives: January 2019

DUI MP Grubi underlines Importance of EU and NATO integration

“The EU and NATO are an absolute priority for DUI, Albanians and all other citizens in Macedonia. Therefore, nobody should challenge this process,” DUI MP Artan Grubi said at Tuesday’s meeting with the Chief of NATO Liaison Office Skopje, Colonel Zoran Jankovic. As he added, potentially challenging or endangering the process should in no way compromise the successful completion of ...

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Road Conditions, 09.01.2019

Poor driving conditions are reported throughout the country on wet roads, with patches of muddy snow at times. Heavy road vehicles bans are in effect on the Mavrovo-Debar. There is snowing in the areas of Popova Shapka, Debar, Mavrovo, Ohrid, Struga, Kichevo and the mountain passes Straza, Bukovo, Gjavato, Pletvar, Preseka and Zeleznec. Due to the low temperature, some roads ...

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PM Zaev and BESA’s Kasami hold Meeting

An omission of the word “Macedonian” for citizens who are part of the ethnic Albanian community in the field of nationality – this is BESA’s condition, the party confirmed on Saturday, a day after the meeting between leader Bilall Kasami and PM Zoran Zaev. “Regarding nationality, the word should be omitted. For Albanians and those from the diaspora, the ethnic ...

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Latest developments in Preparations for Presidential race

VMRO-DPMNE has scheduled the competition for a presidential candidate, whereas SDSM is hoping for a consensual candidate. Sources from Hristijan Mickoski’s party say for Sitel TV that a bigger number of candidates have at the current stage expressed interest to be part of the presidential race. However, the names of those who will be presented as potential candidates at the ...

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Macedonia and Greece can be Honest friends, PM Zaev tells Greek newspaper

In an interview with Efimerida ton Syntakton, PM Zoran Zaev said Macedonia and Greece can be honest friends. According to him, the Prespa Agreement cannot be changed in the future. “The process is irreversible,” he told the Greek newspaper. Though Zaev hopes the solution will be approved by parliamentarians in the two countries, he is nonetheless concerned about the ratification ...

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Sekerinska: Anti-corruption law Included in Parliamentary procedure

The anti-corruption law has been included in a parliamentary procedure with a European flag in order to prevent any chance of it being blocked, according to Defence Minister and Deputy PM Radmila Sekerinska. She considers that the law is a typical example of how work on an important law should be done and that all EC remarks have been taken ...

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Politicians send Congratulatory messages on Occasion of Orthodox Christmas

On the occasion of Orthodox Christmas, President Gjorge Ivanov sent a congratulatory message.  In it he described the holiday as an expression of God’s solidarity with people. “In the Republic of Macedonia, we need a renewal of the spirit of solidarity and of social justice,” the President wrote.  PM Zoran Zaev, too, sent a message, calling for a more humane ...

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Road Conditions, 08.01.2019

Poor driving conditions are reported throughout the country on wet roads, with patches of muddy snow at times. Due to the low temperature, some roads may be iced over. Certain roadways passing through valleys and canyons can be susceptible to light rockslides, such as Kocani – Makedonska Kamenica – Delcevo, Vinica – Berovo, Gostivar – Straza, Mavrovo – Debar – ...

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Zaev to Start talks With Kasami and Sela over Constitutional changes Friday

80 votes for the constitutional changes still haven’t been secured. On Friday, PM Zoran Zaev will begin negotiations with Bilall Kasami’s BESA and Ziadin Sela’s Alliance for Albanians and ask them to support the process. Regarding NATO Sec Gen Jens Stoltenberg’s letter, he described it on Thursday as encouraging. The PM said he believed both sides would ratify the name ...

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Joveski: Investigation into Organisers of 27 April event to be Launched soon

Chief Public Prosecutor Ljubomir Joveski says in an interview with MIA that the biggest oversight when it comes to the case concerning the 27 April attacks in Parliament is that there was no insight by a public prosecutor right away, when the likelihood of securing clues and evidence was bigger. “As early as during the submission of the charge, I ...

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