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The Greek Defence Minister Panos Kammenos resigned his position in the Greek government, and his party Independent Greeks left the ruling alliance in the Greek Parliament, after the Macedonian Parliament fully adopted the Prespa Agreement for resolution of the name issue between the two countries. Kammenos announced in several previous occasions that he will abandon the ruling alliance once time ...

The EU high Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Federica Mogherini and the EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn released a joint statement congratulating Macedonia on the adoption of the Prespa Agreement. “We express our wholehearted congratulations on the Parliament’s vote on the constitutional changes today. This is a crucial step in implementing the historic Prespa agreement. Political leaders and citizens ...

The Sec Gen of NATO Jens Stoltenberg congratulated via Twitter the Macedonian PM Zoran Zaev on the adoption of the Prespa Agreement by the Macedonian Parliament. “I congratulate PM Zaev on the adoption of the Prespa Agreement. NATO keeps on supporting the full implementation of this agreement which is important for the stability of the entire Balkan region,” Stoltenberg wrote ...

Poor driving conditions are reported throughout the country on wet roads, with patches of muddy snow. There is snowing with different intensity present around Tetovo, Popova Shapka, Mavrovo and Debar. Lowered visibility of down to 100 meters because of fog, present at the roadways Tetovo-Zhelino and Gradsko-Negotino. Heavy road vehicles bans are in effect because of preventative reasons on the ...

The session for the constitutional changes was postponed for Friday. A deal between the government and Bilall Kasami’s BESA on the nationality issue wasn’t reached. BESA isn’t giving up on its demand for removal of the word “Macedonians” for those that aren’t ethnic Macedonians. Though PM Zoran Zaev said “Macedonian/ citizen of the Republic of North Macedonia” had to remain, ...

On his official Facebook page, former PM Nikola Gruevski commented on the latest developments in the constitutional changes process. As he wrote, the MPs from the majority, “this isn’t a night to sleep” because it is actually the last chance for them to think and change their mind by putting national interest above party and personal ones. According to Gruevski, ...

Announcements started to arrive from certain Independent Greeks MPs that the party’s decision to leave the ruling coalition has already been adopted, even though a party spokesperson said that Independent Greeks would not vote in favour of the Prespa Agreement and that the issue of support for the coalition would be clarified following Friday’s meeting between party leader Panos Kammenos ...

In the decision rejecting Goran Gjosevski’s amnesty request in the 27 April case, the Criminal Court mistakenly wrote the name of Abdul Feta Alimi. The two persons, who were Parliament employees during the 27 April 2017 attacks, weren’t amnestied. However, Gjosevski’s lawyer, Ruzica Nikolovska, suspects it’s about so-called copy-paste decisions containing improper formulations that were adopted quickly without taking into ...

The two Customs Administration employees that visited former PM Nikola Gruevski in Budapest have been transferred to different positions. That was confirmed also by the Administration’s Director, Gjoko Tanasoski. Aleksandar Trajkovski from the Control Sector has been appointed to a same level of work, which, according to Tanasoski, has been made in the interest of both the internal investigation by ...

Poor driving conditions are reported throughout the country on wet roads, with patches of muddy snow. There is snowing with different intensity present around Tetovo, Popova Shapka, Mavrovo and Debar. Lowered visibility of down to 100 meters because of fog, present at the mountain pass Straza. Heavy road vehicles bans are in effect on the Mavrovo-Debar, Gostivar-Kicevo, the mountain pass ...