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At Tuesday’s session, the Government put all institutions under the obligation to change the public signs at entrances regarding the name change in accordance with Amendments XXXIII, XXXIV, XV and XVI to the Constitution, Constitution Law for implementation the amendments and Languages Law. The decision was made upon a proposal from the Interdepartmental Working Group in charge of fulfilment of ...

Blerim Reka said on Tuesday he had collected the necessary signatures to be an official presidential candidate in the forthcoming elections. According to his Election HQ, he collected over 11,000 signatures in less than 15 hours. As the HQ added in the press-release, it thanks BESA and Alliance for Albanians for their contribution in the process to collect signatures. “We ...

    On Tuesday, the Government said PM Zoran Zaev had received a letter from Joseph Biden in which the former US Vice President once again praised the Prespa Agreement. “It was an honour to meet you and spend time exchanging views with you at the Munich Security Conference. Let me once again congratulate you on the historic Prespa Agreement ...

Deputy PM for European Affairs Bujar Osmani said on Tuesday he expected mobilisation all resources, political, administrative and societal ones, so that the reforms needed for a positive report from the EC and start of negotiations were implemented. According to him, the State Commission for the Prevention of Corruption (SCPC) is the brightest example of a timely and quality reform. ...

Good driving conditions are reported throughout the country on predominantly dry roads. 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 – Struga, Demir Kapija – Udovo, Katlanovo – Veles, Krusevo – Demir Hisar, and Resen – Bukovo. Motorists ...

On Monday, Philip Reeker, US European Command Civilian Deputy and Political Advisor to the Commander, said at a conference in Skopje that the Prespa Agreement had opened Macedonia’s path to NATO membership and further European integration. The former Ambassador to Skopje also added that the success of the name deal proved what hard work and compromise could achieve “when leaders ...

Prosecutor Vilma Ruskoska, who heads the Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office for Prosecution of Organised Crime and Corruption, issued on Monday an order to the Interior Ministry for central and international warrants to be issued for ex-PM Nikola Gruevski, who is in Hungary, and former Security and Counter-Intelligence Administration employee Nikola Boskoski, who is in Greece. The two persons are among ...

The house arrest measure for Jordan Kamcev, Cvetan Pandelevski and Nenad Josifovic, suspects in the Empire case, opened by the Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO), has been annulled as a result of the Supreme Court’s decision accepting the suspects’ appeals. The Court’s legal opinion about the SPO’s 18-month mandate was used as an argument in the appeals. The institution headed by ...

Members of the EP’s Foreign Affairs Committee (AFET) have called on EU countries to start accession talks with Macedonia and Albania. The message of the AFET delegation is that both Albania and North Macedonia have done their homework, necessary for a start of accession negotiations. In the press-release, it is said that 2019 is key for the two countries because ...

The State Election Commission (SEC) President, Oliver Derkoski, said on Monday an early start of the presidential campaign by some presidential candidate hadn’t been registered. Candidates should be confirmed by the SEC by 21 March. Until then, all activities of candidates will be considered party meetings instead of an unofficial start of the campaign, which will officially begin on 1 ...