Monthly Archives: April 2019

Road Conditions, 12.04.2019

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 ...

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Dimitrov, Osmani meet CDU Leader Kramp-Karrenbauer

The Vice-PM for European Affairs Bujar Osmani joined the Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikola Dimitrov on his second day of the official visit to Germany. Osmani and Dimitrov held a meeting with the President of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer. “Germany is a key partner in our Euro-Atlantic agenda, which is why we used these two ...

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Hahn: Opposition will not boycott Presidential Election

The EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn says in an interview for the Macedonian Informative Agency (MIA) that from VMRO-DPMNE they assured him that they do not intend to boycott the upcoming presidential election. “Democracy means constructive cross party cooperation and the ability to compromise. Boycotts are not a sign of democratic maturity. In this respect I have been reassured by ...

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Mitsotakis: New Democracy will respect Prespa Agreement

The leader of the Greek opposition party New Democarcy Kyriakos Mitsotakis says in an interview for Reuters that his party will respect the Prespa Agreement. “New Democracy will respect the Prespa Agreement but work to improve aspects or consequences of the agreement that are currently not in Greek interest. No one should expect Greece to agree to open and close ...

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PM Zaev meets Czech Vice-PM and Interior Minister Hamacek

The PM Zoran Zaev met Wednesday the Czech Vice-PM and Interior Minister Jan Hamacek. As the government reports of the meeting via a press release, Zaev and Hamacek spoke about the cooperation between Macedonia and the Czech Republic in terms of integration in NATO and EU, as well as the security at the South Macedonian border and dealing with greater ...

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Bosnjakovski: President Ivanov cannot Pardon Convicts for Parliament Incidents

The President Gjorge Ivanov cannot pardon convicts from the “27 April Parliament Incidents” case, said the Governmental Spokesperson Mile Bosnjakovski at a press conference at the Macedonian government. “There are two reasons why pardoning procedure cannot be conducted by the President; the procedure is conducted solely by the Ministry of Justice. Considering that there are no legal grounds for pardoning ...

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Road Conditions, 11.04.2019

Poor driving conditions are reported throughout the country on predominantly wet 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 ...

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FM Dimitrov in official visit of Germany

The Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikola Dimitrov started his official visit of Germany. The Foreign Minister started his visit with a political briefing with the Parliamentary Group for Foreign Policy of CDU at the German Bundestag on the progress of Macedonia towards integration in NATO and EU. “North Macedonia is the wind of hope and encouragement for EU. We have ...

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PS Xhaferi attends Parliamentary Conference in Vienna

The Speaker of the Macedonian Parliament Talat Xhaferi attends in Vienna a conference of parliament speakers of the EU member-states. At the conference, the parliament speakers welcomed the adoption of the Prespa Agreement, evaluating it as a historical step forward towards stability of the Balkan region. At the sidelines of the conference, Xhaferi held bilateral meetings with the Deputy of ...

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Voutsis: Time for EU to start Membership Negotiations with North Macedonia

The Speaker of the Greek Parliament Nikos Voutsis said in his address at the conference of Heads of Parliaments in Vienna that it is now up to EU to make decisive steps and start membership negotiations with Macedonia. “With the Prespa Agreement we showed the world that when there is political will in two countries, they can resolve even the ...

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