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SDSM is satisfied with the EC Progress Report on Macedonia. “We received yesterday the most positive Report. The European Commission gave a clean, unconditional recommendation for a start of EU negotiations for the Republic of North Macedonia. Our country is pointed out as ‘a shining example’ in the entire region,” SDSM MP Hari Lokvenec says. Commenting on the matter, VMRO-DPMNE, ...

On Thursday, PM and SDSM leader Zoran Zaev said he expected Macedonia to get this summer a date to start membership negotiations. According to him, that could be postponed only if national parliaments fail to do so. Regarding the talks on part of the Public Prosecutor’s Office Draft Law concerning the Special Prosecutor’s Office, he stated that they weren’t going ...

At Thursday’s session for parliamentary questions, PM Zoran Zaev, talking about his advisers, said Aleksandar Ruzin was a young, well-educated man that could be of help. According to him, the advisers were hired in order to give them an opportunity to build themselves in Macedonia’s society and in order for their capacities to be used. VMRO-DPMNE MP Antonijo Milososki also ...

According to PS Talat Xhaferi, the first next session of Parliament which would see a vote on revocation of former PM Nikola Gruevski’s mandate would be held after 7 June, if a proposal comes from the PM to elect new ministers, too. “From a formal standpoint, there are no obstacles preventing the two items from being put on a same ...

On Thursday, President Stevo Pendarovski met with French Ambassador Christian Thimonier. At the meeting, they exchanged views on the overall bilateral ties between Macedonia and France, as well as information about the current situation in the two countries and about developments in the region. Pendarovski said he was satisfied with the development of the Skopje-Paris cooperation. According to the President, ...

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 ...

The European Commission (EC) has recommended an unconditional start of negotiations with the country, but everything depends on the European Council’s decision, the EU’s Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, and the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, explained at a press-conference on Wednesday, presenting the 2019 Progress Report on the ...

On Wednesday, the EU Ambassador to Macedonia, Samuel Zbogar, congratulated the country on the recommendation for a start of accession negotiations, as well as on its hard work, commitment and “sacrifices you made in the past period”. According to him, the EU’s Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, clearly said the country had used the chance ...

“Today, we’ve received the best EC Progress Report on North Macedonia,” President Stevo Pendarovski said after Wednesday’s meeting at Villa Vodno at which the EU Ambassador to Macedonia, Samuel Zbogar, handed over the EC’s document. As the President added, he expects a date to start negotiations to be given in June. “I hope that the Republic of North Macedonia will ...

Macedonia has continued to maintain a steady pace of implementation of EU reforms throughout the reporting period, according to the key findings of the European Commission’s 2019 Report on the country. “The government has taken steps to restore checks and balances, and to strengthen democracy and the rule of law. The country has continued to undergo fundamental changes in an ...