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The former Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov welcomes the statements of Macedonian President Stevo Pendarovski that revolutionary Goce Delcev used to claim himself Bulgarian. “This is a rather outstanding statement of Pendarovski’s which takes official Skopje in the right direction when it comes to our bilateral relations. However, that statement only is not enough. We cannot toy with historical figures; today ...

In an interview for the Greek public broadcaster ERT the Greek PM Alexis Tsipras commented on the latest developments in the EU and the fact that the EU leaders postponed the decision for date of start of membership negotiations with Macedonia till October. “The postponing of the decision for determining a date for North Macedonia is not because the country ...

The Macedonian President Stevo Pendarovski started on Monday his official visit to Germany by having a meeting with the German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas. At the meeting, Pendarovski and Maas exchanged opinions on the ongoing political events in Macedonia, with Pendarovski estimating that Germany is a crucial partner of Macedonia in its integration in EU and NATO. “North Macedonia invested ...

The deputy Minister of Education Petar Atanasov announced via his Facebook profile that he is resigning his position in the Education Ministry. In his post, Atanasov personally addresses PM Zoran Zaev, informing him of his resignation. “In the past 10 months I was working in a ministry which in the past years was rather neglected. I was very glad when ...

Good driving conditions on mainly dry roads. Intensity of traffic outside urban areas increased. No long delays on border-crossings for exiting the country. From 25 June the road in Dracevo by the railway near village of Lisice will be closed for one week due to laying a new layer of asphalt. Regional road Caska-Goloznici will be temporarily closed due to ...

The PM of Macedonia Zoran Zaev revealed on Sunday the list of names of new ministers in the government which are part of the cabinet reshuffle he announced during the campaign for the 2nd round of the presidential election held in April. Zaev revealed that he officially submitted the suggestions for the new Ministers to the Macedonian Parliament, which is ...

The German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that she will invest all her political power in the initiative for Macedonia to get a date for start of membership negotiations with the EU till October 2019. “I will do all I can to make this decision come true, because North Macedonia did an outstanding job with the Prespa Agreement. I discussed this ...

The President of Macedonia Stevo Pendarovski said in an interview for show “360 Degrees” on Alsat TV that in the ongoing processes for the Divo naselje shooting in 2015 not all parties responsible are prosecuted. “I can assure you that all persons that caused security problems on terrain are covered by the investigation, but the people who have organised and ...

The MEPs Ivo Vajgl, Edward Kukan and Knut Fleckenstein visited the Parliament of Macedonia on occasion the proceeding of the Jean Monet Process, which focuses on establishing and improving the dialogue between the ruling parties and the opposition in the Parliament. The three MEPs had a meeting with the Speaker of the Macedonian Parliament Talat Xhaferi, who informed them on ...

The German Ambassador to Macdeonia Thomas Gerberich said during the national conference in the Macedonian government “No one left behind in EU integration process” that the current question is not whether, but when will Macedonia get the date for start of EU membership negotiations. “In the past few years the Macedonian government headed by PM Zoran Zaev achieved outstanding political ...