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A voice recording involving the Mayor of Suto Orizari Kurto Dudus surfaced on Social Networks on Friday, sparking reactions among the public as well as political parties. The medium that published the recording claims that the voice of Dudus is recognised in it, and that it reveals that he held an unknown citizen captured against his will, and that he ...

Traffic on roads outside urban areas is increased. Mainly dry road conditions are reported throughout the country. No delays are reported on the border crossings when passengers exit the country, all but on the Bogorodica and Tabanovce border crossings. The estimated wait time is 30 minutes, says the Auto-Moto Association. Motorists are advised to drive carefully, adjust their speed to ...

On Thursday, German Ambassador Thomas Gerberich and his French counterpart, Christian Thimonier, praised Macedonia’s results, but made no guarantees about a date in the autumn. At the debate of the National European Integration Council, both said there would be a date without specifying when one would come. Thimonier also reiterated that a reform of the EU was a priority for ...

The Government expects Parliament to adopt the Proposal for the announced reshuffle at the start of next week. Spokesperson Muhamet Hoxha stated that the list should be submitted by PM Zoran Zaev at the end of this week. In the meantime, Zaev is continuing consultations with parties from the coalition. “We expect the start of next week, depending on Parliament’s ...

Canada has ratified Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol. As its Foreign Ministry said on its official Twitter account, the country looks forward to welcoming Macedonia as the 30th member of the Alliance in the near future. This means that there have so far been 18 countries that have ratified the Protocol.

On Thursday, President Stevo Pendarovski held a meeting with Turkish Ambassador Tulin Erkal Kara. At the meeting, they expressed satisfaction with the strong and traditional Turkey-Macedonia friendship and with the continued positive trend in both the political and the economic relations. Pendarovski stated that fostering the strategic partnership with Turkey was of exceptional importance to Macedonia. He expects cooperation in ...

“Macedonia is once again without a date for negotiations. Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov is to blame for this disgraceful situation,” the party’s spokesperson, Naum Stoilkovski said, adding that the government’s statements about a date made in June 2018 were lies. He also stated that Dimitrov was sending 10 ambassadors with hidden biographies and theses. “Never before have ambassadorial theses at ...

“Next year, Bulgaria and North Macedonia will most likely have a joint Presidency of the Berlin Process,” Poland’s FM, Jacek Czaputowicz, is quoted as saying by the Bulgarian National Radio. Poland currently holds the Presidency. Its successor should be decided at the Summit in Poznan at the start of July. Regarding the date issue, the Polish FM is adamant that ...

Mainly dry road conditions are reported throughout the country. Landslides are possible along the road of Delchevo-Kamenica. There is increased traffic outside urban areas. No delays are reported on border crossings. Motorists are advised to drive carefully, adjust their speed to weather conditions and follow traffic rules, signs and signals.

“The Council of Ministers’ conclusion is an absolute guarantee, October will be October and it will not be later, no country is against North Macedonia,” PM Zoran Zaev said on Wednesday, answering a journalist’s question about the unofficial information that seven EU countries were against a date for Macedonia and for Albania. On his Twitter account, VMRO-DPMNE’s Antonio Milososki had ...