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The EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn met on Thursday the Deputy PM for European Affairs Bujar Osmani. At the meeting, as Osmani reported at a press conference after it, the interlocutors spoke about the integration of Macedonia in the EU. “The European Commission (EC) clearly stated on 17 May 2019 that North Macedonia fulfils all conditions to start the negotiations ...

The acting US Assistant Secretary of European and Eurasian Affairs Philip Reeker started his official visit to Macedonia with a meeting with the Mayor of Bitola Natasa Petrovska. At the meeting, Reeker was joined by the US Ambassador to Macedonia Kate Marie Byrnes. “I am very glad to visit Bitola once again. It is a city with a rather important ...

The Greek Minister of Transport Kostas Achileas Karamanlis said in an interview for the Greek TV Sky that New Democracy will put efforts into soothing the serious consequences over Greece from the Prespa Agreement. “We cannot rip this agreement like a piece of paper and just throw it away, because it was voted by certain people which are now held ...

The opposition, if given the opportunity, may as well suggest former PM Nikola Gruevski as the new Head of the Special Public Prosecution (SPO), said PM Zoran Zaev in the Parliament answering a question of the MP Muhamed Zekiri. At the session for MP questions, Zekiri asked Zaev will the new head of the reformed SPO be selected by a ...

Good driving conditions are reported throughout the country on 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 are ...

The PM Zoran Zaev presented at a press conference on Wednesday the Governmental Action Plan for combatting the phenomenon of “Fake news” and promotion of disinformation in the media. “Disinformation and abuse of the media and technology remain one of the greatest challenges of the modern societies in 2019. This is a serious phenomenon which dents the democratic values and ...

The PM Zoran Zaev said during a press conference in the government that positions of the government and the oppositions concerning the new Draft-law on Public Prosecution. “We have accepted and incorporated some of the recommendations of the opposition in the draft law that was submitted on Tuesday to the Parliament. We decided to suggest merging of the Special Public ...

The leader of VMRO-DPMNE Hristijan Mickovski suggested in an interview for Sitel TV possible alterations to the laws concerning the Public Prosecution. “The Basic Public Prosecutor (PPO) should take over the cases of the Special Public Prosecution (SPO) for which a bill of indictment was filed before 30 June 2017, instead of the same to be taken over by the ...

The Bulgarian government decided to revoke the suggestion for appointing Macedonian businessman Orce Kamcev as an Honorary Consul of Bulgaria to Macedonia. Kamcev currently is a defendant in the “Empire” case processed by the Special Public Prosecution, and a witness in the “Racketeering” case. Bulgarian Vice-PM and Defence Minister Krasimir Karakachanov told Kanal 5 TV that Bulgaria decided to not ...

The Parliament of Macedonia adopted on Wednesday the Changes and Additions to the Rules of Procedure of the Macedonian Parliament. The changes received the support of 63 MPs, while the MPs from VMRO-DPMNE did not vote at all, with the coordinator of their MP group Nikola Micevski claiming that the changes to the Rules of Procedure are not in coordination ...