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PM Zoran Zaev said on Tuesday that the purpose of the “Small Schengen” initiative is to increase the regional cooperation between the West Balkans, and not to serve as an alternative for their EU integration. “What we are trying to create is a union of better cooperation, which the EU recognised and will not support with a fund of 1.2 ...

The President of the State Commission for Prevention of Corruption (SCPC) Biljana Ivanovska believes that the Public Prosecutor’s Office (PPO) is still working under political pressure and cited two main reasons for that. “The first reason is the fact that for some cases we are yet to receive response from PPO, while the second one is the fact that for ...

Former Gazi Baba Mayor Toni Trajkovski once again did not attend the hearing over the TNT case, in which he and former PM Nikola Gruevski and former Transport Minister Mile Janakieski are charged with abuse of official position and political revanchism for the demolition of the “Cosmos” complex of businessman Fijat Canoski. Trajkovski’s lawyer Jovica Strasevski said that his client ...

Poor driving conditions are reported throughout the country on mostly 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 ...

Former Greek PM Alexis Tsipras said in an interview for Greek TV Antenna that the signing and ratification of the Prespa Agreement by his government is one of the main reasons why his party SYRIZA lost the latest parliamentary election in Greece. “Some wondered if I was crazy and risked losing the elections over the Prespa Agreement, but I made ...

VMRO-DPMNE leader Hristijan Mickoski said in an interview for the show “Utrinski Brifing” that VMRO-DPMNE intends to win election in April 2020, and once it assumes power to abolish the Prespa Agreement. “If we manage to win the sufficient number of MP seats in the Parliament, we can secure a 2/3 majority which will abolish the Prespa Agreement. Like I ...

The National Security Council of Macedonia, chaired by President Stevo Pendarovski, assembled on Monday evening in order to discuss the issue with the air pollution in the country and possible resolutions for it. The meeting of the Security Council was attended by PM Zoran Zaev, Minister of Environment and Physical Planning Naser Nuredini and his Deputy Jani Makraduli, and representatives ...

Former Gazi Baba Mayor Toni Trajkovski did not show up in the Criminal Court on Monday for the hearing over the TNT case, with his lawyer Jovica Strasevski reporting that he has been physically assaulted and injured the previous day. As Strasevski reports, Trajkovski has been assaulted by two unknown attackers in the settlement of Zelezara, Skopje, on the evening ...

Poor driving conditions are reported throughout the country on mostly 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 ...

Macedonian PM Zoran Zaev, Albanian PM Edi Rama and the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic held on Friday an informal meeting in Tirana as part of the initiative for international cooperation, popularly labelled as “Small Schengen”. The three heads of states were also joined by Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic, following the decision of Montenegro to join the initiative. The interlocutors reaffirmed ...