Monthly Archives: December 2019

Road Conditions, 11.12.2019

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

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Venice Commission: Draft-law on Languages Imprecise, needs Changes

The Venice Commission of the Council of Europe adopted a decision in which it recommends the Macedonian government and Parliament to re-examine the text and the implementation of the Draft-law on Languages. “In comparison to the law adopted by the Macedonian Parliament back in 2008, the new law significantly enlarges the usage of the Albanian language and in many aspects ...

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FM Dimitrov attends Informal Meeting of Foreign Ministers of EU

The Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikola Dimitrov attended in Brussels an informal business breakfast organised by the Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias, and attended by Foreign Ministers of several EU member-states, as well as the two candidate states Macedonia and Albania. “I am glad that, despite the negative decision of the EU in relation to the start of ...

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Kamcev testifies in “Racketeering” case

A new hearing over the “Racketeering” case took place on Friday, in which the businessman Orce Kamcev provided his testimony as a witness and a damaged party in the case. The case focuses on the actions of Bojan Jovanovski, businessman Zoran Milevski-Kiceec and the former Head of the Special Public Prosection (SPO) Katica Janeva, which extorted from Kamcev a great ...

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Pendarovski not Certain about Snap Election in April 2020

The President of Macedonia Stevo Pendarovski said during the talk show “Detektor” on Sitel TV that he is not convinced that there will be election at all. “I am not convinced, because it does not depend on me only. The Parliament can be dissolved only with a positive vote from a parliamentary majority, or in our case, at least 61 ...

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Tusk: EU Enlargement reform Should not affect Integration of North Macedonia

The former President of the European Council Donald Tusk said in an interview for the Polish newspaper “Gazeta Wyborcza” that Macedonia and Albania should not suffer consequences on the cost of reformation of the EU and changes to the methodology on enlargement. “I can agree with French president Emanuel Macron that reforms over the enlargement procedures are necessary, but the ...

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Zaharieva: New Methodology should not Delay Talks with North Macedonia

The Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva said during a conference in Sofia dedicated to the West Balkans that the start of EU membership talks with Macedonia and Albania should not be postponed because of the processes for changing of the enlargement methodology of the EU. “Bulgaria finds a majority of the suggestions in the French draft-methodology on EU ...

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Road Conditions, 10.12.2019

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

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Zaev: If Spain delays, We can have Conditioned Ratification of NATO Protocol

The PM Zoran Zaev is convinced that the entire procedure of integration of Macedonia in NATO may be complete as late as early February 2020. “As we all know, Spain is the only NATO member-state left to ratify the Protocol, so an eventual delay in Spain may require us to conduct a conditional ratification in our Parliament. We hope and ...

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Zaev: We will conduct “Clean up” in Judiciary

The PM Zoran Zaev believes that the Constitutional Court of Macedonia should act in accordance with the decision of the Legislative Parliamentary Committee when processing the initiative over the Article 11-a from the Law on Pardoning. “The legal expertise conducted recently clearly shows that, back when former President Gjorge Ivanov provided abolition to the 56 suspects and defendants in the ...

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